I Rebuilt

Pick a popular paid Chrome extension. Rebuild it with PlugThis. Time the process and ship the prompt. Every entry is a video, a write-up, and a working extension you can build yourself.

LinkedIn profile with AI Message Draft button next to standard message button
Closely·Built in 14 min

I Rebuilt Closely in 14 Minutes — Here's the Prompt

Closely charges $99/month for LinkedIn outreach automation. We rebuilt the core AI message drafting in 14 minutes using PlugThis. Same workflow, bring your own OpenAI key, ~$5/month total.

Chrome extension Summarize button on a YouTube video player
Eightify·Built in 12 min

I Rebuilt Eightify in 12 Minutes — Here's the Prompt

Eightify charges $20/month to summarize YouTube videos. We rebuilt it as a Chrome extension using PlugThis in under 15 minutes. Same functionality, bring your own OpenAI key, full code ownership.

Webpage with multiple yellow text highlights and a floating Save button
Glasp·Built in 9 min

I Rebuilt Glasp in 9 Minutes — Here's the Prompt

Glasp charges $8/month for social highlighting and note-taking on the web. We rebuilt the core functionality in 9 minutes using PlugThis. Same highlights, full ownership, no social tracking.

Webpage with multi-colored highlights and a floating highlight tools panel
Liner·Built in 11 min

I Rebuilt Liner in 11 Minutes — Here's the Prompt

Liner charges $7/month for web highlighting and reading tools. We rebuilt the core in 11 minutes using PlugThis. Same highlights, fully local, full ownership.

Text field with shortcut /email-intro expanding to email template
Magical·Built in 8 min

I Rebuilt Magical in 8 Minutes — Here's the Prompt

Magical charges $10/month for text expansion and template automation. We rebuilt the core in 8 minutes using PlugThis. Same shortcuts, full ownership, no service dependency.

Article webpage with Save to Workspace popup overlay
Notion Web Clipper·Built in 13 min

I Rebuilt Notion Web Clipper Without the Limits — Here's the Prompt

Notion's official Web Clipper is free but limited. We rebuilt it with PlugThis in 13 minutes — custom templates, AI-tagged content, full extensibility.

Text editor with AI Rephrase floating button and dropdown of rewrite modes
QuillBot·Built in 11 min

I Built a QuillBot-Style Paraphraser in 11 Minutes — Here's the Prompt

QuillBot's paraphraser is excellent and costs $20/month. We built an approximation of the core rephrasing functionality in 11 minutes with PlugThis. Different tool, similar workflow, fraction of the cost.

Visual note canvas with sticky notes and connections between cards
Remio·Built in 12 min

I Rebuilt Remio in 12 Minutes — Here's the Prompt

Remio charges $12/month for visual note-taking and web content capture. We rebuilt the core in 12 minutes using PlugThis. Same canvas, full ownership, no service dependency.

Text editor with inline rewrite toolbar showing Casual, Formal, Shorter, Longer options
Wordtune·Built in 10 min

I Rebuilt Wordtune in 10 Minutes — Here's the Prompt

Wordtune charges $9.99/month for AI rewriting. We rebuilt the core in 10 minutes using PlugThis. Same rewrite options, bring your own OpenAI key, modify the prompts.

Blog editor with floating AI writing assistant panel
WriteSeed·Built in 8 min

I Rebuilt WriteSeed in 8 Minutes — Here's the Prompt

WriteSeed charges $19/month for AI writing assistance. We rebuilt the core in 8 minutes using PlugThis. Same workflow, bring your own OpenAI key, modify the prompts anytime.

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