Glean

Glean

Glean is the work assistant with intuition. Search across all your company's apps to find exactly what you need.

What is Glean?
Glean is a comprehensive Chrome extension developed as a work assistant. It offers quick access to any document or information, calendar views, and trending team documents. Glean specializes in powerful search functions that can be used from anywhere on the web, enhancing your workflow by connecting with numerous popular workplace apps like Google Drive, Jira, Confluence, Slack, among others.
Stats
Users: 100,000+
Version: 1.0.53 (Last updated: 2024-02-09)
Creation date: 2021-09-26
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Overrides new tab: Yes
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • alarms
  • bookmarks
  • contextMenus
  • history
  • offscreen
  • scripting
  • storage
  • tabs
  • favicon
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Size: 140.29K
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Summary

🔍 Quick access to anything you need

  • With Glean’s new tab page, quickly look up anything or navigate to any document in a single click.
  • View your calendar events and join meetings seamlessly.
  • Explore documents trending on your team.
  • Use Go Links to quickly access common documents.

🌍 Search from anywhere on the web

  • Use Command+J to open the Glean sidebar and get search results across all your tools without losing your place.
  • Highlight text and right click to search from anywhere on the web.

⚡Power search boxes in other tools

  • Bring Glean to search boxes in tools like Jira, Confluence, Google Drive to seamlessly find what you need without changing your workflow.

✨ Enhance your workflow

  • Search from the URL bar by typing “gl” + space.
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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Quick access to calendar and documents
  • Useful for finding information at work
  • Saves time in finding relevant information
  • Intuitive and streamlined product
  • Searches across all different apps
Cons
  • Causes Chrome to crash or snap
  • Hijacks Chrome startup page
  • Messes up bookmarks
  • Does not help in finding tools
Most mentioned
  • Quick access to calendar and documents
  • Saves time in finding relevant information
  • Intuitive and streamlined
  • Searches across all different apps
Recent reviews
by John Pentakalos John Pentakalos, 2024-04-12

stole my crypto
by S J S J, 2024-04-11

Makes Chrome crash or snap. Please fix it!
by Adam Atan Adam Atan, 2023-11-20
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Safety
Risk impact

Glean is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Glean if you trust the publisher.

Risk likelihood

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

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