Page Assist

A browser extension that brings your locally running AI models, such as those in Ollama, into a sidebar and a web UI on any page you visit.

8.3k stars, 808 forks TypeScript On GitHub since April 2023

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What is Page Assist?

Page Assist adds a sidebar to any web page, where you can ask your local model about the page you are reading, and a full-page chat interface that works like ChatGPT. It supports Chrome, Brave, Edge and other Chromium browsers as well as Firefox, connects to Ollama and other local servers, and can switch to hosted models when needed. 16 translations of the interface are available.

Good fit if

  • You run Ollama and want to use it while browsing, without a separate app.
  • You want to summarize or question web pages with a private model.

Look elsewhere if

  • You want an AI agent that operates the browser for you: Browser Use.
  • You want a standalone desktop chat app: Jan.

Before you adopt it

Page Assist is MIT-licensed, with no paid version. It is mostly the work of one developer, who wrote about 85% of recent commits.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

Page Assist health: is it still maintained?

74 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    79 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 31 October 2026.
    23 / 30
  • Contributors
    10 people wrote the 79 commits of the last 90 days; the most active wrote 84% of them.
    14 / 20
  • Releases
    15 releases in the last 12 months; the latest, v1.5.89, on 25 October 2026.
    19 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 67% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 3 days.
    13 / 20
  • Security practices
    No OpenSSF Scorecard for this repository yet, so this part gets a neutral score.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

Page Assist license: is it open source?

Page Assist uses MIT, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. April 2023First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayMIT.

How to run Page Assist yourself

Docker
No Docker files in the repository
Compose file
None in the repository
Setup effort
Not rated: no compose file to judge from
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
16 languages

Install instructions: chromewebstore.google.com or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about Page Assist

Is Page Assist open source?

Yes. Page Assist is published under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Page Assist still maintained?

Its health score is 74 of 100 (actively developed). It had 79 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 31 October 2026, and its latest release came out on 25 October 2026.

How do I run Page Assist?

The repository has no Docker files or app builds, so you build it from source. The README on GitHub has the steps.

What are the alternatives to Page Assist?

Close alternatives in the AI chat & local LLMs category include Ollama, Cherry Studio, NextChat.