TextCloud CE

About

TextCloud CE is a powerful Chrome extension that transforms text from any webpage into beautiful, interactive word clouds using AI-powered keyword extraction.

  🎯 What It Does

   1. Extract Text - Click the floating button on any webpage and select text elements to extract
   2. AI Processing - Keywords are intelligently extracted using Ollama (local AI) or OpenRouter (cloud AI)
   3. Visualize - Generate stunning interactive word clouds with customizable filters
   4. Analyze - Compare extractions, exclude words, and adjust visualization settings

  ✨ Key Features

  🤖 AI-Powered Keywords
   - Local AI with Ollama (free, private)
   - Cloud AI with OpenRouter (fast, many models)
   - Simple frequency extraction as fallback
   - Smart queuing system for multiple extractions

  ☁️ Interactive Word Cloud
   - Pan & zoom (drag to move, scroll to zoom)
   - Click-to-exclude unwanted words
   - Adjustable size exaggeration (0.1 - 2.0)
   - Filter by frequency, extractions, max words
   - Auto-refreshes when AI processing completes

  📊 Project Management
   - Create multiple projects
   - Set default project for quick extraction
   - Compare text across multiple extractions
   - Export/import data for backup

  ⚙️ Customization
   - Draggable, resizable floating button (16-40px)
   - Toggle button visibility
   - Choose AI provider (Ollama or OpenRouter)
   - Custom prompts for AI extraction
   - Size exaggeration presets (Extreme, Dramatic, Balanced, Uniform)

  🎯 Perfect For

   - Researchers - Analyze papers, identify themes across documents
   - Students - Study aids, language learning, lecture analysis
   - Marketers - Competitor analysis, review insights, SEO research
   - Developers - Docs comparison, Stack Overflow pattern analysis
   - Content Creators - Content gap analysis, trending topics
   - Business Analysts - Market research, customer review analysis
   - Journalists - News bias detection, speech analysis

  🔒 Privacy First

   - ✅ All data stored locally in your browser
   - ✅ No data sent to external servers (unless using OpenRouter)
   - ✅ No analytics or tracking

  🛠️ How to Use

   1. Install the extension
   2. Create a project from the extension popup
   3. Navigate to any webpage
   4. Click the floating button (bottom-right corner)
   5. Select text elements to extract
   6. Open Viewer to see your word cloud
   7. Customize with filters and settings

  ⚙️ AI Setup (Optional)

  For Local AI (Ollama):
   1. Install Ollama from https://ollama.ai
   2. Run: ollama pull qwen2.5:3b
   3. Extension will auto-detect Ollama

  For Cloud AI (OpenRouter):
   1. Get API key from https://openrouter.ai/keys
   2. Enter key in extension Settings
   3. Select your preferred model

  No AI? No problem! Simple keyword extraction works out of the box.

  📝 Permissions Explained

   - storage - Save your projects and extractions locally
   - activeTab - Extract text from the current webpage
   - notifications - Notify when text extraction completes