Reddit Summarizer
Summarize long Reddit threads with one click
311 followers
Summarize long Reddit threads with one click
311 followers
Some long reddit threads are a gold mine. But you need to dig deep in hundreds or thousands of comments to form the conclusion. To simplify that I automated it all in form of chrome extension with customization to fit your own needs. With one click it: - fetches metadata (with all comments) - cleans it - sends it to selected AI - gold, you are looking for Supported pages: - Threads - Subreddits - Search results
Reddit Summarizer
@martin_machava nice product, niche but useful
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@german_merlo1 I added Toolbar with quick action buttons to eliminate clicks to get the result. Extension Popup is still there with more functionality but most basic functions are accessible in Toolbar to save time. And it's looking pretty good, I have to say :D
Congrats on the launch @martin_machava. While the initial 500K usage limit for FREE seems nice. But analyzing a short Reddit thread took around 2k credits. Can you please shed some light on how the credits work in your platform?
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@barian_badhon sure. So basically credit = token. Very long posts can consume up to 30k. I did some calculations and 500k should last whole month for average user until the refresh. To ensure I won't go bankrupt, free users have access to "cheap" but efficient models (Gemini 3 Flash, Grok 4.1 fast, Kimi K2). Gemini Nano (chrome's built-in AI) is always free, doesn't consume any tokens, but not that good as claude based models.
@martin_machava That's a good thinking process. I wish the best for the product!
Nice idea — this solves a very real pain point. Reddit threads often hide great insights, but digging through hundreds of comments is exhausting. One-click summarization with customization sounds super useful, especially for research and decision-making.
Just curious, how do you decide what comments matter most — upvotes, recency, or something else? Are there plans for an API so developers can integrate this into their own workflows?
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@liup3424 Yes, upvotes, replies to the comment, counterarguments. I didn't need to invent special algorithm for it because it always exists - AI. AI can "see" all comments and relations between them and between statements all at once.
No API plans so far, I don't know what exactly could I offer to them, but if there are requests for such implementation, I'm open to it.
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@samtheanalyst I did some research when I needed tool like Reddit Summarizer but no one was good enough. ThreadReader is for tweeter, not reddit. I'm pretty confident in my extension.
Users mostly do use it to summarize very long threads. And I do the same in most cases :)
Saves me lots of time crawling through pile of trashy comments on reddit. I wish this would work for other forum type websites as well.
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@marek_machava exactly, that was my point while building this extension. Most comments on reddit are low value and only few have what I'm looking for.
What other forums would you like to see similar tools on? If this one gets enough tractions and I see it helps people and they want it, I might expand to other areas/forums.
@martin_machava For example forums based on most common types like XenForo, phpBB, MyBB or WordPress. Som forums are shitty built like continuous loading when scrolling and cannot use classic search bar except built in search.
Looks good. Have been looking for such a solution, Few suggestions:
Add dark mode looks weird in dark mode
Clicking on a link in AI summary redirects to new tab instead of the same tab (Optional)
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@kingcold I restrected myself from adding dark mode to MVP on purpose, but now when it's out, I'll do it in following days 🌚
"Referenced link click redirects to new tab" well, let me brainstorm little bit so I get it right.
Scroll down - To me, ideal case would be that if it's a link to a comment in same thread where you are, the page would scroll down to that comment. But it may happen that there's a reference to a comment that is not loaded in your UI because Reddit Summarizer sees more than you see, it sees all the comments, not just those visible to you.
Comment Redirect - that initiates page refresh and summary will be closed (still visible in extension popup but not in toolbar). But I think that's doable to implement so it stays there. You are right, I'll do it, might take some time though.
@martin_machava If its a lot of effort you can ignore it, as its not that big of a deal.
Thanks for working on dark mode!❤️
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@kingcold I did it! Your suggestions are really great!
Dark mode is done. It sync on-the-fly with reddit theme. Works really great!
Comment redirect - if the referenced comment in summary is visible in UI, it scrolls down to it and also highlights that comment for a second and then highlight fades out.
If comment is not in loaded in UI, it will open the comment inside same tab, preserving the last summary.
New version was submitted to chrome store for review. When it's accepted, I'll publish it. Thanks for valuable feedback, Boy :)