illi

Video that listens to you.

Control YouTube with simple mouse gestures, without hunting for buttons.

Try illi free

45 days of Premium free · No card required

For people who watch to learn, understand, or follow their curiosity.

  • Speed uphold the wheel, move up
  • Slow downhold the wheel, move down
  • Move back and forthhold and drag sideways
  • Save a momentdouble‑click the wheel
  • Pause when you look awaywith auto‑pause on
  • Resume when you’re backbring the mouse back
  • 2xSet your speed onceilli remembers your preferred speed per channel
  • Pick up where you got toyour furthest point is marked
  • Synced across your devicesbookmarks and settings follow you

Watch at your pace.
Keep your place.

  1. Hold the wheel, move up or down

    Skip the slow parts.

    Speed through what you know. Slow down for what you don’t. illi remembers your speed for each channel.

  2. Hold and drag sideways

    Replay what you missed.

    Hold and drag sideways to go back or forward, without aiming at the timeline.

  3. Double‑click the wheel

    Find it again later.

    Bookmark a useful moment and return with a click. No more searching through the whole video.

  4. With auto‑pause on

    Follow along without falling behind.

    Try what you learn. With auto-pause on, the video waits when your mouse leaves its page and resumes when you bring it back.

Where it works

  • On YouTube videos and embeds
  • Desktop or laptop
  • Scroll wheel, right click or trackpad
  • Chrome, Edge or any Chromium browser

What people ask

Do I have to learn all the gestures?
Start with one: hold your mouse’s scroll-wheel button and move up or down to change speed. Try the others when you need them.
Will it work with my setup?
Use illi on YouTube in Chrome, Edge, or another Chromium browser on your desktop or laptop. Use a mouse with a scroll-wheel button, choose right-click activation in settings, or use your trackpad.
What happens after the 45 days?
Keep basic speed control free, or choose Premium for the full experience at US$10/month or US$100/year. No card is required for the trial, and it won’t automatically turn into a paid subscription.

Get more out of your next video.

Try illi free for 45 days

All Premium features. No card required. Basic speed control stays free afterwards.

Go learn something.

illi works on your desktop or laptop.

We’ll email you a link to open when you’re there.