Apogee

Spec sheet

Product

Apogee is a private AI browser assistant for summarizing articles, videos, PDFs, DOCX files, and pasted text.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Integrations

Apogee connects directly to local Ollama and llama.cpp servers over loopback and refuses other hosts.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Privacy

The maker says page content, transcripts, files, summaries, and answers are not sent to cloud services; SponsorBlock lookups can be disabled.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The project is distributed under the MIT License.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Browser availability

The maker lists Chrome 116+, Edge 116+, and Firefox 140+ support; it says there is no special Safari version.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Document limits

Picked files are limited to 50 MB, and pasted or plain-text input is limited to 100,000 characters.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Document Q&A

Apogee can answer questions about long documents by matching relevant passages locally.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Local processing

In-browser inference runs on the device through WebGPU or WebAssembly, and Apogee can also connect to a local Ollama or llama.cpp server.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Local server restriction

Connections to Ollama and llama.cpp are restricted to local loopback addresses; Apogee refuses other hosts.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Notable limit

Summarizing selected text requires at least 20 characters on a supported page.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Offline use

After the chosen model is cached, summaries can run offline.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

On-device AI

It runs inference in the browser using WebGPU or WebAssembly, or through a local Ollama or llama.cpp server.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Optional network request

YouTube SponsorBlock lookups send an anonymized k-anonymity hash prefix, and the maker says users can turn those lookups off.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Page extraction

Apogee extracts readable text from websites, with site-specific extractors for services including Reddit, GitHub, Wikipedia, and arXiv.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Pricing

The maker says Apogee has no subscription, API key, account, or Apogee backend.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Q&A and grounding

Local passage retrieval supports questions about long documents, and Chromium users can click summary bullets to jump to source passages.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Sensitive-site handling

Apogee excludes listed email, messaging, and collaboration sites from disk caching.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Support and license

The project is MIT licensed and provides user documentation, troubleshooting guidance, and a security policy.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Supported browsers

The maker offers Apogee through the Chrome Web Store and Firefox Add-ons.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Telemetry

The privacy architecture says Apogee includes no analytics, crash-reporting SDKs, or telemetry and collects no usage or performance data.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Translation

Apogee supports summarizing into 32 target languages using Helsinki-NLP Opus-MT or direct LLM translation.Read 3 Oct 2026 · github.com

Video features

YouTube and Bilibili video summaries include interactive timestamped timelines that link to key moments.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Who it is for

The maker describes it as an offline-first browser extension for people who want local summaries without an account, API key, backend, or cloud upload.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Plans and prices

Every Apogee plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• AI Summarizers#6 of 368.6