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Page Assist
Page Assist is an open-source Chrome Extension that provides a Sidebar and Web UI for your Local AI model. It allows you to interact with your model from any webpage.
Installation
Page Assist supports Chromium-based browsers like Chrome, Brave, Edge, and Firefox.
Checkout the Demo (v1.0.0):
<div align="center"> </div>Features
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Sidebar: A sidebar that can be opened on any webpage. It allows you to interact with your model and see the results.
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Web UI: A web UI that allows you to interact with your model like a ChatGPT Website.
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Chat With Webpage: You can chat with the webpage and ask questions about the content.
want more features? Create an issue and let me know.
Manual Installation
Pre-requisites
- Bun - Installation Guide
- Ollama (Local AI Provider) - Installation Guide
- Any OpenAI API Compatible Endpoint (like LM Studio, llamafile etc.)
- Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/n4ze3m/page-assist.git
cd page-assist
- Install the dependencies
bun install
- Build the extension (by default it will build for Chrome)
bun run build
or you can build for Firefox
bun build:firefox
- Load the extension (chrome)
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Open the Extension Management page by navigating to
chrome://extensions
. -
Enable Developer Mode by clicking the toggle switch next to Developer mode.
-
Click the
Load unpacked
button and select thebuild
directory.
- Load the extension (firefox)
- Open the Add-ons page by navigating to
about:addons
. - Click the
Extensions
tab. - Click the
Manage Your Extensions
button. - Click the
Load Temporary Add-on
button and select themanifest.json
file from thebuild
directory.
Usage
Sidebar
Once the extension is installed, you can open the sidebar via context menu or keyboard shortcut.
Default Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+P
Web UI
You can open the Web UI by clicking on the extension icon which will open a new tab with the Web UI.
Default Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+L
Note: You can change the keyboard shortcuts from the extension settings on the Chrome Extension Management page.
Development
You can run the extension in development mode to make changes and test them.
bun dev
This will start a development server and watch for changes in the source files. You can load the extension in your browser and test the changes.
Browser Support
Browser | Sidebar | Chat With Webpage | Web UI |
---|---|---|---|
Chrome | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Brave | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Firefox | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Vivaldi | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Edge | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
LibreWolf | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Zen Browser | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Opera | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Arc | ❌ | ❌ | ✅ |
Local AI Provider
-
Chrome AI (Gemini Nano)
-
OpenAI API Compatible endpoints (like LM Studio, llamafile etc.)
Roadmap
- Firefox Support
- More Local AI Providers
- More Customization Options
- Better UI/UX
Privacy
Page Assist does not collect any personal data. The only time the extension communicates with the server is when you are using the share feature, which can be disabled from the settings.
All the data is stored locally in the browser storage. You can view the source code and verify it yourself.
Contributing
Contributions are welcome. If you have any feature requests, bug reports, or questions, feel free to create an issue.
Support
If you like the project and want to support it, you can buy me a coffee. It will help me to keep working on the project.
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or you can sponsor me on GitHub.
Blogs and Videos About Page Assist
This are some of the blogs and videos about Page Assist. If you have written a blog or made a video about Page Assist, feel free to create a PR and add it here.
License
MIT
Last but not least
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