# GENEXIS-AI/chromex

A Codex-powered Chrome side-panel assistant for page context, tabs, voice, and image workflows.

Repository: https://github.com/GENEXIS-AI/chromex
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chromex
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-06-15T06:35:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 72/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 89, longevity 9
- inputs: {"age_days": 127, "days_push": 79, "days_rel": 79, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: young
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1152, forks 118 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:47.266784+00:00)

## What it is
Chromex is a Chrome MV3 side-panel extension that connects the browser to OpenAI's Codex CLI via a local native-messaging bridge. It lets users chat with page content, tabs, files, screenshots, and voice input, and run browser-control and translation workflows.

## Use cases
- chat with the current webpage or selected tabs using an AI assistant
- summarize PDFs, arXiv papers, and YouTube videos in the browser
- transcribe and translate live audio in a Chrome side panel
- edit or generate images from within Chrome
- automate browser workflows with AI-driven content scripts

## When to choose
- you want a Codex-powered assistant embedded in Chrome's side panel
- you need page-aware AI chat, file/PDF analysis, and voice input in one extension
- you prefer keeping credentials out of extension storage via a local bridge

## When to avoid
- you don't use Chrome or don't want to install a local native host bridge
- you need a browser-agnostic or fully cloud-hosted assistant
- you can't run the required Codex CLI (0.130.0+) locally

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: chatbot, agent-framework, speech-recognition, image-processing, browser-extension, chat-interface
- domain: browser-extensions, artificial-intelligence, large-language-models, developer-tools
- platform: browser, browser-extension
- tags: chrome-extension, codex, side-panel, native-messaging, voice-input, page-context, translation, browser-automation, ai-agents, nodejs, desktop

## Member repositories
- GENEXIS-AI/chromex (main) score 72

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:47.266784+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:33:31.195736+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/GENEXIS-AI/chromex (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:47.266784+00:00, sha 81952ffde742)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.