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Explain It to Me - AI Text Simplifier

Chrome extension by waltertaya · Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility

A Chrome extension in Make Chrome Yours · Accessibility with 36 users, barely installed. Audience over the last 30 days: +5.

Specific sites only: 6 match patterns.

What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

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Users
36
Rating
4.6 (5 ratings)
Users, last 30 days
+5
Rating, last 30 days
Steady over 30 days
Version
3.1.0
Updated in the store
2026-10-14
Published
2025-06-17
Manifest
V3
Browser access
5 permissions, 6 site patterns

How it has moved

Users
+5 since 02.10
23-36 · 14 readings
2026-10-14: released 3.1.0
  1. 2026-10-0423
  2. 2026-10-0827
  3. 2026-10-0928
  4. 2026-10-1026
  5. 2026-10-1328
  6. 2026-10-1632
  7. 2026-10-1734
  8. 2026-10-1833
  9. 2026-10-2232
  10. 2026-10-2334
  11. 2026-10-2433
  12. 2026-10-2934
  13. 2026-10-3136
  14. 2026-11-0136
Rating
unchanged since 02.10
reviewsrating 4.60 · 14 readings
2026-10-14: released 3.1.0
  1. 2026-10-04reviews5rating4.60
  2. 2026-10-08reviews5rating4.60
  3. 2026-10-09reviews5rating4.60
  4. 2026-10-10reviews5rating4.60
  5. 2026-10-13reviews5rating4.60
  6. 2026-10-16reviews5rating4.60
  7. 2026-10-17reviews5rating4.60
  8. 2026-10-18reviews5rating4.60
  9. 2026-10-22reviews5rating4.60
  10. 2026-10-23reviews5rating4.60
  11. 2026-10-24reviews5rating4.60
  12. 2026-10-29reviews5rating4.60
  13. 2026-10-31reviews5rating4.60
  14. 2026-11-01reviews5rating4.60
Users
+8 since 31.08
23-36 · 27 readings
2026-10-14: released 3.1.0
  1. 2026-08-3128
  2. 2026-09-0229
  3. 2026-09-0428
  4. 2026-09-0723
  5. 2026-09-0826
  6. 2026-09-1024
  7. 2026-09-1325
  8. 2026-09-1527
  9. 2026-09-1729
  10. 2026-09-2130
  11. 2026-09-2229
  12. 2026-09-2632
  13. 2026-09-2831
  14. 2026-10-0423
  15. 2026-10-0827
  16. 2026-10-0928
  17. 2026-10-1026
  18. 2026-10-1328
  19. 2026-10-1632
  20. 2026-10-1734
  21. 2026-10-1833
  22. 2026-10-2232
  23. 2026-10-2334
  24. 2026-10-2433
  25. 2026-10-2934
  26. 2026-10-3136
  27. 2026-11-0136
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.60 · 27 readings
2026-10-14: released 3.1.0
  1. 2026-08-31reviews5rating4.60
  2. 2026-09-02reviews5rating4.60
  3. 2026-09-04reviews5rating4.60
  4. 2026-09-07reviews5rating4.60
  5. 2026-09-08reviews5rating4.60
  6. 2026-09-10reviews5rating4.60
  7. 2026-09-13reviews5rating4.60
  8. 2026-09-15reviews5rating4.60
  9. 2026-09-17reviews5rating4.60
  10. 2026-09-21reviews5rating4.60
  11. 2026-09-22reviews5rating4.60
  12. 2026-09-26reviews5rating4.60
  13. 2026-09-28reviews5rating4.60
  14. 2026-10-04reviews5rating4.60
  15. 2026-10-08reviews5rating4.60
  16. 2026-10-09reviews5rating4.60
  17. 2026-10-10reviews5rating4.60
  18. 2026-10-13reviews5rating4.60
  19. 2026-10-16reviews5rating4.60
  20. 2026-10-17reviews5rating4.60
  21. 2026-10-18reviews5rating4.60
  22. 2026-10-22reviews5rating4.60
  23. 2026-10-23reviews5rating4.60
  24. 2026-10-24reviews5rating4.60
  25. 2026-10-29reviews5rating4.60
  26. 2026-10-31reviews5rating4.60
  27. 2026-11-01reviews5rating4.60

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What it can reach

Specific sites only: 6 match patterns.

  • https://api.openai.com/*
  • https://uamas.openai.azure.com/*
  • https://api-inference.huggingface.co/*
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  • https://router.huggingface.co/*
  • http://localhost:8080/*
  • https://explain-it-to-me.onrender.com/*
  • Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
  • Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
Show the remaining 2

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 3.1.0 · Asked for more permissions (11, was 9) (changed: site access)

What changed recently

  1. Package size changed
  2. Asked for more permissions (11, was 9) (changed: site access)
  3. Released version 3.1.0 (was 3.0.0)

The publisher

waltertaya.

Like this one

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

  1. Explain Like I'm 5 Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 12 users ★ 5.0
  2. Explain This Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 4 users (last published figure)
  3. EsPlain — Easy Explain Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 5 users
  4. Explain like I'm 10 Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 18 users
  5. Simplify Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 47 users

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