ytch
Ranked 3 of 3 YouTube TV guides by recommenders
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.
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.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
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Mostly keyboard navigable, works with remote
“What ytch does better is that it is mostly keyboard navigable (with minor annoyances), which also makes it usable with a remote control”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Turn Your YouTube Subscriptions into a Retro TV Guide” “What ytch does better is that it is mostly keyboard navigable (with minor annoyances)”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Turn Your YouTube Subscriptions into a Retro TV Guide” Simple to set up and use
“Works fine. Chromium, kiosk mode, entry in ~/.local/share/applications/ytch.desktop, and you're good to go.”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Turn Your YouTube Subscriptions into a Retro TV Guide” “which I really like for its simplicity”
Comment from 13 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Turn Your YouTube Subscriptions into a Retro TV Guide”
Other YouTube TV guides people recommend
The two most recommended other YouTube TV guides, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retro TV Guide | 33 | 1 | 97% | 2 | — | — |
| Channel Surfer | 9 | 2 | 82% | 5 | — | — |
| ytchThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Works fine. Chromium, kiosk mode, entry in ~/.local/share/applications/ytch.desktop, and you're good to go.”
“What ytch does better is that it is mostly keyboard navigable (with minor annoyances)”
“What ytch does better is that it is mostly keyboard navigable (with minor annoyances), which also makes it usable with a remote control”
“See also http://www.ytch.tv >, made by a fellow /hn/er.”
“which I really like for its simplicity”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.