Summarize

Name: Summarize
Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)
Author: steipete

Summarize what you see. Articles, threads, YouTube, podcasts — anything.

As of June 2026, Summarize has 10,000 users and a 4.29/5 rating from 7 reviews in the Productivity category.

steipete Productivity

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

Users+100.0%

10.0K

10,000

Rating+7.3%

4.29

7 reviews

Reviews+40.0%

Version

0.13.1

Manifest V3

90-day change · In the last 90 days this extension gained 5.0K users, 2 version updates.

History

8 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 5, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 5, 2026	5.0K	4.00	5	0.11.1
Apr 16, 2026	6.0K	4.00	5	0.11.1
Apr 26, 2026	10.0K	4.00	5	0.13.0
May 11, 2026	10.0K	4.00	5	0.13.1
May 18, 2026	8.0K	4.17	6	0.13.1
May 23, 2026	7.0K	4.17	6	0.13.1
May 27, 2026	5.0K	4.29	7	0.13.1
Jun 21, 2026	4.0K	4.29	7	0.13.1
Now	10.0K	4.29	7	0.13.1

Permissions & access

Permissions: tabsactiveTabstoragesidePanelwebNavigationscriptingwindowsdebugger
Host access: <all_urls>, http://127.0.0.1:8787/*

Screenshots

About

Point at any URL/YouTube/Podcast. Get the gist/slides. Uses local or remote models.

*Note: You need to install a local service as companion (npm or brew)*
`https://github.com/steipete/summarize`

## Features

- URLs, files, and media: web pages, PDFs, images, audio/video, YouTube, podcasts, RSS.
- Real extraction pipeline: fetch -> clean -> Markdown (readability + markitdown), Firecrawl fallback when blocked.
- Transcript-first media flow: published transcripts when available, Whisper fallback when not.
- YouTube slide screenshots from the browser (Side Panel).
- Streaming TTY output with Markdown rendering (markdansi) and scrollback-safe formatting.
- Local, paid, and free models: OpenAI-compatible local endpoints, paid providers, plus an OpenRouter free preset.
- Output modes: Markdown/text, JSON diagnostics, extract-only, metrics, timing, and cost estimates.