# Distill Text

> Automatically detects articles and documentation, summarizes them with AI, and stores them locally

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/distill-text](https://chrome-stats.com/d/distill-text)

## Overview

- **ID:** `distill-text`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Siam Hossain
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-17
- **First published:** 2026-04-14
- **Size:** 66 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/distill-text/)

## Description

Distill Text automatically detects articles and documentation pages and summarizes them using Groq AI. A clean sliding panel displays the summary without leaving the page. Summaries are cached locally so revisiting a page loads instantly.

Features:
- Auto-detects articles, blog posts, Wikipedia pages, and documentation
- Summarizes using Groq AI (free API key required)
- Sliding panel UI injected directly into the page
- Local cache — previously summarized pages load instantly
- Full dashboard with history, search, and delete
- Your API key is stored locally and never shared

## Rankings

- #143,018 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `tabs`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `https://api.groq.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/distill-text)