Hey Product Hunt! 🚀 I’m Raj, and this is Courier Web. This didn’t start as a "product"—it started as a survival tactic. While pivoting my career into software engineering and diving into a Data Structures class, I hit a wall. I realized I was spending more time managing an overwhelming mess of browser tabs than actually learning the material. The "Tab Anxiety" was real. I was constantly jumping between course docs, YouTube tutorials, and various AI windows. The first version of Courier Web was just a simple "SmartBar" I built to pipe highlighted text into AI with custom prompts to make studying faster. As I moved deeper into my engineering journey, I got hooked on Large Language Models. Discovering Ollama was a turning point—it opened my eyes to the power of local models. I tried AI browsers like Dia or Atlas, but they felt clunky, and I hated being locked into a single, expensive ecosystem. I even struggled with the friction of getting YouTube transcripts into AI in a meaningful way, so I built a custom transcriber to turn long lectures into instant study guides. I took inspiration from the panel layouts of Monica and Sider, but I wanted to give power back to the user—especially regarding pricing and privacy. As long as Pollinations stays reasonable with pricing, there is a simple image generator with their flux model. I may include the better models in the future. Today, Courier Web is a high-performance research companion: Total Model Freedom (No Middleman): Run models locally via Ollama for total privacy, or bring your own API keys for Gemini, Claude, OpenAI, Groq, Grok, and more. You pay exactly for the tokens you use—zero markup. The "Free" AI Window: Right now, many external providers offer generous free tiers, making Courier Web a powerhouse for light users. Note: As the product evolves out of this early phase, I may move certain advanced external API integrations into a premium tier to support ongoing development. But cost will always be low. The "Free" AI Hack: For students and light users, using providers like Groq through Courier Web means you get blazing-fast AI for free (within their generous tiers). It’s the perfect assistant for those who don’t need to send a mass amount of data but want premium power. Full transparency: while these are free today, I don't control their external pricing—but that's the beauty of this tool. If one provider starts charging too much, you can just swap your API key to a cheaper one in seconds. Or the newest, hottest local model. Built-in Intelligence: 20+ tools including Page Analysis, Region Capture, and Passive Research. To cure the "Tab Anxiety" that started this, I’ve even included a Tab Limit and Session Saver. Prompt Marketplace: A community-driven hub where you can use, build, and share custom prompts with other "prompt engineers." The Problem It Solves Courier Web kills "The Collector’s Tax"—the mental and financial cost of modern research. Most AI tools force a trade-off: you either pay a $20+/month subscription for a "wrapped" service, or you suffer through the Context-Switching Crisis, fracturing your focus across thirty open tabs and five different AI platforms. Courier Web solves this by centralizing your capture, transcription, and reasoning tools into one lightweight sidebar. It replaces overwhelming "Tab Anxiety" with a streamlined Flow State, allowing you to transform raw web data into organized knowledge without ever leaving your active tab—all while keeping your data local or your costs at the API source.

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Turn webpages into insights with AI.

Turn webpages into insights with AI.