What is streamus?

Streamus is a Google Chrome extension that turns YouTube into a more powerful music and video player. Instead of keeping browser tabs open for each video or losing track of songs you want to hear, you can build playlists, search for new content, and play everything from a single interface right inside your browser. The extension lets you search YouTube, add individual videos or entire playlists to your own collections, and use standard playback controls like shuffle, repeat, and skip. It also includes a discovery feature that suggests related videos, and you can share your curated playlists with others through a simple web link. The project is built as two main pieces: the browser extension itself, and a server that stores user data like playlists and folders so that your collections persist and can be shared between people. This tool is designed for people who use YouTube heavily for music or video listening, especially those who want a media-player experience rather than juggling multiple tabs. A founder building a curated video resource list, a project manager collecting tutorial playlists for a team, or anyone who wants background music while working could use this to organize and control playback without leaving their current browser workflow. Setting it up requires loading the extension into Chrome through the developer settings. The server side needs to be built in Visual Studio with a local database, so running the full project with saving and sharing features takes some development setup. The README includes a demo video showing the interface in action, which gives a clearer picture of the day-to-day experience than the feature list alone. The project is licensed under Creative Commons, meaning it can be used and shared with attribution but not commercially or modified without permission.