TabScribe — Research OS for the Web

Highlight → Summarize → Translate → Rewrite → Cite. A privacy-first research side panel powered by Chrome's built-in AI.

As of June 2026, TabScribe — Research OS for the Web has 11 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 4 reviews in the Productivity category.

Usersdown 8.3 percent8.3%
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Ratingno change0%
5.00
4 reviews
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Version
Beta 0.9 (Chrome AI + Offline)
Manifest V3

History

2 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 21, 2026.

12.0811.510.92Apr 21, 2026Jun 1, 2026
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DateUsersRatingReviewsVersion
Apr 21, 2026125.004Beta 0.9 (Chrome AI + Offline)
May 6, 2026125.004Beta 0.9 (Chrome AI + Offline)
Now115.004Beta 0.9 (Chrome AI + Offline)

Permissions & access

Permissions
contextMenussidePanelstorageactiveTabscriptingclipboardWrite
Host access
https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/*, https://api.openalex.org/*, https://api.crossref.org/*

Screenshots

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About

📖 TabScribe — Research OS for the Web

TabScribe is your personal research assistant, built directly into Chrome.
Highlight text anywhere on the web → save it to your side panel → instantly summarize, rewrite, translate, and cite with Chrome’s built-in AI.

No more juggling tabs, lost notes, or messy copy-pastes. TabScribe organizes your research into clean projects that you can export into polished drafts in seconds.

✨ Key Features

•One-click capture
Right-click or press Alt+S to save any selection with source, title, and link.

•On-device AI tools
Summarize, rewrite in different tones, translate into multiple languages, or proofread—all powered by Chrome’s on-device AI (with optional Gemini fallback).

•Citations made easy
Automatic DOI detection, metadata fetching, and export in APA, MLA, Harvard, and BibTeX.

•Organize your research
Create multiple projects, tag snippets, and search across everything instantly.

•Literature Lens
Discover related academic papers, explore citation networks, and filter for open access or recent publications.

•Export to drafts
Turn your saved snippets into structured reports with inline citations. Export in Markdown or DOCX with one click.

•Privacy-first design
Works completely offline by default. Your notes and projects stay stored locally in your browser.

🧑‍🎓 Perfect For

• Students and researchers writing essays, papers, or theses.
•Journalists and analysts compiling multi-source reports.
•Founders, writers, and lifelong learners organizing their reading.

🚀 Why TabScribe?

Unlike note-taking apps that add friction, TabScribe lives in your browser, right where research happens. It combines speed, organization, and AI power into one seamless workflow.

Highlight. Save. Summarize. Draft. Done.

👉 Try TabScribe today and transform the way you research.

Technical

Version
Beta 0.9 (Chrome AI + Offline)
Manifest
V3
Size
138KiB
Min Chrome
138
Languages
1
Featured
No

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
u07b485a814e02639fe872ec9128b59a7
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Sep 17, 2025
Last Updated (Store)
Sep 17, 2025
Last Scraped
Jun 1, 2026
Website
Support URL

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