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Locus — Smart CTRL + F

by Locus Extension

v3.2.1 Updated Nov 12, 2025 7.01MiB
CWS
5K
Users
★ 3.54
28 reviews
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⚠️Requests 1 sensitive permission

Description

Locus Smart Search completely reimagines CTRL + F (or ⌘+F on a Mac) so you can quickly find and organize information from webpages or PDFs using natural language. It goes beyond basic keyword matching by understanding your search intent and highlighting the exact sections you need—even in lengthy, complex documents. Mix and match content from multiple pages, searches, and AI-generated summaries as you dive deeper into your research. Locus makes it easy to gather your highlights in a single “Action Drawer” and automatically turn them into interactive “cards,” helping you synthesize ideas without hopping between tabs or apps. Need specialized AI help? Locus supports popular language models (LLMs) like OpenAI, Gemini, Anthropic Claude, and now, Deepseek in v3.0!, letting you switch to a dedicated AI profile optimized for your exact needs—be it academic research, legal analysis, or simple curiosity. Whether you’re working with long papers, PDFs, news articles, blog posts, or online textbooks, Locus seamlessly adapts to most text-heavy web pages. Save time, stay organized, and hack your productivity by letting Locus handle the heavy lifting of searches and summaries—so you can focus on what truly matters.
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Reviews (10 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2026-03-02
Garrett Marshall

Couldn't even get it to summarize a simple wikipedia page

★☆☆☆☆2024-08-29
Jared Trounce

I've never been able to log into this no matter what I try, and it is so utterly garbage if you don't have an account. Requiring an account for a simple extension is also ridiculous, but I digress. The page just infinitely loads when I attempt to make an account. It probably has to do with the enforced captcha that only has text loaded in. Fix your website.

★☆☆☆☆2024-06-18
M

lets you search THREE web pages per day. service is slow, and the idea of it is an invasion of privacy.

★☆☆☆☆2023-05-08
Samir Redjem

All the page show: "Navigate to a valid page or refresh page", even if i am not on PDF! On wikipedia, it don't work too.

★☆☆☆☆2023-05-02
Toxoplasmz

cant get it to work on anything it just says "Navigate to a valid page or refresh page". i followed all instructions

★☆☆☆☆2023-02-27
Brighton Young

Hated it! Should be a free service ONE HUNDRED PERCENTILE

★☆☆☆☆2023-02-27
Michael Nguyen

It is NOT free nor cheap $4 a month for something can be done on chatgpt

★☆☆☆☆2023-02-21
ok

Locus didn't really work out well for me. Pdf programs such as kami do not work with lotus.

★★☆☆☆2024-01-14
Jonas A

lacks function to highlight just the synonyms, instead of the entire sentence

★★☆☆☆2023-04-23
Florence Yeung

Is there a reason why it keeps telling me to "Navigate to a valid page or refresh page." rather than allowing me to search?

Permissions (6)

Permissions

activeTab Can access the current tab when you click the extension sidePanel storage Can store data locally in your browser tabs Can see your open tabs and their URLs tts Can use text-to-speech webRequest Can observe and analyze network traffic

Details

Version 3.2.1
Updated Nov 12, 2025
Size 7.01MiB
First Seen Mar 27, 2026