WebGist

About

WebGist turns any webpage into a clear, concise summary in seconds — using your choice of AI provider. It also translates summaries into 84 languages, reads them aloud, exports to PDF, and saves them to a searchable
  local history. Your data never passes through any WebGist server.                                                                                                                                                        
                                                                
  ━━━ AI SUMMARY — 5 MODES ━━━

  Choose how you want your summary before clicking:

  • Key Points — 6–8 numbered bullet points covering the most important facts
  • Brief — A 3–4 sentence overview, ideal for quick scanning
  • ELI5 (Explain Like I'm 5) — A plain-language explanation, great for dense or technical content
  • Actions — Actionable takeaways starting with verbs, perfect for tutorials and how-tos
  • Pros & Cons — A structured list, ideal for reviews and comparisons

  Requires a free API key from your chosen provider (takes under 60 seconds to get).

  ━━━ FULL PAGE — NO AI NEEDED ━━━

  Extract clean, distraction-free article text without an API key. Uses a three-tier pipeline:
  1. Trafilatura (optional local server — highest accuracy, F1 ~0.96 on benchmarks)
  2. Jina AI Reader (free, handles JavaScript-rendered pages)
  3. Mozilla Readability (always available as offline fallback)

  ━━━ TRANSLATE TO 84 LANGUAGES ━━━

  Instantly translate any summary into 84 languages using Google Translate — no extra API key needed. The language picker is searchable by English name or native script:
  中文 · Español · العربية · हिन्दी · Français · Deutsch · 日本語 · Русский · Português · and 75 more.

  ━━━ READ ALOUD ━━━

  Listen to your summary — or its translation — using your system's text-to-speech engine. Falls back to Google TTS automatically if no engine is installed. Audio continues playing even after the popup closes.
  Adjustable speed from 0.75× to 2×.

  ━━━ PDF EXPORT ━━━

  Download a formatted PDF containing the page title, URL, date, summary, and translation. Uses the browser's built-in print dialog — no third-party PDF service or server involved.

  ━━━ HISTORY ━━━

  Save up to 50 summaries locally on your device. Each entry stores the page title, URL, summary text, translation, and TTS language. Restore any entry to the main view in one click.

  ━━━ FLOATING BUTTON ━━━

  A draggable WebGist button appears on every page so you can open the extension without going to the toolbar. Its position is remembered per website.

  ━━━ 7 AI PROVIDERS — ALL WITH FREE TIERS ━━━

  You choose the provider. All seven offer a free tier — no credit card required to get started.

  • Google Gemini (gemini-2.0-flash) — 15 requests/min, 1M tokens/day free
  • Groq (llama-3.3-70b-versatile) — 30 requests/min, ultra-fast inference
  • Mistral AI (mistral-small-latest) — 1 request/sec free
  • Cohere (command-r) — 20 requests/min on trial key
  • OpenRouter (llama-3.3-70b:free) — multiple free models available
  • Anthropic (claude-haiku-4-5) — pay-as-you-go, low cost per token
  • Cerebras (llama-3.3-70b) — free tier, extremely fast inference

  ━━━ PRIVACY FIRST ━━━

  • No analytics, no telemetry, no crash reporting — zero tracking
  • Your API key is stored only in Chrome's built-in storage, never on any external server
  • Page content is only sent to the AI provider you configured, and only when you click "AI Summary"
  • All history is stored locally on your device only
  • The extension developer has no backend server and no access to your data
  • Fully open source — every line of code is publicly auditable on GitHub

  Full privacy policy: https://wadekarg.github.io/WebGist/privacy
  Source code: https://github.com/wadekarg/WebGist