---
title: "Refine Reader – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "165 users, rated 4.25 by 4 people. Version 1.0.12, updated 2025-07-22. Requests 16 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/paneefkcaajnhenmkppgeloofjjdpcib"
---

# Refine Reader

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 165
- Rating: 4.25 from 4 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-27 07:14 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #54,125 of 264,704 live extensions
- Rank in Tools: #16,210 of 103,503

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> AI-powered reading assistant that helps you quickly understand and extract article essentials.

- Extension ID: `paneefkcaajnhenmkppgeloofjjdpcib`
- Developer: [Chris Fu](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u74fe21ab7f835f66ccfd59e1234b7fbb)
- Trader status: Not declared a trader under EU law
- Category: [Productivity › Tools](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/tools)
- First published: 2025-02-08
- Last updated: 2025-07-22
- Version: `1.0.12`
- Size: 343 KiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (5): English, 中文（中国）, 中文（台灣）, 日本語, 한국어
- Website: `https://refinereader.cuihuaer.com/`
- Support page: `https://refinereader.cuihuaer.com/`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/refine-reader/paneefkcaajnhenmkppgeloofjjdpcib>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fpaneefkcaajnhenmkppgeloofjjdpcib>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-27 | 165 | 4.25 | 4 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

No changes found since tracking began on 2026-09-27.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

### Sites

- `http://127.0.0.1:11434/*`: 127.0.0.1:11434
- `http://localhost:11434/*`: localhost:11434
- `https://api.anthropic.com/*`: api.anthropic.com
- `https://api.deepseek.com/*`: api.deepseek.com
- `https://api.openai.com/*`: api.openai.com
- `https://api.perplexity.ai/*`: api.perplexity.ai
- `https://api.siliconflow.cn/*`: api.siliconflow.cn
- `https://api.x.ai/*`: api.x.ai
- `https://dashscope.aliyuncs.com/*`: dashscope.aliyuncs.com
- `https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/*`: generativelanguage.googleapis.com
- `https://hunyuan.tencentcloudapi.com/*`: hunyuan.tencentcloudapi.com
- `https://openrouter.ai/*`: openrouter.ai
- `https://rchat.cuihuaer.com/*`: rchat.cuihuaer.com

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser

## More from this developer

Other extensions from the same publisher account.

| Extension | Users | Rating | Ratings | Category |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | --- |
| [ProxyFox](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/ejgcljmgjglpeacggbhccbhhojjmkjci) | 419 | 5.00 | 2 | Tools |
| [One Site One Password (OSOP)](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/jaehfjimgenmolibjliggghmjlbfhamp) | 69 | 4.67 | 3 | Tools |
| [Url2QRCode](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/aglgdkhkpdgajijpplehfmpmilompdkc) | 51 | – | – | Tools |
| [微博神贴手](https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hegkjgoefobmnaoagodojcaomhmkocmg) | 16 | – | – | Tools |

All 5 extensions by [Chris Fu](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u74fe21ab7f835f66ccfd59e1234b7fbb).

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every month, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-27 07:14 UTC; next check around 2026-10-03.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “Refine Reader” (paneefkcaajnhenmkppgeloofjjdpcib). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/paneefkcaajnhenmkppgeloofjjdpcib. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_paneefkcaajnhenmkppgeloofjjdpcib,
  title   = {Refine Reader (paneefkcaajnhenmkppgeloofjjdpcib)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-27},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/paneefkcaajnhenmkppgeloofjjdpcib},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

---

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