Select text, precise math, or a screen region and get a contextual AI explanation.
Users
2
−1 in 30 days
Rating
0.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
0
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#365K
#277K among extensions
Version
0.1.0
updated 7 Aug 2026
Users
monthly, 2 months
Latest, 16 Oct 2026:2 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 2 months
Latest, 16 Oct 2026:0 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About Scholia — Select & Explain
Select a sentence, an equation, an image, or part of the screen and ask about it. For longer questions, open the side panel and chat with the current page or a PDF. Site-wide context is available when you explicitly turn it on for a question.
What it handles:
- Selected text and precise parts of rendered math.
- Pages and PDFs, with page numbers kept intact.
- Images and visible screen regions.
- Hosted AI providers, Ollama, and optional local CLI bridges.
- Per-site blocking or allowlist mode.
There is no Scholia account, backend, advertising, analytics, or telemetry. Page ranking, PDF extraction, image resizing, and site indexing happen locally. When you ask a question, the question and relevant source material go straight to the AI provider or endpoint you chose. Provider terms and usage charges may apply.
You'll need your own provider key or local model. Model answers can be wrong, so check important claims against the source.