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Free AI Article Summarizer

Paste an article link — we extract the readable text and summarize it in seconds. Short, detailed, or bullets. Free daily uses, no account needed.

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The SideZero Chrome sidebar summarizes the page you're on in one click — no link-copying, and it works on YouTube too.

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How to summarize an article by link

Three steps, a few seconds.

1

Paste the link

Any public article, blog post, or news story. We fetch the page and extract just the readable text — no ads, menus, or comments.

2

Pick a style

Short for the gist, Detailed for a structured overview, or Bullet points for scannable notes.

3

Read the summary

The summary streams in live. Copy it, peek at the extracted text, or run another article.

Why this article summarizer

Built by SideZero with the same rules as everything we ship: honest, fast, private.

Real extraction, not guessing

We pull the article's actual text with the same technique reader modes use, and you can view exactly what was extracted — the summary is grounded in it, nothing else.

Free, with limits stated openly

Extraction is free and unlimited within fair use. The AI summary has a free daily allowance — when you reach it we say so and show when it resets.

Nothing stored

The article streams from its site, through the summarizer, to your screen. We keep no copy of the page, the text, or your reading list.

Frequently asked questions

Straight answers — it's kind of our thing.

How do I summarize an article without copying the text?

Paste the article's URL into the box above and click Summarize Article. We fetch the page, extract the readable text automatically, and stream back a summary — no copy-pasting needed.

Does it work on paywalled articles?

Only what the site shows publicly can be summarized. If a page serves just a teaser before a paywall, the summary reflects that teaser — we don't bypass paywalls.

How long can the article be?

We extract up to 40,000 characters and summarize the first 24,000 — comfortably covering almost all news articles and blog posts. Very long reads are summarized from the beginning.

Can I see what text was extracted?

Yes — after the summary appears, click Show extracted text to see exactly what the summarizer read. If a site's layout confuses the extractor, you'll see it immediately.

Does it work in languages other than English?

Yes. The summary comes back in the article's own language — paste a French article, get a French summary. All major languages are supported.