Page Assist

Open-source (MIT) sidebar and ChatGPT-style web UI for local models via Ollama, LM Studio or Chrome's built-in Gemini Nano

What Page Assist does

  • Open-source (MIT) sidebar and ChatGPT-style web UI for local models via Ollama, LM Studio or Chrome's built-in Gemini Nano
  • Chat with the current webpage without sending data to a cloud service
  • Works on Chrome, Edge, Brave, Firefox, Vivaldi and Zen; about 8.2k GitHub stars

Page Assist — straight answers

What is Page Assist?

Page Assist is listed under Browser Extensions & Copilots, in the AI Chat & Assistants category on Flocci AI Tools. Open-source (MIT) sidebar and ChatGPT-style web UI for local models via Ollama, LM Studio or Chrome's built-in Gemini Nano. It is free, with no paid plan attached, and it lives at github.com.

Is Page Assist free?

Page Assist is listed as fully free — there is no paid tier attached to it in the catalog. That makes it one of the 397 entries on Flocci AI Tools with no upgrade path built in.

Can I use Page Assist in a browser, or is there an app?

Page Assist needs to be installed or self-hosted — it doesn't run in a browser tab. It is available on a Chrome extension and self-hosting.

What can Page Assist do?

Page Assist does 3 things the catalog singles out: Open-source (mit) sidebar and chatgpt-style web ui for local models via ollama, lm studio or chrome's built-in gemini nano; chat with the current webpage without sending data to a cloud service; works on chrome, edge, brave, firefox, vivaldi and zen; about 8.2k github stars.

What is the best free alternative to Page Assist?

Firefox Smart Window is the closest free alternative: it sits in the same Browser Extensions & Copilots sub-category and is free. Gemini in Chrome, Opera Browser AI (Aria) and MaxAI.me also start free. The full list is on the alternatives page.

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Sider

Browser Extensions & Copilots
freemium
  • ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini in a browser sidebar
  • Summarize any page, PDF or YouTube video
  • Translate, rewrite and explain selections
  • Works across every website

Monica

Browser Extensions & Copilots
freemium
  • All-in-one AI copilot for the browser
  • Access to GPT, Claude & Gemini
  • Writing, translation and search tools
  • Desktop app and memo features

Merlin AI

Browser Extensions & Copilots
freemium
  • Works on any website
  • Summarize YouTube, articles and PDFs
  • Multiple frontier models in one place
  • Social-media reply generator

MaxAI.me

Browser Extensions & Copilots
freemium
  • One-click rewrite, reply and summarize
  • Chat with any page or image
  • Instant translation and grammar fixes
  • Prompt library built in

Harpa AI

Browser Extensions & Copilots
freemium
  • AI web automation and monitoring
  • Track prices and page changes
  • Scrape and summarize sites
  • Custom command workflows

Brave Leo

Browser Extensions & Copilots
freemium
  • Built directly into the Brave browser sidebar — no separate site, no account, no signup required for free tier
  • Access to Claude, Mixtral and Llama models without opening a separate chatbot site
  • Conversations never stored on Brave's servers and not used for model training

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