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macOS

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brew install summarize

local Homebrew formula metadata

overview

Package summary

Multi-modal AI tool to extract and summarize content

Project links

Commands and aliases

summarize
summarizer

history

Project history and usage

summarize is a Homebrew- and npm-installable AI summarization tool that combines a terminal CLI with browser side-panel extensions for summarizing URLs, files, videos, podcasts, PDFs, and other media.

Project history

The public GitHub repository was created in December 2025 and describes the project as both a Chrome Side Panel/Firefox Sidebar extension and a CLI. Its README emphasizes media-aware extraction, slide/OCR support for video, and integrations with multiple AI provider backends.

Adoption history

The project is distributed through npm and Homebrew, with the README documenting `npm i -g @steipete/summarize`, `npx`, and `brew install summarize`. Its package-manager relevance comes from packaging an AI/browser workflow as a normal command-line tool that can also run a local daemon.

How it is used

Typical use is `summarize <url-or-file>` from a shell, optionally paired with a browser extension and daemon for local media extraction, native messaging, cached diagnostics, OCR, transcription fallback, and provider configuration.

Why package nerds care

Package-manager users care about summarize because it turns a fast-moving AI workflow into a reproducible CLI install, while still exposing optional native dependencies such as ffmpeg, yt-dlp, and tesseract for heavier media jobs.

Timeline

2025: Public GitHub repository created.
2026: v0.20.x releases documented in the official GitHub releases feed.

Related projects

The README lists Codex, Claude, Gemini, Cursor Agent, OpenClaw, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, OpenRouter, Ollama, yt-dlp, ffmpeg, tesseract, and browser extensions as related providers or companion tools.

Sources

https://github.com/steipete/summarize
https://github.com/steipete/summarize/releases
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/steipete/summarize/main/README.md
source_facts.package-manager-url

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for summarize. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 1 platform targets.
Installs with 4 runtime dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.summarize/config.json

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ~/.summarize/config.json

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`summarize`	cli	global executable
`summarizer`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version0.21.3

manager updated2026-07-07

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://summarize.sh

infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://summarize.shnone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:summarize
Version	0.21.3
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/summarize
Homepage	https://summarize.sh
Repository	https://github.com/steipete/summarize
Upstream docs	https://summarize.sh/docs
License	MIT
Source archive	https://registry.npmjs.org/@steipete/summarize/-/summarize-0.21.3.tgz
Last updated	2026-07-07T16:38:05Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	ffmpeg, node, tesseract, yt-dlp
Bottle	available (on all)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	summarize
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

package graph

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source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/summarize.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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