Show HN: I built a complete AI learning system for YouTube

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Jul 16, 2025 12:17
AzharKhann
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Summary

A developer created Notetube, an AI-powered platform that transforms YouTube learning by adding structure, organization, and interactive features. The system uses AI to generate detailed notes, summaries, key timestamps, personalized quizzes, and offers a chat interface for instant clarification, addressing common issues of passive and fragmented learning. This highlights AI's growing role in enhancing self-directed online education by making content more interactive and tailored to individual learners.

I've been self-learning from YouTube for years—everything from coding to design to business skills. But I kept hitting the same wall: YouTube learning has no structure. Your knowledge gets scattered across random playlists, you're passively consuming content without real retention, and when you're confused, there's nobody to ask. I built Notetube to fix this by layering organizational tools with AI to create a proper learning system: Organizational layer: Build structured collections by topic/course/skill, visualize your learning progress with dashboards, create and track your learning goals AI layer: Automatically generates detailed notes (3000+ words for 1 hour of content) and summaries, identifies key moments with timestamps, creates personalized quizzes for retention testing, and provides a chat interface for instant help when concepts aren't clear ...plus additional features like timestamped note-taking, but I'll keep this brief. Quick signup via Google OAuth for a smooth onboardi