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Moonlight: AI Colleague for Research Papers

Chrome extension by moonlight · Productivity · Tools

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A Chrome extension in Productivity · Tools with 100 000 users, a widely installed extension.

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

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Users
100 000
Rating
4.7 (71 ratings)
Users, last 16 days
unchanged
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
3.2.5
Updated in the store
2026-09-15
Published
2024-06-07
Manifest
V3
Browser access
6 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 31.08
100k · 2 readings
2026-09-02: released 3.2.12026-09-03: released 3.2.22026-09-08: released 3.2.32026-09-10: released 3.2.42026-09-15: released 3.2.5
  1. 2026-08-31100k
  2. 2026-09-15100kreleased 3.2.5
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.66 · 2 readings
2026-09-02: released 3.2.12026-09-03: released 3.2.22026-09-08: released 3.2.32026-09-10: released 3.2.42026-09-15: released 3.2.5
  1. 2026-08-31reviews71rating4.66
  2. 2026-09-15reviews71rating4.66released 3.2.5
Users
unchanged since 31.08
100k · 2 readings
2026-09-02: released 3.2.12026-09-03: released 3.2.22026-09-08: released 3.2.32026-09-10: released 3.2.42026-09-15: released 3.2.5
  1. 2026-08-31100k
  2. 2026-09-15100kreleased 3.2.5
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.66 · 2 readings
2026-09-02: released 3.2.12026-09-03: released 3.2.22026-09-08: released 3.2.32026-09-10: released 3.2.42026-09-15: released 3.2.5
  1. 2026-08-31reviews71rating4.66
  2. 2026-09-15reviews71rating4.66released 3.2.5

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What it can reach

Specific sites only: 1 match pattern.

  • https://www.themoonlight.io/*
  • Read and change cookies on the sites it can access cookies
  • See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
  • See when you navigate between pages webNavigation
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  • Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
  • Store data in your browser storage
  • Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 3.2.5 · Asked for more permissions (7, was 5)
  2. Version 3.2.4
  3. Version 3.2.3
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  1. Version 3.2.2
  2. Version 3.2.1

What changed recently

  1. Package size changed
  2. Asked for more permissions (7, was 5)
  3. Released version 3.2.5 (was 3.2.4)
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  1. Package size changed
  2. Released version 3.2.4 (was 3.2.3)
  3. Package size changed
  4. Released version 3.2.3 (was 3.2.2)
  5. Package size changed
  6. Released version 3.2.2 (was 3.2.1)
  7. Released version 3.2.1 (was 3.1.19)

The publisher

moonlight. Listed website: themoonlight.io.

Like this one

Listings the catalog judges closest in what they say they do.

  1. DeepPaper — AI PDF Reader for Researchers Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 10 users
  2. alphaXiv - Understand Research Papers Describes nearly the same job, with an established audience 50k users ★ 5.0
  3. Constella: AI Paper & Research Assistant Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 328 users ★ 4.2
  4. PaperLens Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 8 users
  5. ResearchMate Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 9 users

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