Article Saver

Save articles to lists, take notes, generate AI summaries, chat about your reading, and export to Excel.

Article Saver is a private, local-first Chrome extension built for students, researchers, and avid readers. Extract clean article text instantly into a side panel, read without tab clutter, generate grounded AI summaries, take rich notes, and export complete literature reviews directly to styled Excel sheets. Zero subscription fees, no intermediate servers, and 100% private. Key Features: ⚬ Instant Side Panel Extraction: Pull clean article text directly alongside your current webpage. Read, edit, search, and highlight without switching windows. ⚬ Grounded Gemini AI Summaries & Chat: Connect your own Google Gemini API key (free tier supported via Google AI Studio). Summarize complex papers and ask questions grounded directly in the text to minimize hallucinations. ⚬ 100% Local-First Privacy: Your library, notes, highlights, chat logs, and API key live strictly in your browser's IndexedDB. Nothing is ever sent to external third-party servers. ⚬ Lit-Review Ready Excel Export: One-click export to a structured, multi-sheet Excel workbook (.xlsx) containing full text, rich notes, chat history, and auto-generated APA 7th Edition citations. ⚬ Full-Window Reading Mode: Expand the panel into a 3-column workspace (Lists | Summary, Notes & Chat | Full Text) for deep reading sessions. ⚬ Rich Text Editing & Highlights: Highlight key passages with persistent color markers, format notes with bold/italics/lists, and search within full text with match navigation. ⚬ Bilingual Support: Fully localized English and Hebrew (RTL) interface. How to Use: 1. Open any article or paper in Chrome and click the Article Saver icon to open the side panel. 2. Click "Save current article" to capture the clean body, title, and URL. 3. (Optional) Add your free Google AI Studio API key in Settings to enable Gemini summaries and chat. 4. Take notes, highlight text, or click "Export to Excel" to download your reading matrix. Privacy & Transparency: ⚬ Bring Your Own Key (BYOK): The extension does not collect, track, or sell your data. Network requests are made exclusively between your browser and Google's Gemini API when an AI action is triggered. • Open Source: Licensed under the MIT License. View source code on GitHub: https://github.com/Barak-elisha/articles-extension