Published Jun 17, 2026, 3:30 PM EDT Anurag is an experienced journalist and author who’s been covering tech for the past 5 years, with a focus on Windows, Android, and Apple. He’s written for sites like Android Police, Neowin, Dexerto, and MakeTechEasier. Anurag’s always pumped about tech and loves getting his hands on the latest gadgets. When he's not procrastinating, you’ll probably find him catching the newest movies in theaters or scrolling through Twitter from his bed. Over the past few months, I've been trying to replace as many of the browser extensions I use daily as possible with a local LLM . To my surprise, I've managed to replace quite a few of them while also adding functionality that those extensions never offered in the first place. The first extension I got rid of was Grammarly. If you have ever used this extension, you know how annoying the constant pop-ups and distractions can be. Once I set up a local LLM, Grammarly became one of the easiest tools to replace.…