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YouTube Tag Generator
Type your video topic and get a list of related tags you can switch on or off, with a live count against YouTube's 500-character limit. It runs in your browser with no sign-up.
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Generate tags, hashtags, descriptions and chapters, check a title or a thumbnail before you publish, and do the money math. 13 of these tools are free with no sign-up, and they run right in your browser.
- 13 free tools
- No sign-up
- Runs in your browser
Titles, tags & descriptions
Everything that goes in the upload form, ready to paste into YouTube Studio.
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YouTube Hashtag Generator
Type a topic and get up to 15 clean, CamelCase hashtags built from it. Switch off the ones that don't fit, then copy the rest into your video's description or title.
Open the Hashtag GeneratorFree · no sign-up
YouTube Keyword Generator
Enter one seed keyword and get 29 search phrasings grouped by intent: questions, comparisons, buyer searches and trends. Copy a group, then check each phrase in YouTube's own search bar.
Open the Keyword GeneratorFree · no sign-up
YouTube Description Generator
Fill in your title, two or three key points, your links, your chapters if you have them, and a call to action. You get a structured description with a summary line, bullets, chapters, links and up to three hashtags, counted against YouTube's 5,000-character limit.
Open the Description GeneratorFree · no sign-up
YouTube Timestamp Generator
Type one chapter per line, time first and then the title. The tool sorts the lines, formats the times, flags anything YouTube won't accept and gives you a clean block to paste into your description.
Open the Timestamp GeneratorFree · no sign-up
YouTube Title Length Checker
Paste a title to count it against YouTube's 100-character limit and see where it gets cut off in desktop search, the desktop home feed, the mobile feed and the suggested videos sidebar. It also flags heavy caps, stray spaces, emoji and a keyword that sits too late.
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YouTube Embed Code Generator
Paste a YouTube link or video ID, choose how the player behaves, and copy ready-to-paste embed code. It handles start and end times, autoplay, looping, captions, privacy-enhanced mode, responsive sizing and 9:16 Shorts.
Open the Embed Code GeneratorThumbnails
Check, resize and grab thumbnails before they cost you the click.
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YouTube Thumbnail Preview
Drop in your thumbnail, type your title, and see it in the second slot of a mock YouTube feed surrounded by real top-performing videos. Switch between home, search, sidebar and mobile layouts, in light or dark theme.
Open the Thumbnail PreviewFree · no sign-up
YouTube Thumbnail Resizer
Drop in any image to check it against YouTube's thumbnail requirements, then crop or fit it to 16:9 (or 9:16 for Shorts) and download a JPG under 2 MB. The image never leaves your device.
Open the Thumbnail ResizerFree · no sign-up
YouTube Thumbnail Downloader
Paste a YouTube link or video ID and see the video's thumbnail in five standard sizes, from 1280 x 720 down to 120 x 90, plus the portrait image used for Shorts. Download any of them as a JPG or copy the direct image URL.
Open the Thumbnail DownloaderChannel & earnings
Names, money and engagement math for the channel itself.
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YouTube Channel Name Generator
Enter your topic, choose one or more naming styles, and get up to 24 channel name ideas. Each one comes with a matching @handle and a link to check it on YouTube.
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YouTube Money Calculator
Enter monthly views, pick a niche and set how many views show ads. You get a monthly and yearly range for long-form ad revenue, based on YouTube's 55% creator share and the calculator's niche CPM assumptions.
Open the Money CalculatorFree · no sign-up
YouTube Engagement Rate Calculator
Enter a video's views, likes and comments, plus shares and subscribers if you have them. You get the engagement rate by views and by subscribers, likes per view and comments per 1,000 views, with the math shown.
Open the Engagement Rate CalculatorAI tools
Generation that calls a model. These need a Vidfora account.
Plus plan
AI YouTube Title Generator
Describe your video and get 10 title options written by AI, using real outlier videos from your niche as style examples. Generating titles requires a Vidfora account on the Plus plan.
Open the Title GeneratorPlus plan
AI YouTube Video Idea Generator
Enter a topic or a title that worked and get six video concepts, each with a title, an opening hook, a thumbnail direction and a one-line reason it could work. Generating ideas requires a Vidfora account on the Plus plan.
Open the Idea GeneratorFree account
YouTube Thumbnail Maker
A layered thumbnail editor on a 1280 x 720 canvas, with headlines, text pills, arrows, circles, images, gradients and your brand kit, exported as PNG or JPG. A free Vidfora account includes one saved design and one download; AI generation needs Plus.
Open the Thumbnail MakerA few more things
Good questions. Clear answers.
Are these YouTube tools really free?
Yes. The 13 tools marked "Free · no sign-up" cost nothing and have no usage limits. They run entirely in your browser, so there is nothing for us to meter. The AI tools are the exception: they call a model and are part of Vidfora Plus.
Do I need an account to use them?
No. Open any free tool and use it right away. Your recent runs are kept in your browser. If you want them on another device, a free Vidfora account keeps them for you.
Is anything I type sent to Vidfora?
Not for the free tools. The tag, hashtag, keyword, description, timestamp and channel name generators, the calculators, the title length checker, the embed code generator and the thumbnail preview and resizer all work on your device. The thumbnail downloader loads the image straight from YouTube's public image server.
Which tools need an account?
The AI title generator and AI video idea generator need Vidfora Plus because they run an AI model. The thumbnail maker needs an account because it saves your designs: a free account includes one design and one download, and its AI tools are on Plus.
What is Vidfora?
Vidfora is a YouTube research tool. It finds videos that are beating their own channel's usual views, so you can see which ideas and packaging are working in your niche before you make your next video.
Your next great video starts with a little inspiration.
Find a promising idea, make it your own, and bring it to life. Your creative process has a home in Vidfora.
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