The Gist of It
Summarizes any selected text using AI.
As of May 2026, The Gist of It has 9 users in the Productivity category.
Usersup 12.5 percent+12.5%
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Version
0.0.1
Manifest V3
History
2 snapshotsTracking since Apr 30, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2026 | 8 | — | — | 0.0.1 |
| May 27, 2026 | 10 | — | — | 0.0.1 |
| Now | 9 | — | — | 0.0.1 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- contextMenusstorageaction
- Host access
- https://api.openai.com/*
Screenshots
About
This Chrome extension uses GPT to provide instant, intelligent summaries of any selected text. Built with [Plasmo](https://docs.plasmo.com/) and powered by OpenAI's GPT models. You put your OpenAI API key in, it gets stored locally, then right click on any text in the browser and use "Get the Gist of It" to summarize it.
Technical
- Version
- 0.0.1
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 66.6KiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- No
Metadata
- ID
- okgjoinbmdegipkoblgfmbmmkihcopcm
- Developer ID
- u6696ceae12dbb0e3bbeab4cf91f8b913
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Nov 13, 2024
- Last Updated (Store)
- Nov 13, 2024
- Last Scraped
- May 27, 2026
- Website
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- Support URL
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- Privacy Policy
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