ReadTube

About ReadTube

ReadTube turns YouTube subscriptions into a personal newsletter so you can read the videos you care about instead of scrolling a feed built for autoplay. It is designed for people who want a quieter, more focused way to keep up with channels, playlists, and long-form ideas.

The product presents each followed channel as a triaged inbox of readable videos, with familiar actions like starring, saving for later, archiving, and marking items unread. It also generates a one-line headline, a short summary, and a full article rewrite for each video, so a 20-minute video can become a five-minute read. Users can search across their subscriptions semantically, making the collection feel more like a personal archive of ideas than a feed to skim past.

ReadTube also supports notes and highlights tied to timestamps, so reflections stay next to the source material. The reading experience can switch into multiple languages, and the whole piece is translated in place. The page also says the service is source available, free to self-host, and that cloud plans are free during beta, with quotas to come later.

It appears aimed at readers, researchers, and lifelong learners who follow a steady set of channels and want a better way to review, revisit, and organize video content.

Key features:
- Turns video subscriptions into a newsletter-style inbox
- Lets users star, save for later, archive, and mark videos unread
- Generates a headline, summary, and full article rewrite for each video
- Supports semantic search across followed channels
- Offers timestamped notes and highlights alongside the article
- Can generate summaries and articles in multiple languages
- Is source available and free to self-host
- Offers cloud plans with a free beta period and later quotas