Privacy policy

Last updated: 2026-11-09

Summary

WikiLume does not collect, store on a server, sell or share any personal data. It has no account system, no analytics and no advertising. It talks only to Wikipedia.

What the extension does with your data

• Pages you read. WikiLume runs on Wikipedia article pages (*.wikipedia.org) and re-lays out the article that your browser already loaded. The page content is processed locally in your browser and is not sent to us or to anyone else.
• Settings. Your choices (theme, font, text size, width, interface language, extra search languages) are stored with chrome.storage.sync, so Chrome may sync them between your own devices through your Google account. We never receive them.
• Bookmarks. Saved articles are stored with chrome.storage.local on your device only. Export creates a file on your computer; import reads a file you choose.

Network requests

The only requests made are to Wikipedia's own servers (*.wikipedia.org): search suggestions, link previews, article metadata and the images the page already uses. These requests go straight from your browser to Wikipedia, which receives them as it would from any reader and handles them under the Wikimedia Foundation privacy policy. WikiLume contacts no other server.

On-device summary

The summary feature uses the AI built into Chrome (the Summarizer API), which runs on your device. The article text is not sent to us. Chrome downloads its model once, only after you click to agree, and Chrome's own terms and privacy notice apply to that model.

Permissions

• storage: to keep your settings and bookmarks.
• Content script on *://*.wikipedia.org/*: to re-lay out Wikipedia articles. The extension requests no other site access.

What we do not do

• No analytics, telemetry, crash reporting, advertising or tracking of any kind.
• No remote code: everything that runs is inside the extension package.
• No selling or transferring of user data to third parties.

Children

The extension collects no data from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be published at this address with a new date.

Contact

Questions: https://github.com/DrummingBird1/wikilume/issues

Not affiliated

WikiLume is an independent project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Wikipedia is a trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation. Article text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.