Page Brief
Instant privacy-first summaries of the current page or selected text, using Chrome's built-in AI.
As of June 2026, Page Brief has — users in the Productivity category.
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Version
0.1.0
Manifest V3
History
2 snapshotsTracking since Apr 17, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2026 | — | — | — | 0.1.0 |
| Apr 27, 2026 | — | — | — | 0.1.0 |
| Now | — | — | — | 0.1.0 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- activeTabcontextMenusscriptingstorage
- Host access
- None declared
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About
Page Brief helps you understand web pages faster by generating privacy-first summaries inside Chrome using Chrome’s built-in AI. Summarize either the text you selected or the main readable content of the current page. Choose short, medium, or long summaries, switch between paragraph and bullet output, then copy the result or download it as Markdown or plain text. Features: • Summarize selected text or the current page • Choose short, medium, or long summaries • Switch between paragraph and bullet formats • Copy summaries instantly • Download summaries as Markdown or plain text • Use the right-click context menu to summarize selected text • Trigger summarization with a keyboard shortcut • Store preferences locally in Chrome Page Brief is built for a minimal, task-focused workflow. In this MVP, it uses Chrome’s built-in Summarizer API only. It does not use OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, or any other third-party summarization service, and it does not include analytics or an account system. ## Buy me a coffee Page Brief is free to use. If you would like to support development: https://ko-fi.com/blakewenloe Chrome version support depends on availability of the built-in Summarizer API.
Technical
- Version
- 0.1.0
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 21.59KiB
- Min Chrome
- 138
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- ijolfbdmcgmfglabopihdhecekcemdnd
- Developer ID
- ue671644158c36583ae5cda560604b95c
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Mar 21, 2026
- Last Updated (Store)
- Mar 23, 2026
- Last Scraped
- Jun 9, 2026
- Website
- —
- Support URL
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Data sourced from the Chrome Web Store · last verified Jun 9, 2026.