Kimi Explorer

Name: Kimi Explorer
Rating: 4.216783216783217 (143 reviews)
Author: https://kimi.com

Kimi Explorer: Highlight for explanations, explain screen areas, summarize articles, and find inspire writing - All in one!

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Kimi Explorer is a versatile Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing and productivity experience. With Kimi, you can highlight any text on a page to ask questions and get context-specific answers instantly, eliminating the need to switch between tabs. Need to capture and discuss specific screen areas? Simply use the screenshot shortcut to share and inquire seamlessly.

Additionally, Kimi helps you save time by summarizing lengthy documents with a simple click or shortcut. For writers, the extension offers inspiration through flexible modes—"Sider Panel" and "Overlay"—making it easy to brainstorm and compose within any scenario. Easy to install and access, Kimi Explorer integrates AI-powered assistance directly into your Chrome toolbar for effortless usage.

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Version:

1.1.2 Last updated: 2024-09-26

Creation date:

2024-07-04

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Permissions:

activeTab
storage
tabs
sidePanel

Size:

2.60M

Email:

ki*****@moonshot.cn

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

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Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

14 hours ago

Ranking

# 1,918 ▼ 41

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#88 in Tools

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Kimi Explorer (v1.1.3)

408,039+ 4.40

(93)

User reviews

Users find Kimi Explorer very useful for translation, explanations, and daily work tasks. However, many point out accessibility issues due to the default Chinese language, problems with login and registration such as missing country options, and functional limitations including unreliable screenshot text extraction and no full webpage translation feature. Users also request UI improvements like customizable font sizes, better chat history management, and right-click menu support. Overall, the extension has great potential but needs improvements in usability and feature completeness.

Pros

Provides high-quality translation and explanation beyond simple translation
Useful tool that assists in work and life
Good functionality with promise and regular use by some users
Quick response (upgraded performance) and helpful AI features
Supports text selection and offers AI-based parsing and translation features

Cons

Default language is Chinese; lack of English default mode hinders accessibility
Limited or inconsistent support for image screenshot and text extraction functions
Login/registration issues including missing countries (e.g., Serbia, Ukraine) in the list and QR code scan problems
Lack of features like full webpage translation and better history management (e.g., no bulk deletion, no persistent chat history per site)
UI/UX shortcomings: font size cannot be customized, sidebars or quick access buttons are inconvenient or do not support right-click menu functionality

Recent reviews

Make English default language.

Abid Ahmed Zidan, 2025-04-03

Hace su trabajo, pero no se puede sacar partida a todas las funciones por compatibilidad y porque en su mayoría las opciones y textos están en chino, a estas alturas del 2025 ya deberían tener sus aplicaciones y productos traducidos por la IA (¿irónico?) a todos los idiomas más usados, para que así más usuarios puedan usarlos.

Arturo Castro (アーサーをの見), 2025-03-21

并不能截图然后提取文字，看到在知乎等一些媒体介绍说能够划定区域进行文字提取，下载后试了不行。

Jun Zeln, 2025-03-10

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Kimi Explorer requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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