# Dumbdown

> AI TL;DR as a shortcut.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `dumbdown`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ted Stonne
- **Category:** search-tools
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 2.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-14
- **First published:** 2026-01-17
- **Size:** 61 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dumbdown/)

## Description

Dumbdown is the fastest way to get a TL;DR of any webpage.

How it works:
  1. Visit any webpage
  2. Hold Shift and type DD (or click the toolbar icon)
  3. Your chosen AI opens with the page ready to summarize

Supported AI services:
  - Perplexity (default)
  - ChatGPT
  - Claude

Features:
  - No API keys required—uses the AI's web interface directly
  - Set your preferred default AI in the options
  - Minimal permissions: only needs access to the current tab

Keyboard shortcuts:
  - Shift+DD: Summarize with default AI
  - Dedicated shortcuts for each service

## Rankings

- #127,550 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `https://chatgpt.com/*`
- `https://claude.ai/*`
- `https://www.perplexity.ai/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`
- `chatgpt.com`
- `claude.ai`
- `www.perplexity.ai`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/dumbdown)