Show HN: XedOut (A Safari Extension filter for X.com)

1 month ago 5

A Safari extension for filtering unwanted content on X (formerly Twitter) using AI-powered content analysis.

🎥 Video Filter: Automatically hide posts containing videos
🤖 AI-Powered Custom Filter: Use OpenAI's GPT-4o-mini to filter posts based on custom criteria
📸 Image Analysis: Analyzes both text and images in posts for comprehensive filtering
📢 Ad Blocker: Hide promoted posts and advertisements
⚙️ Customizable Prompts: Define your own filtering criteria (e.g., "political content", "sports", etc.)

macOS 14.0 or later
Xcode 15.0 or later
Safari 17.0 or later

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/XedOutV2.git cd XedOutV2
Open the project in Xcode:
Build and run the project (⌘+R)
Enable the extension in Safari:
- Safari → Settings → Extensions
- Enable "X Content Filter"

Get an OpenAI API key from platform.openai.com
Add billing credits (minimum $5 recommended)
Click the extension icon in Safari
Enter your API key and click "Save"

Customize what content gets filtered by setting your own prompt:

Examples:

"Analyze if the following content is political in nature."
"Determine if this post contains sports-related content."
"Check if this post discusses cryptocurrency or NFTs."

The AI will respond with true/false and hide matching posts.

Navigate to x.com
Click the extension icon
Toggle filters on/off:
- Video Filter: Hide all video posts
- Custom Filter: Use AI to filter based on your prompt
- Ad Filter: Hide promoted content

Posts matching your filters will be automatically hidden as you scroll.

Using gpt-4o-mini (the default model):

Text-only analysis: ~$0.001 per post
With images: ~$0.01 per post
$10 in credits ≈ 10,000 text posts or 1,000 posts with images

All filtering happens locally in your browser
API calls are made directly from the extension to OpenAI
No data is stored or sent to third-party servers
Your API key is stored locally in Safari

Content Script (JS) → Background Script (JS) → OpenAI API ↓ ↓ X/Twitter Analyzes Content Website Returns Result

XedOutV2/ ├── XedOutV2/ # Main app │ ├── AppDelegate.swift │ ├── ViewController.swift │ └── Resources/ ├── XedOutV2 Extension/ # Safari extension │ ├── SafariWebExtensionHandler.swift │ └── Resources/ │ ├── manifest.json │ ├── background.js # API calls │ ├── contentScript.js # Content filtering │ ├── popup.html/js/css # Extension UI │ └── icons/ └── README.md

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

MIT License - feel free to use this project however you'd like.