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Glasp alternative: YouTube summary with ChatGPT and Claude, without the setup

By the Luminar team ยท Updated

Short answer: Glasp is a good tool, and many people use it. Luminar is an alternative if you want summaries you can check point by point, in 16 languages, and the same tool for articles, PDFs, research papers and audio. Both have a free plan, so the easiest way to choose is to try both on the same video.

This page is written by the Luminar team. We tried to be fair about what Glasp does well.

What Glasp does well

Glasp is a free extension that shows a transcript and an AI summary next to the video. You pick the AI model, such as ChatGPT or Claude, and you can edit the prompt.

Why people look for an alternative

  • You want the summary ready without setting up prompts or models.
  • You want a library that keeps every summary.
  • You want articles, PDFs and audio summarized in the same place.

What Luminar does differently

  • A Summarise button sits under every YouTube video. One click gives a short summary.
  • Every point shows the minute it was said, so you can jump back and check it.
  • Pick Concise, Standard or Detailed, in any of 16 languages.
  • Ask follow up questions about the summary.
  • Works on articles, PDFs, arXiv papers and audio files too, all saved in one library.

How to switch

  1. Add Luminar to Chrome and open a YouTube video you already summarized with Glasp.
  2. Press Summarise and compare the two summaries side by side.
  3. Keep the one that fits how you read. The free plan gives you 5 summaries a month to test with.

Free plans and prices change often, so check each tool's own site before you pay.

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