AI that runs on your machine.
A side-panel AI assistant running entirely on Chrome's built-in Gemini Nano. No cloud, no keys, no tracking. Nothing leaves your machine.
real side-panel UI · not a render
- 100% local
- Open source→
- MIT licensed→
- v0.1.6→
It reads the page along with you.
NanoChat sees what's in front of you. Ask questions about an article, a doc page, a thread. Get summaries, translations, and insights in context, without ever copying a single word out.
- Page-aware context
- Side panel
- On-device
Translate. Summarize. Rewrite. Spellcheck. Explain.
Select any text. Five instant actions appear in a tiny floating toolbar. Everything runs on-device.
Translate
Pick a target language. Inline, on the page.
DEAa?
Eleven days without a single landing. In 2007, Bar-tailed Godwit E7 crossed 13,000 kilometres of open Pacific in one non-stop flight, the longest endurance ever measured for a bird.
Summarize
Compress the selection to a few bullets.
Rewrite
Reword for tone, register, or length.
Spellcheck
Catch typos and grammar without leaving the page.
Explain
Get the meaning, in plain language.
Anything you didn't get, explained in place.
Highlight the part that tripped you up. Get a plain-language explanation right inline. Gnarly legalese, dense academic prose, a paragraph in a language you don't read. The selection never leaves your browser.
Comme la plupart des Grues, elle émet des chants caractéristiques grâce à la trachéeDEAa?Explain“trachée” — what it meansIn French, the windpipe. The tube that carries air to the lungs.Why the coil mattersCranes' tracheas loop several times inside the sternum. The coil acts as a resonance chamber, deepening their calls.Continue in Chat enroulée dans son sternum, qui agit comme une caisse de résonance. Ce son grave et puissant peut porter à plus de cinq kilomètres dans l'air clair des marais. Les vocalisations jouent un rôle central dans le maintien des liens du couple et dans les parades nuptiales, qui combinent sauts, courbettes et déploiements des ailes. En migration, les groupes se déplacent en formation de « V », tirant parti des courants ascendants pour économiser leur énergie sur des trajets pouvant dépasser plusieurs milliers de kilomètres.
- Any language
- Any page
- On-device
Quietly, in the background.
A handful of smaller utilities ship with the extension. No setup. They show up when you need them and stay out of the way otherwise.
- 04.01
Image input
Attach a screenshot or a picture. Gemini Nano reads it on your machine.
- 04.02
Local history
Every chat is saved on your disk and searchable from the side panel. Nothing syncs.
- 04.03
Agent mode
NanoChat can click, type, scroll, and navigate pages on your behalf. You stay in the loop.
- 04.04
Zero config
No keys, no accounts, no settings. Install the extension and start chatting.
Local AI isn't free.
Here's the bill.
Gemini Nano runs on your hardware, which means your hardware does the work. If your machine doesn't meet these specs, the model won't load, and we won't pretend otherwise. Verified against the Chrome Prompt API docs.