Glean

Glean unlocks your company’s knowledge and enables powerful work AI for everyone.

Glean Chrome Extension

Unlock your company's collective knowledge instantly with Glean. Search across all your company's data sources to find answers quickly. Glean's advanced generative AI gives you instant summaries and insights from multiple work applications with just a simple keyboard shortcut (Ctrl/Cmd-J).

Access essential work resources through Glean's streamlined new tab page featuring recommended documents, cross-app notifications, calendar events, and Go Links for quick navigation to complex URLs. Plus, build no-code generative AI apps and chatbots tailored to your organization's knowledge base that can automate tasks like ticket creation and social media posting.

Glean seamlessly integrates with popular workplace tools such as Google Drive, Jira, Confluence, and Slack. This extension requires an account set up by your company admin. Elevate your team's productivity and get the most from your company data with Glean.

Manifest V3 Overrides new tab
Version:
1.2.3 (Last updated: 2025-04-18)
Creation date:
2021-09-26
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • alarms
  • bookmarks
  • contextMenus
  • history
  • offscreen
  • scripting
  • storage
  • tabs
  • favicon
  • See more
Size:
234.50K
Full description:
See detailed description
Updated:
19 hours ago

Other platforms

Glean (v2.0.1)
5,739+ 4.69 (20)
Glean (v1.2.4)
1,760+ 3.00 (4)

User reviews

Users appreciate Glean for its fast enterprise search, integration with tools, and convenience of having quick access in the new tab, greatly enhancing productivity and easing onboarding. However, multiple users report cons including the extension forcibly hijacking the new tab page with no disable option, occasional freezing, login difficulties in corporate environments, and issues with bookmarks being blocked or disorganized. Despite these drawbacks, most reviews highlight the extension's powerful search capabilities and time-saving features as major benefits.
Pros
  • Extremely useful for fast and efficient enterprise search.
  • Convenient access via new tab, streamlining workflow and saving time.
  • Integration with other tools like Google Docs enhances productivity.
  • Facilitates easy sharing of documents with features like go links.
  • Great for onboarding new employees by providing accessible company information.
Cons
  • Hijacks the Chrome new tab page without an option to disable, frustrating some users.
  • Issues with freezing or slow loading of the new tab.
  • Login problems reported by some corporate users, causing frustration.
  • Interference with bookmarks, including blocking or messing them up on new tab opens.
Recent reviews
Wonderful extension for fast enterprise search.

Love it! Every tab I open, Glean is there!
by Frank van der Bijl, 2025-01-15

Absolutely amazing,
by Tafari Burke, 2024-10-15
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Extension safety

Risk impact
High risk impact

Glean requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood
Moderate risk likelihood

Glean is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

Risk likelihood analysis details
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