Chrome Extension - AI Text Summarizer

A modern and stylish Chrome extension that summarizes entire webpages or selected text using a locally hosted Ollama API. This extension empowers you to leverage your own local running model for fast, private, and customizable text summarization.

🚀 Features

✅ Summarize Entire Webpage – Quickly generate a summary of any webpage.
✅ Summarize Highlighted Text – Select text, click the floating button, and get an instant summary.
✅ Use Your Own Local Model – Run the extension with your own locally hosted Ollama model for private, fast summarization.
✅ Fast & Private – No data is sent to external servers, ensuring complete privacy.
✅ Modern UI – Stylish and user-friendly interface for a seamless experience.

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🛠️ Setup & Installation

1️⃣ Set Up Ollama API Locally

One of the key highlights of this extension is the ability to use your own local running Ollama model!

To allow requests from the Chrome extension to your local Ollama API, set the environment variable:

export OLLAMA_ORIGINS="chrome-extension://*"

Then, serve the model locally by running:

ollama serve

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2️⃣ Install the Extension

1️⃣ Open Chrome and navigate to:
👉 chrome://extensions/

2️⃣ Enable Developer Mode (toggle switch in the top-right corner).

3️⃣ Click Load Unpacked and select the extension folder.

4️⃣ The extension is now installed and ready to use! 🎉

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📌 How to Use

🔹 Summarizing a Webpage

1. Open any webpage.
2. Click the Summarizer Extension Icon in the Chrome toolbar.
3. The extension will generate a concise summary instantly using your local Ollama model.

🔹 Summarizing Highlighted Text

1. Select any text on a webpage.
2. A floating "Summarize" button will appear near the selection.
3. Click the button to get an instant summary from your local model.

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❗ Troubleshooting

Problem: "Error Fetching Summary"

🔹 Solution: Make sure your Ollama API is running locally:

ollama serve

Problem: No Floating Button After Selecting Text

🔹 Solution: Refresh the webpage and try selecting the text again.

Problem: Extension Not Working Properly

🔹 Solution:

1. Remove the extension from Chrome.
2. Reinstall it using the "Load Unpacked" method.

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🏆 Contributing

Feel free to contribute by reporting issues or suggesting improvements! 🚀

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📜 License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.