Needly Labs

Private paper & PDF summarizer for Chrome

Version 0.2.2 · Free workflow live

Summarize papers & PDFs. Verify every key point.

For consultants, analysts, and researchers who need answers they can verify. Turn a paper, report, web page, or text-based PDF into a concise brief beside the source—without uploading it to a cloud chatbot.

Add to Chrome — freeSee Annual Pro — $39/year

Free version 0.2.2 is live. Annual Pro adds encrypted multi-source projects, evidence matrices, and research exports. Pro checkout is temporarily unavailable.

Start in under two minutes. The instant brief needs no account, API key, or model download. Chrome 138+ on a compatible desktop adds richer on-device summaries, five output languages, and grounded Q&A.

Evidence deskLocal / no upload
Research Assistant Pro beside an invented urban-cooling article, showing a concise research brief
Product output shown with invented, privacy-safe source material.

Source inPage, PDF, selection, or pasted text

Evidence outBrief, key points, and inspectable excerpts

Nothing uploadedNo Needly Labs account, cloud history, or research server

One source in. A checkable brief out.

Research without breaking your reading flow.

Keep the original source open while the side panel distills it. The workflow stays useful even when Chrome's generative model is not available.

  1. 01 / Bring a source

    Use what is already in front of you.

    Research the current page, a focused selection, a directly opened text-based PDF, or text you explicitly paste.

  2. 02 / Create the brief

    Start immediately, enrich when available.

    Create an instant extractive brief locally, or use Chrome's built-in model for a richer overview, key points, and output language.

  3. 03 / Inspect the evidence

    Check the source before you trust the answer.

    Follow evidence labels to the exact excerpts checked, then copy or export the finished brief as Markdown.

Annual Pro · Repeated research

Move from one useful brief to a private evidence matrix.

Pro turns individual sources into a literature review, market scan, or decision memo. Save bounded evidence—not full source text—in a passphrase-encrypted library, compare up to 12 sources, and export the project as Markdown, CSV, or JSON.

Project docket / local vault

[S1—S12]
Source briefs and links
[E]
Evidence matrix with supporting excerpts
[OUT]
Literature review, market scan, or decision memo

Annual Pro is $39 USD/year. Checkout is temporarily unavailable while the public purchase path is verified.

Private by design

The source stays out of Needly Labs systems.

  • No Needly Labs account, research upload, API key, or cloud history.
  • No analytics, advertising, tracking, telemetry, or remote extension code.
  • Preferences and encrypted Pro projects persist only in Chrome.
  • No permanent access to every website or browsing history.
  • Research content is never sent to Paddle, Keygen, or the license Worker.

Annual Pro

Try the complete single-source job free.

Upgrade only when research becomes a recurring multi-source project. The approved Pro launch price is $39 USD per year for up to three of your Chrome installations.

$39USD / year

No trial. Renews annually until cancelled.

  • Passphrase-encrypted local project library
  • Literature-review, market-scan, and decision-memo templates
  • Multi-source synthesis and evidence matrix
  • Markdown, CSV, and JSON project export
  • Encrypted full-vault backup and restore
  • Up to three active Chrome installations
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