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24 alternatives to TLDR

Instant Summaries for Chrome: YouTube, PDFs, Articles

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   TLDR This▲361

   Automatically summarize any article or webpage in a click.

   2019 · tldr.hackeryogi.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   TubeSum▲92

   Summarize YouTube videos

   2024 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   TLDR▲78

   Chrome extension that saves & summarizes your tabs

   2022 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   RightClickYoutubeSummary▲7

   High-quality instant summaries from anywhere on YouTube

   2024 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   FREE Youtube Summarizer - Syllaby▲301

   Use ChatGPT to summarize YouTube videos with Syllaby

   2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Summarize This▲121

   Summarize text, YouTube, tweets, and anything else you want

   2023 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Justsummarized▲18

   Instant Summaries for Webpages and Videos, PDFs in seconds

   2025 · justsummarized.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Summarify▲185

   Summarize PDFs, webpages, Youtube videos, blogs & more

   2023 · summarify.me · its alternatives →

9. 9
   BriefTube▲73

   Instant video summarizer

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    YouTube Summarizer▲372

    Turn a YouTube video into an SEO optimized article

    2024 · gist.ly · its alternatives →

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    SummarizeIt - ContentSummarizer▲14

    Content summarizer - chrome web store

    2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    AI Summary Helper - Summarize Articles▲139

    Summarize  in your language and style & read them on the go

    2024 · philwornath.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Youtube Summarizer by Spext▲189

    Summary, search & automated chapters for any Youtube video

    2023 · spext.co · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Summarise Me▲100

    Generate quick summaries for websites or PDFs

    2023 · summarise-me.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Chrome extension that summarizes text content using DistilBART model▲64

    2021 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    TldrGPT.net▲112

    Summarize and share any web. Get to the point, save time

    2023 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Tubed.pro▲17

    Youtube Summarizer & Chrome Extension

    2024 · tubed.pro · its alternatives →

18. 18
    YouTube Summary with Claude▲150

    Summarize YouTube videos and save time with Anthropic Claude

    2023 · glasp.co · its alternatives →

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    Simagizer▲82

    Summarize text and visualize it easily with this extension

    2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    youtube summarizer pro▲13

    Watch Less, Learn More. Turn long videos into quick wisdom.

    2025 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Summary Box▲101

    Instantly summarize any webpage or article

    2019 · summarybox.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Glarity - Summarize Google and YouTube▲115

    Speed up your searches, videos and reading with AI summaries

    2023 · glarity.app · its alternatives →

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    Chrome extension to summarize blogs and articles using ChatGPT▲116

    Summarize web pages using OpenAI ChatGPT. Contribute to clmnin/summarize.site development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Summarize the Internet - for Chrome▲6

    Quickly summarize online articles with one click

    2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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