AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Firmware Sidekick
HI HN, Sidekick sees and operates every website you use. Use plain English and it navigates, clicks and types in your local browser Demo video (40s): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w-KNcFfQ1g Try it free, for today all sign ups get 1 month of the paid Starter tier for free. There's also a Free tier I'm Colby a bootstrapped solo-founder I built Sidekick because I was drowning in repetitive workflows for my vacation rental management business, and I wanted my computer to do the clicking VCs rejected me and the idea. But I don’t need their money. I need real people to try it…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Sidekick Browser▲1,050A productivity browser for becoming focused and unstoppable
2020 · perplexity.ai · its alternatives →
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Sidekick▲263Like Chrome DevTools for your backend, now open source
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Sidekick▲480Build Zapier-style automations using only a chat interface
2025 · sagekit.com · its alternatives →
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Interact with your business apps in a ChatGPT-style
2023 · jigso.io · its alternatives →
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Hey, I made this Chrome Extension to run automations using natural language (much like OpenAI Operator in the browser). Another fun feature is to surf by voice -- no need for a mouse or keyboard. I'm personally using it to automate my property management stuff like sales tax filings, sending check-in instructions, monitoring the Nest camera, etc. Another obvious use case is UI testing (a natural language version of Selenium). Also, I've used it to automate personalized DM's and replies on Linkedin and X. Would love to hear your thoughts!
2025 · chromeautopilot.com · its alternatives →
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2020 · producthunt.com · its alternatives →
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Claude in Chrome▲491Let Claude see, click, type, and navigate in your browser
Dec 2025 · claude.ai · its alternatives →
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Sidekick ▲185Create interactive walkthroughs for any website
2014 · sidekick.pro · its alternatives →
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Design Sidekick▲102The newest member of your marketing & design team
2023 · designsidekick.io · its alternatives →
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Sidekick is a live application debugger that lets you troubleshoot your applications while they keep on running. It allows you to add dynamic logs and put non-breaking breakpoints in your running application without the need of stopping & redeploying. Currently supporting Java, Python & Node.js runtimes. Sidekick Open Source is here to allow self-hosting and make live debugging more accessible. Built for everyone who needs extra information from their running applications.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Browser Buddy▲156Hey HN, thank you for being a part of the internet we love. We’re Arnav, Mo, Jeremy and we’re building an “Internet for-you page” that recommends blogs and essays based on your interests. Try it here (https://www.browserbuddy.com/)! We love to discover and learn from personal blogs, essays, and articles on the internet. But despite exciting advancements in language modeling, it’s felt harder to discover interesting links from real people. We believe there is untapped potential to use these language models as “curators” rather than “creators”. To explore this, we’re building a…
Dec 2025 · browserbuddy.com · its alternatives →
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Friendware▲190Hey HN, I built Friendware because I wanted autocomplete that works everywhere on my Mac, not just in code editors. In any text field it can draft replies, rewrite text, and write prompts for AI tools; it uses on-screen context to adjust based on what you’re doing. My goal was making it feel native and not require workflow changes, so it stays accessible across apps by living in the notch. Currently working on better voice learning and a memory system, would love feedback on what to prioritize!
Jan 2026 · friendware.ai · its alternatives →
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Browserfly▲203Hey Hackers! I've had this idea stuck in my head for a while: what if an AI could actually use my browser for me? I mean, not on some virtual machine in the cloud like ChatGPT agent, but right on my own browser. I finally decided to just build it and see what would happen. I wrote a quick MVP, and honestly, I didn't expect much. But then... it started doing things. On its own. It figured out how to use search engine to find what I needed, read a webpage to answer my questions, and even it can organize my chaotic mess of tabs into neat groups. It was a genuine "whoa" moment for me. That's…
2025 · browserfly.app · its alternatives →
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Your agentic CLI developer. Contribute to geekforbrains/sidekick-cli development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Customer insight integrated with your email tools.
2014 · getsidekick.com · its alternatives →
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Your ChatGPT powered web browsing assistant
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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AlliHat▲96I think we all have a similar flow and pain with browsers and AI. Copy article, paste in Claude tab, come back to article, back to Claude, in circles we go. Anthropic has a Chrome extension, but my daily driver is Safari. So I made my own extension. It's not a clone as I've never used the Chrome version. One obvious change: the Chrome version I believe uses Chrome "request sidebar" thing. And Safari doesn't have that, so had to inject the sidebar right in the site html itself. There's been some fun things in here like figuring out the sidebar html/css sandboxing. Also there's an agent…
May 2026 · allihat.com · its alternatives →
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SurfBuddy▲70AI sidebar companions for cross-app workflows and automation
May 2026 · surfbuddy.ai · its alternatives →
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Basement Browser▲108A multiplayer mobile browser with AI agents on every webpage
Mar 2026 · basementbrowser.com · its alternatives →
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Ultimate collaboration tool for self employed professionals
2021 · sidekicknetwork.co · its alternatives →
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