GitHub - vishaltelangre/AiText: Use AI to do anything with the selected text!

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AiText

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A browser extension that allows you to use AI to do anything with the selected text.

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Install in Chrome Install in Firefox

Or, manually download and install from the ZIP files in the latest release.

Screenshots

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Features

  • Select any text and right click to get a list of AI actions to perform with the selected text
  • Sensible and useful default context menu actions
  • Easily add custom context menu actions as needed
  • Re-generate the result differently if you don't like it
  • Ability to configure an AI provider, model, and API key
  • Support for Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, and DeepSeek
  • Markdown formatting for responses
  • Beautiful and simple UI
  • Cross-browser support (Firefox and Chrome)

Development Setup

Prerequisites

Development Commands

Install the dependencies:

To build the extension for both browsers:

To watch for changes and rebuild on changes for both browsers:

Loading the add-on in Firefox

  1. Build the extension:

  1. Open Firefox and navigate to about:debugging.

  2. Click on "This Firefox" in the left sidebar.

  3. Click "Load Temporary Add-on".

  4. Select the dist-firefox/manifest.json file.

  5. The add-on should now be loaded and visible in the browser toolbar.

Loading the extension in Chrome

  1. Build the extension:

  1. Open Chrome and navigate to chrome://extensions.

  2. Enable "Developer mode" in the top right.

  3. Click "Load unpacked".

  4. Select the dist-chrome folder.

  5. The extension should now be loaded and visible in the browser toolbar.

Development Workflow

  1. Run the watch command to automatically rebuild on changes:

  2. After making changes and the build completes:

    • For Firefox: Go to about:debugging, find AiText and click "Reload"
    • For Chrome: Go to chrome://extensions, find AiText and click the refresh icon

Note: Temporary add-ons/extensions are removed when the browser is closed and will need to be loaded again the next time you open the browser.

Packaging

To package the extension for distribution:

This will:

  1. Prompt for a new version (or keep the current one)
  2. Update version in manifest.json and package.json
  3. Build the extension for both Firefox and Chrome
  4. Create the following files in the archives directory:
    • ai-text-firefox-<version>.zip - Firefox distribution package
    • ai-text-chrome-<version>.zip - Chrome distribution package
    • ai-text-source-<version>.zip - Source code package for Mozilla review

Upload the appropriate zip file to:

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

Privacy Policy

See the privacy.md file for details.