# Install summarize with Homebrew Multi-modal AI tool to extract and summarize content. Version 0.21.8 via Homebrew; verified 2026-08-03. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:summarize ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install summarize ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:summarize - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.21.8 - **Source summary:** Multi-modal AI tool to extract and summarize content - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** MIT - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T04:53:46Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00 ## Executables - summarize (cli) - summarizer (cli) - summarize (alias) - summarizer (alias) ## Dependencies - ffmpeg - node - tesseract - yt-dlp ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on all ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-04 - Package-manager version: 0.21.8 - Package-manager updated: 2026-08-03 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://summarize.sh - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## 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 ` 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 - - - - source_facts.package-manager-url ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for summarize. Package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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 - Unix: ~/.summarize/config.json ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.summarize/config.json ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [MCP tool packages](https://pkg.so/mcp-tools/) - Mentions MCP or Model Context Protocol. - [AI and agent packages](https://pkg.so/ai-agent-tools/) - Matched AI model, agent, coding-agent, orchestration, or MCP metadata. - [Terminal utility packages](https://pkg.so/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://pkg.so/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [node](https://pkg.so/brew/node/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ffmpeg](https://pkg.so/brew/ffmpeg/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [yt-dlp](https://pkg.so/brew/yt-dlp/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [tesseract](https://pkg.so/brew/tesseract/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [openai-whisper](https://pkg.so/brew/openai-whisper/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, media. - [whisper-cpp](https://pkg.so/brew/whisper-cpp/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, media. - [whisperkit-cli](https://pkg.so/brew/whisperkit-cli/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, media. - [backgroundremover](https://pkg.so/brew/backgroundremover/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, media. - [pocket-tts](https://pkg.so/brew/pocket-tts/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, media. - [screenpipe](https://pkg.so/brew/screenpipe/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, media. - [cmu-pocketsphinx](https://pkg.so/brew/cmu-pocketsphinx/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, media. - [speech](https://pkg.so/brew/speech/) - Shares pkgdb curated category or tags: ai, cli, media. - [agent-browser](https://pkg.so/brew/agent-browser/) - Both packages touch the same language runtime or ecosystem. Shared terms: ai, browser, cli, node. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/summarize.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/summarize.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - pkgdb category and tag curation - package relationship graph - cross-ecosystem install command graph