Your subscriptions, one folder at a time

YouTube gives you one endless subscription feed. SubDeck adds folders, filters, and a column deck on top of it, so the channels you actually watch stop getting buried.

  • PriceFree, premium $3/mo
  • AccountNot required
  • Your dataStays in your browser
SubDeck open over YouTube on the Education folder, showing the latest videos from its seven channels with the folder list on the left and a channel rail on the right.
The views

Every screen SubDeck adds to YouTube

SubDeck opens over the page you are already on. Pick a screen to see exactly what you get.

Subscription Feed

Every channel you follow in one feed. Narrow it to videos or live, put what you have already watched out of the way, and switch between a grid and a list.

Subscription Feed listing 83 videos from every subscribed channel in a grid.
Subscription FeedClick to enlarge
Features

Control that YouTube does not give you

Column Deck

Pin a folder and a single channel next to each other, then scroll each column on its own. Two columns free, unlimited with premium.

Folders and subfolders

Group the channels you follow by topic, with as many folders as you like. Premium nests them three levels deep, so Favorites can live inside Music.

Filtered feeds

Cut a folder or deck feed to videos, shorts, live, or upcoming, hide what you have already watched, and mark a video watched without playing it.

Bulk management

Tick as many channels as you like, then file them, pull them back out, or unsubscribe in one pass.

Search inside a folder

Search within one folder instead of all of YouTube, or find any channel you follow by name.

Backup and restore

Save your folders to a JSON file you can keep as a snapshot or carry to another browser. Importing merges into what is already there and never deletes anything. Free on any plan, though only premium restores subfolders as subfolders; without it they come back as ordinary folders, so the nesting is the only thing that does not survive.

How it works

From install to your first deck

  1. STEP 01

    Install SubDeck

    Add it from the Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-ons, then open YouTube. There is no sign-up and no setup screen.

  2. STEP 02

    File your channels

    Open Manage Subscriptions, select the channels you follow, and drop them into folders you name yourself.

  3. STEP 03

    Build your deck

    Pin the folders you check most as columns. The deck is waiting the next time you open YouTube.

Pricing

Free to use, premium when you want more

The free plan is not a trial. Unlimited folders, the subscription feed, bulk unsubscribing, and export and import stay free with no account. Premium lifts the two limits the free plan meters and adds the deeper organizing tools.

Free $0forever

Everything you need to sort your subscriptions into folders and read them your way. No account, no trial, no card.

Install free
Premium $3/mo

Runs through Patreon as a monthly membership. Connect your account inside SubDeck and every premium feature unlocks.

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Free and premium plans compared, feature by feature
What you get Free Premium
Folders Unlimited Unlimited
Subscription feed and filters Included Included
Bulk unsubscribe and folder moves Included Included
Export and import folders Included Included
Mark as watched 15 / day Unlimited
Deck columns 2 columns Unlimited
Subfolders, three levels deep Not included Included
Sort channels by uploads or subscribers Not included Included
Folder colors and custom icons Not included Included
Duplicate a whole folder Not included Included
Channel activity check, all at once Not included Included
FAQ

Answers before you install

Still stuck? The privacy policy covers what SubDeck stores and where.

Yes. The subscription feed, bulk management, search, file export and import, unlimited folders, and a two-column deck are all free, with no account and no trial. A $3/mo premium tier through Patreon lifts the remaining limits and adds a few extras.

A view that puts folders and individual channels next to each other as columns, each scrolling on its own. It is useful when you want to check Education, Music, and one specific creator without switching pages. The free plan holds two columns at a time; premium removes the limit.

No. Folders, settings, and channel data live in your browser, and there is no analytics or tracking of any kind. One optional connection is the only time anything leaves your device: Patreon membership, which is checked through a small stateless relay we run that stores nothing. It is off until you turn it on. Anything else leaves only when you export your folders to a file yourself.

SubDeck reads your subscription list inside the browser, through the same internal API the YouTube page itself calls, using the session you are already signed in with. It never sees your password and never signs in on your behalf. Actions that change your account (unsubscribing, marking a video watched, adding to Watch Later) happen only when you ask for them.

No. SubDeck opens over YouTube and closes again. All it adds to the page itself is a button in YouTube's header and a Manage button on channel pages; your subscriptions page works exactly as it did before.

Export the folders you want as a JSON file, then import that file on the other device. It is free on any plan, and importing merges with whatever is already there rather than overwriting it, so you can carry folders across without losing the ones you made on either side. Subfolders keep their nesting on premium; on the free plan every folder still arrives, laid out at the top level.

Yes. Export your data from PocketTube (YouTube Subscription Manager), then open Settings, Data, and pick that file under "Import from PocketTube". Every folder arrives with the channels in it, and SubDeck looks the channel names up for you, since their file stores bare channel IDs. Nesting follows the same rule as any import: premium keeps it, the free plan lays every folder out at the top level. Nothing is sent to PocketTube and nothing on their side is changed.

Premium runs through Patreon as a $3/mo membership. It lifts the free limits (unlimited deck columns instead of two, unlimited "mark as watched" instead of fifteen a day) and adds subfolders three levels deep, custom folder colors and icons, duplicating a whole folder, and checking every channel's activity in one click. Connect your Patreon account in SubDeck and an active membership on the supporting tier unlocks all of it. Exporting and importing your folders stays free whether or not you are a patron, though only premium keeps subfolders nested when a file comes back in.

Give your subscriptions somewhere to go

Install SubDeck, make your first folder, and see the difference on the next upload.