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Rot Guard
A Chrome extension that asks TypeSafe Jev whether each video, post or page serves your goals and blocks or blurs what doesn't.
Repo created 2026-09-27, last pushed 2026-10-06 (gh api). (checked 2026-10-25)
In AI content filters
Where it stands apart
- How is the main thing licensed? permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) (25% of 16 others)
- Who is it for? developers (6% of 16 others)
- Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? TypeSafe Jev (19% of 16 others)
- What does it try to remove? low-quality or time-wasting content, however it was made (13% of 16 others)
- In the default setup, where is each item judged? by a third-party AI service, using your own API key (13% of 16 others)
- What happens to flagged content by default? collapsed or blurred, one click to show (6% of 16 others)
- Which place does it mainly cover? any web page (6% of 16 others)
- In the default setup, how do users mainly pay for it? you pay an AI provider through your own API key (13% of 16 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (94% of 16 others)
- How is it mainly sustained? individual side project, no revenue (50% of 16 others)
- How does it mainly decide what to flag? an AI model or classifier (50% of 16 others)
- Once you start using it, is filtering or labeling on by default? yes, on by default (69% of 16 others)
- Does it publish its verdicts for others to reuse (a list, dataset, feed, or API)? no (69% of 16 others)
Nearest neighbors
- Slop Filter 76% of 17 shared answers match
- SniffSlop 71% of 17 shared answers match
- HNFiltered 47% of 17 shared answers match
Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | stands apart permissive open source (MIT/Apache/BSD) MIT. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | individual side project, no revenue | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | yes No maker server; calls TypeSafe with your key. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | account required Needs a TypeSafe Jev API key. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Who is it for? | stands apart developers Clone, build config with Node, load unpacked. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | stands apart TypeSafe Jev Asks TypeSafe Jev about each item. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What does it try to remove? | stands apart low-quality or time-wasting content, however it was made Judges relevance to your goals; 'rot', not AI authorship. | source 2026-10-26 |
| How does it mainly decide what to flag? | an AI model or classifier Jev typed questions plus coded time thresholds. | source 2026-10-26 |
| In the default setup, where is each item judged? | stands apart by a third-party AI service, using your own API key | source 2026-10-26 |
| What happens to flagged content by default? | stands apart collapsed or blurred, one click to show Videos blocked, feed tiles and X posts blurred; Shorts always hidden. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Which place does it mainly cover? | stands apart any web page YouTube, X, Reddit, LinkedIn plus a generic reader. | source 2026-10-26 |
| What form does it take? | a browser extension or userscript | source 2026-10-26 |
| Once you start using it, is filtering or labeling on by default? | yes, on by default | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can you correct a wrong verdict? | yes, for yourself only (show anyway, threshold, allowlist) Allowlist, trusted creators, one-shot appeal. | source 2026-10-26 |
| In the default setup, how do users mainly pay for it? | stands apart you pay an AI provider through your own API key | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does it publish its verdicts for others to reuse (a list, dataset, feed, or API)? | no | source 2026-10-26 |
Sources
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- GitHub · github.com/plusminushalf/rot-guard · read 2026-10-25
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