Show HN: ContextBridge – Local-first AI reading sidebar using Ollama

Category: other

Tags: chrome-extension, local-rag, ai-chat, knowledge-management, indexeddb

Score: 6.0/10 (Innovation: 5, Technical: 6, Documentation: 7, Utility: 6)

ContextBridge is a local-first Chrome extension that extracts, indexes, and stores web page content in IndexedDB, enabling offline full-text search and AI chat via Ollama or cloud APIs. It offers a practical blend of DOM-to-Markdown parsing, semantic chunking, and optional RAG endpoint integration for knowledge management.

Target audience: developers, researchers, and technical readers who want to search and chat with web content offline

Repository: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/contextbridge-â-local-rag/jokgmcedjecppdfnbicfonbmgjpbglko?authuser=0&hl=en-GB · JavaScript

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