ajayyy/SponsorBlock

Skip YouTube video sponsors (browser extension)

TypeScriptGPL-3.0 Last commit 2 days ago sponsor.ajay.app

Updated 34 min ago

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Last 24 hours: +4; stars
Last 7 days: +30; stars
Last 30 days: +167; stars
Total stars: 13,948
Forks: 483

Star history

Total stars at the end of each week, from GitHub’s daily star counts.

+30 stars this week, against ~39 in a usual week

Rank in its topics

Out of repos that gained at least 20 stars in the period

Rank of ajayyy/SponsorBlock in each topic for today, this week and this month
Topic	Today	This week	This month
Browser extensions topic	–	#47of 51	#63of 98
Privacy topic	–	#116of 119	#157of 206
TypeScript topic	–	#857of 885	#1048of 1287

Health signals

Mixed signalsChecked Oct 14, 2026

Commit activity: Commits in 3 of the last 13 weeks 5 commits on the default branch in 90 days
Maintainers: 2 commit authors in 90 days Top author: 80% of the last 5 commits
Issue responsiveness: Median first response: 5 days 11 of 25 issues opened in 90 days are closed
Pull requests: 1 merged, 7 closed, 16 open Of 24 pull requests opened in 90 days
Releases: Last release: 3 months ago 9 releases in the last 12 months
Project hygiene: License, CI; no security policy
OpenSSF Scorecard: 3.9 / 10 (opens in new tab) Scanned Oct 12, 2026

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README

README.md

_{Logo by @munadikieh}

SponsorBlock

3rd-Party Ports: MPV | Kodi | Chromecast | iOS

SponsorBlock is an open-source crowdsourced browser extension to skip sponsor segments in YouTube videos. Users submit when a sponsor happens from the extension, and the extension automatically skips sponsors it knows about. It also supports skipping other categories, such as intros, outros and reminders to subscribe.

It also supports Invidious.

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Important Links

See the Wiki for important links.

Server

The backend server code is available here: https://github.com/ajayyy/SponsorBlockServer

To make sure that this project doesn't die, I have made the database publicly downloadable at https://sponsor.ajay.app/database (License). If you are planning on using the database in another project, please read the API Docs page for more information.

The dataset and API are now being used in some ports as well as a neural network.