# Zen AI Sidebar

> AI-powered sidebar for Zen Browser using Gemini API. Summarize pages, explain selections, and ask contextual questions.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/zen-ai-sidebar](https://chrome-stats.com/d/zen-ai-sidebar)

## Overview

- **ID:** `zen-ai-sidebar`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ssen
- **Category:** web-development,search-tools,tabs
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Rating:** 2.50 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-11
- **First published:** 2026-03-15
- **Size:** 549 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/zen-ai-sidebar/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/zen-ai-sidebar/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/zen-ai-sidebar/privacy/)

## Description

Zen AI adds an intelligent sidebar to your browser powered by the Gemini API. Ask questions about the page you're viewing, summarize articles with one click, get explanations for highlighted text, and extract key points — all with full page context. Bring your own Gemini API key; no data is sent to third-party servers. Features light/dark theme support and streaming responses for a smooth chat experience.

## Rankings

- #60,521 — Overall
- #205 — sidebar
- #213 — summarization
- #218 — deepseek sidebar

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `nativeMessaging`
- `clipboardRead`
- `clipboardWrite`
- `<all_urls>`

### 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 has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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