tl;dr

Who wants to read long emails, newsletters, or articles? Not us. If you don't either… tl;dr is the app for you. tl;dr uses the best AI models to summarize any webpage or email in about a second. News, newsletters, Substacks, Reddit threads, LinkedIn feed, YouTube videos — get the key points instantly and move on with your life. - Summarize any article in about 1 second - Chat with it, to dig deeper if you want - Save your history, and search it, to recall that article you read months ago - Share article summaries–even with people who don't subscribe to the publication - Summarize articles without paying! (Works on some sites–with soft paywalls, tl-dr can grab the whole article even what's hiding behind the credit card ask!) Did disaster strike somewhere in the world? Be informed–without getting depressed. Did POTUS do something crazy today? Find out–without losing your morning. Did your favorite LinkedIn influencer do something amazing with AI? Find out all about it without doomscrolling. But tl;dr is more than just static summaries–you can chat with your summary, save your history (so you can recall that article you read 5 months ago) and share with anyone (even if they don't subscribe to whatever published the article!). A summary you can talk to! Ask follow-up questions with AI chat. It's not just a summary — you can have a conversation about it. Ask clarifying questions, dig deeper into specific points, or get context you're missing. It's like having a research assistant for everything you read. Share the good stuff. Found something worth sharing? One click creates a beautiful, shareable link (tl-dr.cc) that anyone can read — no extension needed. Share summaries with friends, coworkers, or drop them in Slack. Key Features: • One-click summaries of any webpage, email, or YouTube video • AI chat to ask follow-up questions about what you just read • Shareable summary links anyone can view • Works in browser-based email — summarize newsletters and long emails in-place • Beautiful side panel UI with dark mode • Summary history with search — find anything you've summarized before • Works in any language–translate any article into your preferred language. • Built in privacy, so you won't accidentally share something that should have been private How It Works: Click the tl;dr icon on any page or email Get an instant, well-structured summary in the side panel Ask follow-up questions with AI chat Share it with a single click or find it later in your searchable, categorized history Searchable History Vaguely remember that article mentioning some cool app or tool? Or that LinkedIn post that was interesting - two weeks ago? Anything saved is searchable with AI. If you remember anything about it–pull it right up. Of course you can just look in a timeline, instead, if that's easier. And you can share any summary, including ones from long ago. Fully free to use. No API keys, no paywall, no catch. Install and start summarizing. Your privacy matters: • Summaries are yours, private unless you share them • We don't track your browsing • No personal data collected or sold • tl;dr is GDPR, CCPA and CDPA compliant Favorite use cases: • That great newsletter that is just. too. long. • Articles from The Atlantic. Who has that kind of time? • Long emails from parents and in-laws • Your boss's wordy emails • YouTube videos you don't have 20 minutes for • Reddit threads that went off the rails • Articles your friend swears you "have to read" For support or feature requests, find us on LinkedIn or email us at chrome@silverwood.ai.