Ollama Page Assist
Title: Ollama Page Assist | Beginner Tutorial
Page Assist is an open-source browser extension that provides an intuitive interaction interface for local AI models, allowing users to chat and interact with local AI models on any webpage.
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### Basic Features
* Sidebar Interaction: Users can open a sidebar on any webpage to chat with local AI models and get intelligent assistance related to the webpage content.
* Web UI: Provides a web interface similar to ChatGPT, allowing users to have more comprehensive conversations with AI models.
* Web Content Chat: Users can directly chat with webpage content to get explanations or analysis of relevant information.
* Multi-browser Support: Supports mainstream browsers such as Chrome, Brave, Edge, and Firefox.
* Keyboard Shortcuts: Quickly open the sidebar and web UI through keyboard shortcuts for convenient user access.
* Support for Multiple Local AI Providers: Currently supports local AI providers such as Ollama and Chrome AI (Gemini Nano).
* Document Parsing: Supports chat interactions with documents in multiple formats such as PDF and CSV.
* Offline Model Adaptation: Suitable for offline environments, allowing users to run AI models locally.
* Privacy Protection: All interactions are completed locally, no user personal data is collected, and data is stored in the browser's local storage. Development Mode: Supports developer mode for convenient extension development and testing.
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## Installation and Usage
We can directly download and install from the Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-ons store, or install it manually.
Visit [https://chromewebstore.google.com/search/](https://chromewebstore.google.com/search/) and search for Page Assist:
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You can also click the extension link directly: [https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/page-assist-%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%B0-ai-%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B%E7%9A%84-web/jfgfiigpkhlkbnfnbobbkinehhfdhndo](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/page-assist-%E6%9C%AC%E5%9C%B0-ai-%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B%E7%9A%84-web/jfgfiigpkhlkbnfnbobbkinehhfdhndo).
Click the Add button:
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After installation, users can open it through the extension icon in the upper right corner:
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After opening, you will see a prompt indicating that Ollama is running. If it hasn't been started yet, you need to start Ollama:
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Next, we can select the specified model and enter the prompt:
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The effect is as shown below:
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The interface is in English and you can't understand it? No problem, click the gear icon in the upper right corner to set it to Chinese:
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The web search function is also available, and you can modify the default search engine:
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Page Assist Github Source Code: [https://github.com/n4ze3m/page-assist](https://github.com/n4ze3m/page-assist)
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