subtext
a context-aware layer for the open web

pick a page and start reading. hover any underlined term — or any name the annotator finds — and subtext returns a short preview, shaped by what you're reading. each preview carries its own concepts, so you can keep pulling the thread.

demos
the extension

the demos above run on this page. the extension brings the same layer to every page you read — no link required. select any text and subtext takes it from there.

any page · select text

the war was ended by the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, which redrew the map of europe.

look up+ save snippet
LOOKUPWestphalia

a region of north-west germany; the 1648 peace settlement ended the Thirty Years' War and set the template for the sovereign nation-state.

Thirty Years' WarsovereigntyHoly Roman Empire
  • select → look up

    a context-aware preview streams into a terminal HUD, shaped by the page around it.

  • pull the thread

    every preview carries its own hoverable concepts — keep going without leaving the page.

  • + save snippet

    stash any passage to your reading list, synced across devices once you sign in.

install · ~30 seconds
  1. 1 download the zip and unzip it
  2. 2 open chrome://extensions and turn on developer mode
  3. 3 hit load unpacked and pick the unzipped folder
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