Gistly
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveBrowser extension that drops a TL;DR, key points and clickable timestamps beside any YouTube video
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
Free to install from the Chrome Web Store, which flags in-app purchases. No price list is published: the /pricing path returns HTTP 404, and the site's checkout link opens a $47 one-time Lemon Squeezy order for 'Actionize Early Bird', a different product from the same seller, so no Gistly price is recorded.
Use tool ↗About Gistly
Gistly is a browser extension that injects a summary widget into the YouTube page itself. It reads the transcript, condenses it into a TL;DR with key insights, and breaks the video into timestamped sections you can click to jump straight to a moment; it will also produce a full transcript or a blog-post draft from the same source, across more than 40 languages. Summaries can be shared by link. It is published by Dumpling Software, whose footer carries a 2024 copyright and no address. There is no reachable price list — the /pricing path returns 404 and every call to action links directly into a checkout — so the paid tier's cost is not something we could read.
- Platforms
- Chrome extension · Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- /pricing answers HTTP 404 (15 October 2026); the site's checkout link opens a Lemon Squeezy order from the store 'Dumpling Software' for 'Actionize Early Bird', $47.00 USD, pay oncegist.ly ↗
- Home page (15 October 2026): extension adds TL;DR summaries, key insights, timestamped breakdowns, transcripts and 40+ languages to YouTube; footer '© 2024 – Dumpling Software'gist.ly ↗
- Chrome Web Store listing (15 October 2026): 3,000 users, version 0.0.4, updated August 30, 2024, offers in-app purchaseschromewebstore.google.com ↗
Is Gistly legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- May 14, 2024 (2 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Libyan Spider Network (int), looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Dec 25, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- Dumpling SoftwareOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Gistly
It does one job well: the summary appears next to the player rather than in another tab, and the timestamps actually move the video. The problem is commercial opacity — you cannot see what the paid tier costs without entering a checkout flow, which is a poor way to ask for a card.
Pros
- Summary widget renders inside the YouTube page, with no copy-pasting of URLs
- Timestamped sections link back into the video at the right moment
- Also generates full transcripts and blog-post drafts from the same video
- Handles more than 40 languages
Cons
- No published price list, and the only checkout link on the site sells a different product
- Publisher is a bare name with no address, country or company registration
- The extension has not been updated since August 2024 (version 0.0.4)
- Entirely dependent on YouTube transcripts, so videos without them are out of scope
Best for
- Skimming long talks, lectures or podcasts before committing to watch
- Pulling a rough transcript or blog draft out of a video
- Non-English viewers, with 40+ languages supported
Not for
- Anyone needing an API or bulk processing of a whole channel
- Videos with no transcript, since the summary is built from one
Watch out: The checkout button on the site opens a $47 order for 'Actionize Early Bird', not Gistly, and the extension has not shipped an update since August 2024, so expect it to break when YouTube changes its page.
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