AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Locus
AI-powered CTRL + F for quick document search on Chrome
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Locus launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Fabric▲690Make notes, tasks, and search, directly from the terminal.
2023 · fabric.so · its alternatives →
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Circle to Search▲645From wonder to wisdom, just one drag away
2024 · circlesearch.ai · its alternatives →
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stackoverflow.ai▲421AI-powered, conversational search and discovery tool
2025 · stackoverflow.com · its alternatives →
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🔎 Search the information available on a webpage using natural language instead of an exact string match. - model-zoo/shift-ctrl-f
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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We’ve trained a generative AI model to browse the web and answer questions/retrieve code snippets directly. Unlike ChatGPT, it has access to primary sources and is able to cite them when you hover over an answer (click on the text to go to the source being cited). We also show regular Bing results side-by-side with our AI answer. The model is an 11-billion parameter T5-derivative that has been fine-tuned on feedback given on hundreds of thousands of searches done (anonymously) on our platform. Giving the model web access lessens its burden to need to store a snapshot of human knowledge…
2022 · beta.sayhello.so · its alternatives →
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Supercharge productivity in your browser with Gemini AI
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! Ctrl+F sucks because I can never seem to find what I'm looking for. I built an NLP-based alternative that works pretty damn well. Let me know what you think. P.s. it will soon support image searches
2022 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, I’m Kamil. The past months have been filled with news about ChatGPT, Bard, etc. Thankfully, there are some heroic attempts to bring that power to the users. I wanted to contribute to that effort with my side project, an extension for Chrome: it makes searching the history by meaning – instead of the exact words – possible. This is only a proof of concept, building on the excellent transformers.js[0], and running entirely in the browser. My goal here is to explore the possibilities unlocked by a client-side AI. I would love to have your feedback, to know which direction that project…
2023 · getpinbot.com · its alternatives →
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An experimental AI-organized search results page
2025 · blog.google · its alternatives →
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Lookup AI▲94Confused? Just highlight and click.
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Lyto▲178"One AI agent across your browser, tools, and messages "
Jun 2026 · trylyto.com · its alternatives →
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WebCheck AI▲129A Chrome Extension for next-level web browsing
2020 · webcheck.edicratic.com · its alternatives →
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Browse and search side-by-side, without switching tabs
Apr 2026 · blog.google · its alternatives →
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Seam▲82Search your favorite brands and discovery new ones with Seam
2022 · seam.llc · its alternatives →
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Find the origin of any character in the DOM
2019 · fromjs.com · its alternatives →
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Blazingly fast semantic search for your codebase
2024 · marketplace.visualstudio.com · its alternatives →
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Optimize your Google searches - faster and better results
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Chrome extension allow the user to communicate with the AI
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Sifty Search▲63Online tool for searching through documents. CTRL+F on crack
2019 · its alternatives →
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