Bardeen: Automate Browser Apps with AI
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Bardeen: Automate Browser Apps with AI

AI-powered browser extension that automates web workflows, scrapes data, and integrates with apps using natural

★★★★☆ 4.4 451 reviews 200K+ users · Workflow & Planning
Runs on all sites Firefox version exists
Developer Bardeen Inc
Install from Chromium extensions ↗

What it does

Permissions and access

Taken from the extension's own manifest file inside the package. The store listing does not spell this out, so it is worth reading before you install.

Can act on Every website you visit
PermissionWhat it allows
activeTabAccess the current tab when you click the extension
alarmsSchedule background tasks
bookmarksRead and change your bookmarks
contextMenusAdd items to the right-click menu
historyRead and change your browsing history
notificationsShow desktop notifications
offscreenRun hidden pages for background work
scriptingRun its own code on pages
storageStore its own settings and data
tabsSee the addresses and titles of your open tabs
ttsRead text out loud
unlimitedStorageStore unlimited data on your computer
webNavigationSee which pages you navigate to

Requests 13 permissions — extensions doing the same job average 4.8.

Technical details

Version5.0.0
Download size6.8 MB
PlatformManifest V3
InterfaceToolbar popup
Keyboard shortcuts1
Interface languages 9 languages
Show all 9 languages
ArabicGermanEnglishSpanishFrenchHindiItalianRussianChinese (Simplified)

Keyboard shortcuts

ShortcutAction
Alt+B_execute_action

Description

Bardeen is a browser extension that acts as an AI-powered automation copilot for web-based tasks. It leverages a ChatGPT-style interface to generate custom workflows from natural language commands, eliminating the need for manual scripting. With over 200,000 users, it is a widely adopted tool for automating repetitive actions across popular web applications, aiming to save users an average of 10+ hours per week by streamlining data extraction, content creation, and app integrations.

Key Features

  • Web Data Scraping: Extract data from more than 100 popular websites without writing code. This is useful for lead generation, market research, or compiling data from sites like LinkedIn, Google Maps, Amazon, and real estate platforms such as Zillow and Redfin. The scraper can copy structured data from web pages into your preferred storage apps.
  • Generative AI Automation: Connect generative AI tools to automate content creation and copywriting. For example, you can summarize long articles, YouTube videos, or meeting notes using AI, or generate email drafts and social media posts. Integration with OpenAI allows you to use AI as a writer or summarizer within your workflows.
  • Automation Template Catalog: Access over 1,000 pre-built automations that can be activated with a single click. These templates cover a wide range of use cases, such as sending WhatsApp messages, paraphrasing text, extracting Google Maps data, or generating job application emails from LinkedIn job posts. This is ideal for users who want quick solutions without building from scratch.
  • No-Code Custom Automation Builder: Create your own automations using a visual canvas where you add actions and commands. This allows you to connect your favorite apps and design workflows tailored to your specific needs, such as transferring data between apps, sending reminders, or opening apps at scheduled times.
  • Right-Click Automations: Trigger automations directly from the context menu when you right-click on a webpage. This enables quick actions like embedding content, accessing web analytics, or saving profile information from social media platforms to your databases.
  • ChatGPT-Style AI Automation Generation: Instead of manually building automations, you can describe what you want in plain language, and Bardeen's AI will generate the automation for you. This removes the learning curve and speeds up the creation process.
  • ChatGPT Plugin Integration: Use Bardeen directly within ChatGPT through a plugin, allowing you to trigger or build automations without leaving the ChatGPT interface. This streamlines workflows that involve both AI conversation and task automation.
  • App Integrations: Connect Bardeen to a growing list of web apps, including Gmail, Sheets, HubSpot, Salesforce, PipeDrive, Notion, Airtable, and more. This ensures seamless data flow between your tools.
  • Background and Scheduled Triggers: Automations can be set to run in the background based on events in your apps or on a schedule. For example, you can set up a trigger to automatically save new leads to a spreadsheet or send a daily summary email.
  • Works on Any Web Page: Launch Bardeen on any website using the shortcut Option+B (Mac) or Alt+B (Windows). This makes it convenient to use across your browsing sessions.

Bardeen is designed to replace repetitive manual tasks with automated shortcuts, making it valuable for marketers, sales professionals, recruiters, managers, freelancers, agencies, and founders. It can scrape data from websites, automate email writing, transfer data between apps, summarize content, and much more. The extension operates locally in your browser, ensuring that your data remains private and is not stored on Bardeen's servers. With a strong community and extensive documentation, Bardeen aims to enhance productivity by reducing time spent on mundane web-based activities.

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Want the same thing with less access? Fathom AI Note Taker for Google Meet, NoteGPT: YouTube Summary, Chat with AI Assistant, ChatGPT DeepSeek Claude, AI Code Finder, Alerts, Ask Questions about Papers: CatalyzeX ask for fewer permissions than this one.

Store data last checked August 14, 2026.