Carrel – AI Web Clipper & Second Brain for Research
Chrome extension by Neil Gu · Productivity · Tools
- Established publisher
A Chrome extension in Productivity · Tools with 7 users, barely installed.
Specific sites only: 2 match patterns.
What the developer says, and 5 screenshots
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- Users
- 7
- Users, last 20 days
- +7
- Version
- 0.2.1
- Updated in the store
- 2026-10-29
- Published
- 2026-10-12
- Manifest
- V3
- Browser access
- 7 permissions, 2 site patterns
How it has moved
- 2026-10-130appeared in the storereleased 0.1.1
- 2026-10-164gained the good publisher record badge
- 2026-10-195
- 2026-10-214
- 2026-10-226
- 2026-10-236
- 2026-10-257
- 2026-10-276
- 2026-10-296
- 2026-11-017
- 2026-10-130appeared in the storereleased 0.1.1
- 2026-10-164gained the good publisher record badge
- 2026-10-195
- 2026-10-214
- 2026-10-226
- 2026-10-236
- 2026-10-257
- 2026-10-276
- 2026-10-296
- 2026-11-017
A dot marks a day the store showed a different number. Between them the line carries the last one forward: we read every listing up to 2 times a day and record a point only when something moves. History beyond ninety days is in the app.
What it can reach
Specific sites only: 2 match patterns.
https://usecarrel.app/*https://clerk.usecarrel.app/*
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Read and change cookies on the sites it can access
cookies -
Block or redirect requests on the sites it can access
declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess -
Act on the current tab, but only after you click it
activeTab
Show the remaining 4
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Put data on your clipboard
clipboardWrite -
Add items to the right-click menu
contextMenus -
Open a panel beside the page
sidePanel -
Store data in your browser
storage
Version history
- Version 0.2.1
- Version 0.2.0 · Asked for more permissions (9, was 8) (changed: browser permissions)
- Version 0.1.1
What changed recently
- Package size changed
- Store description rewritten (116 → 123 characters)
- Renamed from "Carrel – AI Web Clipper: Every Save Updates Your Notes" to "Carrel – AI Web Clipper & Second Brain for Research"
Show the remaining 9
- Released version 0.2.1 (was 0.2.0)
- Package size changed
- Asked for more permissions (9, was 8) (changed: browser permissions)
- Store description rewritten
- Released version 0.2.0 (was 0.1.1)
- Gained the Established publisher badge
- Store description rewritten (101 → 116 characters)
- Renamed from "Carrel" to "Carrel – AI Web Clipper: Every Save Updates Your Notes"
- Released version 0.1.1 (was 0.1.0)
Older entries and the full day by day series are in the app.
The publisher
Neil Gu publishes 2 listings we track, 21 users between them. Listed website: usecarrel.app.
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