Page Assist
An open-source browser extension that adds a sidebar and web UI for chatting with local AI models.
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About Page Assist
Page Assist is a browser extension that connects to AI models running on your own machine, such as those served by Ollama. It provides a sidebar next to the page you are reading and a full web interface for chatting.
It lets you use a local model to help while browsing without sending your conversations to a cloud service. It suits people who already run local models and want them available in the browser.
Strengths
- Sidebar for chatting alongside any web page
- Works with locally running models such as Ollama
- Full web UI in addition to the sidebar
Limitations
- Needs a separate local model server to be useful
Details
- Pricing
- FreeFree and open source.
- License
- Open source, license not stated
- Developer
- n4ze3m
- Platforms
- Browser extension
- How it runs
- Browser extension
- Best suited for
- Ollama users who want their local models inside the browser
- Categories
- Browser tools, Local AI tools, AI assistants
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
Alternatives to Page Assist
Compare allSoftware that can replace Page Assist for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.
Open WebUI
A self-hosted chat interface that talks to Ollama and any OpenAI-compatible API, so your local models get a proper front end.
Open WebUI is a self-hosted chat server for Ollama and OpenAI-compatible APIs with document retrieval and multi-user roles, replacing the browser sidebar with a web app.
Hollama
A minimal chat interface for language models that runs entirely in the web browser.
Hollama is a minimal browser chat interface for local models, self-hostable with Docker, without a sidebar alongside web pages.
BrowserOS
An open-source Chromium-based browser with built-in AI agents that can run on local models.
BrowserOS is a Chromium-based browser with built-in AI agents that act on web pages using local models, replacing the extension with a whole browser.
Ollama App
A cross-platform chat client for talking to language models running on an Ollama server.
Ollama App is an Apache-licensed chat client for Ollama servers on Windows, Linux and Android, used as a standalone app rather than in the browser.
KoboldAI Lite
A standalone browser interface for chatting with and writing alongside language models from many backends.
KoboldAI Lite is a standalone browser interface for KoboldCpp, AI Horde and OpenAI backends, needing no install, but without a page sidebar.
Chatbox
A desktop and mobile chat client for AI models, where you supply your own API keys or point it at a local model.
Chatbox is a GPL-3.0 desktop and mobile client for local Ollama models and cloud providers, moving chat out of the browser into a separate app.
Jan
An open-source ChatGPT replacement that runs entirely offline, and can also front cloud providers when you want them.
Jan is an Apache 2.0 desktop app that runs models itself offline and can front cloud providers, so no separate local model server is needed.
Alpaca
A GNOME desktop app for managing and chatting with local AI models through Ollama.
Alpaca is a GNOME desktop app for chatting with and managing Ollama models, limited to Linux and lacking a sidebar beside web pages.
Page Assist as an alternative
Listings that name Page Assist as an alternative.
HARPA AI
Chrome extension that brings several AI models and web automation to any page you visit.
Page Assist is an open-source extension for chatting with locally running models such as Ollama, with no cloud providers or web automation.
Merlin
AI assistant for Chrome, web and mobile that chats, summarizes pages and writes content.
Page Assist is a free open-source browser extension for chatting with local models such as Ollama, keeping processing off hosted servers.
Monica
An AI assistant for chat, writing, summarizing and translation, available as an extension and app.
Page Assist is a free, open-source browser extension that chats with locally running models such as Ollama. It needs a separate local model server to be useful.
Ollamac
A native macOS app for chatting with language models served by a local Ollama installation.
Page Assist moves Ollama chat into a browser extension sidebar, working on any platform with a browser.
Sider
AI sidebar for the browser that summarizes pages and chats with several AI models.
Page Assist is free and open source and chats with locally running models such as Ollama in a sidebar. It needs a separate local model server.
Similar software
Related functionality, not necessarily a direct replacement.
Ollama
The simplest way to pull down an open language model and run it on your own machine, from one command or a desktop app.
LM Studio
A polished desktop app for downloading, running and chatting with local language models, with an OpenAI-compatible server built in.
llama.cpp
The C++ engine most local AI apps are built on, running language models on ordinary hardware.
Vane (formerly Perplexica)
Self-hosted, privacy-focused AI search engine with cited answers.
KoboldCpp
A single executable that runs GGUF language models locally, with a web interface and no installation at all.
