A better AI article summarizer other than Microsoft Copilot?

If you want an AI article summarizer that works everywhere on your Windows 10 PC – not just in one browser or one app – WritingTools is genuinely hard to beat. It's free, it respects your privacy, and once it's set up, summarizing long articles becomes a simple keyboard shortcut away.

And yeah, it was among the top 10 most trending AI programs on GitHub in October 2024, featured by XDA, How-To Geek, Windows Central, and about 25 other publications. So it's not just some random tool – it's legit.

Setting up WritingTools is surprisingly straightforward. You don't need to be a command-line wizard.

1. Go to the Releases page on GitHub and download the latest Writing.Tools.zip file

2. Extract it somewhere like your Documents folder

3. Double-click Writing Tools.exe to launch it

4. Configure your AI backend – the easiest and free option is using the Gemini API (Google's free tier gives you plenty for summarizing articles)

5. That's it. The app sits quietly in your system tray, waiting for you to press Ctrl+Space

Once the AI article summarizer is running, you'll see a small icon in your taskbar's bottom-right corner. You can right-click it to access settings, enable "start on boot," or tweak your hotkey.