# ytch

6 Hacker News commenters recommended ytch and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Turns your YouTube subscriptions into a retro TV-guide style view that is simple to run and mostly works with a keyboard or remote, though keyboard navigation has minor annoyances.

## Why people recommend it

- Mostly keyboard navigable, works with remote (2 comments): "What ytch does better is that it is mostly keyboard navigable (with minor annoyances), which also makes it usable with a remote control" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47370183)) "What ytch does better is that it is mostly keyboard navigable (with minor annoyances)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47370726))
- Simple to set up and use (2 comments): "Works fine. Chromium, kiosk mode, entry in ~/.local/share/applications/ytch.desktop, and you're good to go." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47370929)) "which I really like for its simplicity" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47367398))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Retro TV Guide](https://hackerapproved.com/p/retro-tv-guide-for-youtube-subscriptions.md): 33 recommend
- [Channel Surfer](https://hackerapproved.com/p/channel-surfer.md): 9 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "ytch", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ytch/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).