Margin
Bite-sized news, one card at a time, in your side panel
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Margin - Bite-sized news, one card at a time, in your side panel

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Margin turns your browser's side panel into a swipeable stack of news cards ā€” pick your topics, read a headline + short summary, tap through to the source. No feed to scroll, no tracking, no account. Free for 3 topics; Plus unlocks the rest.

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Hey PH šŸ‘‹ I built Margin because I kept doing the same thing every morning: open five news sites, skim headlines, close most tabs without reading. I wanted something that just gave me the headlines and a short summary, let me tap through in a couple of minutes, and got out of the way. What it is: a Chrome side panel ā€” not a new tab, not a popup ā€” that shows one news card at a time. Pick your topics once, then swipe/scroll through your day's news like InShorts. Tap any card to read the full article at the actual publisher. A few decisions I made on purpose: ā€¢ No account, no tracking, no analytics ā€” settings and reading stats never leave your device ā€¢ No backend at all ā€” feeds are fetched straight from publishers (BBC, The Guardian, NYT, etc.) from your own browser ā€¢ Optional AI summaries run on-device via Chrome's built-in Summarizer ā€” nothing gets sent to a server ā€¢ 25 topics, a few themes, and a reading-insights dashboard if you go Plus It's free for 3 topics. Plus ($1.99/mo) unlocks unlimited topics, every theme, an always-live feed, and your reading stats ā€” wanted to be upfront about that rather than bury it. Would love feedback, especially on whether "one card at a time" actually feels better than a normal feed, or just feels limiting. Happy to answer anything about how it's built too ā€” it's a side project, no funding, no team, just me.