No. Install the one matching your actual leak: tabs, YouTube, or feeds. Five extensions installed on the same afternoon is a project, not a fix.

Are these checked against current browsers?

Yes, quarterly. An extension that stops working or leaves its store flips to RETURNED with the reason published.

Best focus extensions

OneTab, Unhook, and News Feed Eradicator are the free trinity: tabs tamed, YouTube defanged, feeds gone. Dark Reader for sensory relief. StayFocusd adds budgets but bypasses easily; it is a speed bump, not a wall.

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Checked August 2026
Item	Stamp	Band	Best for
OneTab	KEEP	free	Sixty tabs into one list
Unhook for YouTube	KEEP	free	YouTube without the spiral
News Feed Eradicator	KEEP	free	Feeds, gone
Dark Reader	KEEP	free	Sensory relief
StayFocusd	WORTH A LOOK	free	Time budgets per site

No. 1

OneTab

Collapses 60 shame tabs into one list, instantly; RAM and dignity restored.

Price bandfree

Where to buyone-tab.com

Tagstabs, focus

ConfidenceOwned and used

The catch: The list becomes its own graveyard; schedule a monthly purge.

Added 2026-08 · Checked 2026-08

Best for: Sixty tabs into one list

No. 2

Unhook for YouTube

Strips YouTube recommendations, shorts, and autoplay; search still works, the spiral doesn't.

Price bandfree

Where to buyunhook.app

Tagsfocus, video

ConfidenceOwned and used

The catch: You will feel the pull for a week; that is the extension working.

Added 2026-08 · Checked 2026-08

Best for: YouTube without the spiral

No. 3

News Feed Eradicator

Replaces the infinite feed with a quote; the site still works, the trap doesn't.

Price bandfree

Where to buywest.io

Tagsfocus, social

ConfidenceOwned and used

The catch: Covers major feeds only; the phone app remains the phone app.

Added 2026-08 · Checked 2026-08

Best for: Feeds, gone

No. 4

Dark Reader

Dark mode everywhere; sensory relief for light-sensitive late sessions.

Price bandfree

Where to buydarkreader.org

Tagssensory, reading

ConfidenceOwned and used

The catch: Occasionally mangles a site; the per-site toggle is one click.

Added 2026-08 · Checked 2026-08

Best for: Sensory relief

No. 5

StayFocusd

Daily time budgets per site with a nuclear option for deadline days.

Price bandfree

Tagsblockers, focus

ConfidenceTested briefly

The catch: Browser-level only; a motivated you bypasses it. Pattern-interrupt, not a wall.

App-level blockers are software; carded here one line only.

Added 2026-08 · Checked 2026-08

Best for: Time budgets per site

How we choose

Stamps are earned per the desk's criteria: KEEP means still in use after 30 days or more, WORTH A LOOK means real merit with a situational fit. This list is re-checked quarterly and the table above carries the date. Nothing here paid to be listed, and the returned entry explains itself.

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Questions

Do I need all five?: No. Install the one matching your actual leak: tabs, YouTube, or feeds. Five extensions installed on the same afternoon is a project, not a fix.
Are these checked against current browsers?: Yes, quarterly. An extension that stops working or leaves its store flips to RETURNED with the reason published.