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SurfMind: Instant AI Chat Sidebar (ChatGPT, Claude, OpenRouter, Ollama)Reviews, users & alternatives

By SurfMind

Chat with any page, PDF or image. Summarize, translate, write & automate. Supports API keys, OpenRouter and local models.

Track on RadarChrome Web StoreStore
On the store1 to 3 yrsApproximate
Users≈2KStore-rounded
Rating4.975 ratings
Updated8 Nov 2026v4.5.1
AccessHigh3 of 9 sensitive

Screenshots

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Details

Website
Not listed
Version
4.5.1
Size
8.31MiB
Manifest
V3
Extension ID
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The maker

Maker profile

SurfMind

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Reviews

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Permissions

What it can access, not what it does.

High access

Can read and change every website you visit.

Browser access 9

Sensitive3

  • Read and change data on every website<all_urls>
  • See the address and title of every open tabtabs
  • Follow every page you openwebNavigation

Members see when a new version asks for more.

Website access All

  • All websites

Competitors

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Source: Chrome Web Store and Ext Watch checks. “—” = not tracked yet.

SurfMind at a glance

SurfMind: Instant AI Chat Sidebar (ChatGPT, Claude, OpenRouter, Ollama) is a Tools extension by SurfMind with ≈2K users. Chrome Web Store users rate it 4.9 out of 5 from 75 ratings. By users it sits in the top 5% of Tools extensions. It was updated 3 days ago.

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Is SurfMind safe? (permissions)

SurfMind asks for 8 permissions and access to 1 site pattern. 3 of them give wide access:

  • <all_urls>: Read and change data on every website
  • tabs: See the address and title of every open tab
  • webNavigation: Follow every page you open

Permissions show what it could do, not what it does. See the full permission list.

SurfMind not working?

  • 0 of the 18 reviews posted in the last 90 days gave 1 or 2 stars.
  • It was updated in the last two weeks. A fresh update can fix a problem, or occasionally cause one.

Common fixes

  • Update Chrome and the extension
  • Turn it off and on in chrome://extensions
  • Reload the page
  • Turn other extensions off in case two clash

Still stuck? Contact the maker or try an alternative.