The Web, Decoded. An AI-powered Chrome Side Panel that summarizes, simplifies, and chats with any webpage or PDF.

MakeItSimple is a Chrome extension powered by Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite that acts as your always-on reading companion. Summarize, explain, or chat with any webpage or local PDF (file://) to stay in flow while keeping context front and center.

• 📄 Instant Summarization: Get three concise takeaways for any article without leaving the page.
• 🧠 Explain Like I'm 5: Highlight text → Right-click → Explain for quick, friendly breakdowns.
• 💬 Context-Aware Chat: Ask follow-up questions that stay scoped to the page or PDF you're viewing.
• 📂 Local PDF Support: Drag in research papers, contracts, or ebooks and chat with them instantly.
• 🌑 Modern UI: Dark mode, glassmorphism styling, and per-tab history so you never lose a thought.

• Frontend: HTML5, CSS3, Vanilla JS, Chrome Side Panel API
• Backend: Node.js, Express (proxy server)
• AI: Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite
• Tools: PDF.js (Mozilla), Marked.js

Prerequisites: Node.js ≥ 16, Google Gemini API Key

git clone https://github.com/JayeshSCoder/MakeItSimple

cd server
npm install
# Create a .env file and add: GEMINI_API_KEY=your_key_here
npm run dev

1. Open chrome://extensions
2. Enable Developer Mode (top right)
3. Click Load Unpacked and select the extension folder in this repo

To use PDF chat, locate MakeItSimple in your extensions list, open Details, and toggle Allow access to file URLs to ON.

• Local LLM support (Llama 3)
• Export notes to Notion
• Voice Mode (Text-to-Speech)

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Licensed under the MIT License.