Local by default
Image tools use the browser canvas API. Your photos are drawn on your device and never sent to a server, because there is no server to send them to.
About YouTube Creator Tools
10 free browser tools for the boring, fiddly parts of publishing: exact image sizes, readable thumbnails, smaller uploads, and text that fits the character limits.
Why this exists
Most of the work between "I recorded a video" and "that video is live" is small and annoying. A thumbnail that is 800 × 600 and gets letterboxed. A banner whose channel name sits in the part mobile crops away. A 14 MB file that needs re-encoding. A description where the chapters are formatted slightly wrong so no chapter list appears.
None of these problems are hard to fix. They are just scattered across documentation, forum answers and other people's tools — and the other tools usually want an account, an upload or a subscription. So these are built in the open, one focused tool at a time, with the constraint that everything runs in the browser.
How the site is built
YouTube Creator Tools is a static site with no runtime dependencies. Each page is pre-rendered to plain HTML at build time, and the tools themselves are small scripts that use the browser's own canvas, file and clipboard APIs. There is no backend, no user database, and nothing to go down: if the site is reachable, every tool works.
That architecture is the reason the privacy claims are simple. Image processing happens in your tab. Text you type stays in your tab. Analytics is optional, disabled until you accept, and aggregate-only.
Four rules this project does not break
Fast because there is no queue
There is no upload step, so results appear as fast as your device can process them. Nothing waits on a server round trip.
Honest about limits
We show real character counts, real file sizes and real bitrate maths. We do not display invented view counts, trend scores or ranking predictions.
No dark patterns
No account walls, no email gates, no fake progress bars, no "upgrade to download" walls. Ads are labelled and separated from the tools.
What is live today
Everything on the site right now, with nothing announced before it works.
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On the roadmap
Ideas that solve a real, common problem. Dates are not promised — if it is not working, it is not listed here as done.
Subtitle and caption helpers
Chapter and caption formatting that stays local, for creators who publish in more than one language.
A/B thumbnail comparison
Export several variants of the same design so you can test what actually works on your audience.
Brand kit presets
Store colours and fonts locally in your browser and reuse them across the canvas tools.
Questions about this site
Who runs YouTube Creator Tools?
It is a small independent project built by a developer who got tired of uploading thumbnails in the wrong size. The site is funded by clearly labelled advertising so the tools can stay free.
Are you affiliated with YouTube or Google?
No. YouTube Creator Tools is independent. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google LLC, and "YouTube" is a trademark of Google LLC.
How do you make money if the tools are free?
Through clearly labelled display advertising. Ads never take priority over the tool you are using, and there is no paywall on any of the tools.
Do you collect my files or my text?
No. Images are processed locally in your browser. Text you type into the generators stays in the page. Nothing is stored, logged as content, or sent anywhere.
Can I suggest a tool?
Yes — the contact page has a form for it. Suggestions that solve a common, concrete problem are the most likely to be built.
Use the tools
No account, no upload, no waiting. Open one and start working.