Get the transcript of any YouTube video

Paste a link and read the full transcript with timestamps — free, no extension, no account. Want to keep it? A free account saves every video to a permanent library where you can search every word of everything you've watched.

Instant for videos already in our community library. New videos take about a minute with a free account.

It's a library, not a one-shot tool

Every video you save keeps its transcript and summary forever. No more "I know I watched it somewhere" — your watch history becomes a knowledge base.

Search across every video at once

Half-remember a quote, a formula, a moment? Search your whole library and jump straight to the timestamped second it was said.

Turn videos into drafts

One click turns any saved video into a blog post, X thread, or LinkedIn post draft — built from the actual transcript, not a vague description.

Frequently asked questions

Is this YouTube transcript tool really free?

Yes. Looking up videos already in our community library is free with no account. A free account lets you add new videos (we fetch the transcript for you), keeps everything in a permanent library, and adds AI summaries and cross-video search. No card required.

Why is this better than YouTube's built-in transcript panel?

YouTube's panel shows one video at a time and disappears when you close the tab. Here every transcript is kept, timestamped, and searchable across your entire library — and auto-captions ("craptions") are paired with an AI summary so you can navigate long videos by chapter.

What if the video has no captions?

With a free account we run a multi-step fetch (including speech-to-text fallbacks) that recovers transcripts for most videos, including many with no manual captions. Very long, private, or region-locked videos can still fail.

Can I copy or export the transcript?

Yes — the text is right on the page to copy. Account holders can also export their library as JSON, and developers can query it via our agent API and MCP server.