# QuickGist

> Generate concise summaries of long-form articles and blog posts

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `quickgist`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Removed
- **Publisher:** Xin88
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-09-04
- **First published:** 2024-09-04
- **Size:** 26 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-05-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/quickgist/)

## Description

A popup interface for summarizing the current page and managing saved summaries.
Context menu integration for summarizing selected text.
Options page for setting up the OpenAI API key.
Background script for handling context menu actions.
Content script for interacting with the page content.

Additional features implemented:

Ability to save and manage multiple summaries.
Copy summary to clipboard functionality.
View and delete saved summaries.
Summarize selected text via context menu.
API key management in the options page for secure access to the OpenAI API.

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `contextMenus`
- `https://api.openai.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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 is not longer available in the store

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