Page Assist
Browser sidebar that talks to your local Ollama. Summarize pages, chat, vision support.
Editorial verdict: “Best 'sidebar AI' browser extension that's truly local-first.”
Compatibility at a glance
Which runtime + OS combos this app works against. Source of truth for "will it run on my setup?"
What it is
Page Assist is a Chrome / Firefox extension that pops a sidebar that talks to your local Ollama. Summarize the current page, paste an image at a vision model, build a small knowledge base from URLs. The cleanest 'browse with my local LLM' integration.
✓ Strengths
- +Truly local-first browser AI
- +Multi-tab knowledge base feature
- +Vision-model support if your local model has it
△ Caveats
- −Manifest-V3 Chrome rollout had hiccups in 2024-2025
- −Smaller polish than Microsoft Copilot sidebar
About the Browser extension category
Browser extension that uses your local model.
Where to go from here
Pre-filled with this app's recommended use case + budget tier. Get the full rig + runtime + model picks.
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What this app talks to: Ollama, vLLM, llama.cpp, MLX, LM Studio. The upstream layer.
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