This project is a browser-based extension (Chrome Extension, manifest v3) that uses the Perplexity API to automatically create summaries of YouTube videos or any web page.
- YouTube video summarization: Automatically extracts transcripts from YouTube videos and creates summaries.
- Summarize web pages: Generates precise and formatted summaries of any web page content.
- Custom options:** Adjustable length, style (bullet points or body text) and an optional custom system prompt.
- Summary history: History of past summaries that can be exported or deleted.
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├── background.js
├── history.html
├── history.js
├── icon-dark.png
├── icon-white.png
├── manifest.json
├── marked.js
├── options.html
├── options.js
├── popup.html
├── popup.js
└── styles.css
A handy Chrome extension for automatically summarizing web page content and YouTube video transcripts.
- Quick summary via context menu (whole page or selected text).
- History of saved summaries, including delete and export function.
- Customized options (summary length, style, own prompt).
- Chrome Context Menu (right click on any webpage for a general or highlighted text summary)
- Export of summaries as Markdown or txt.
- Frontend: HTML, CSS, JavaScript (Vanilla)
- External services: Perplexity AI
- Parsing Library: Marked.js
- clone repository:
git clone https://github.com/deinusername/pages-summarizer.git- Load in Chrome:
- Open
chrome://extensions - Activate the developer mode.
- Click on “Load unpacked extension”.
- Select the directory of the cloned repository.
- Enter API key for Perplexity in the options.
- Select summary length and style (bullet or continuous text).
This project is licensed under the MIT license.