Apps
Browser
The Browser App is a real web browser inside River. Open any URL, browse normally, and capture what matters into your Dataspace without context-switching.
What it gives you#
- Native browser — full Chromium, with JavaScript, cookies, sessions
- Tabs and history — like any browser
- Clip-to-entity — save the page, a selection, or a screenshot to an entity in one click
- AI-augmented reading — ask SpaceChat about the open page; it reads the page for you
- Auto-summarize — summarize the page directly in the sidebar
- Auto-archive — long-form articles can be saved to Notes or Pages with one click
Browser vs. extension#
| Browser App | Browser Extension | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Inside River | In your regular browser |
| Best for | Research sessions, focused reading | Capturing as you browse normally |
| Login state | In the desktop app, your own browser, signed in to your sites; River's online Browser for browsing that doesn't need your accounts | Whatever your browser already has logged in |
You can use both. Many people use the extension daily and the in-app Browser when doing focused research inside a Space.
Patterns#
- Research sessions — open a Space, open the Browser App in one Window, take Notes in another, let SpaceChat synthesize as you read.
- Competitor watch — keep a Space with the Browser pointed at competitor sites; clip changes into a tracking Doc.
- Form-filling — let the AI use the open Browser to fill forms based on entities in your Dataspace. You watch it click and type, and it asks before anything that buys, pays, sends, posts, deletes or agrees to terms.
Tips#
- The Browser App's open page is context the AI can see in SpaceChat. Ask "summarize this article" or "extract the company list from this page."
- For tasks that need your logins (your CRM, vendor portals), use the desktop app — its Browser windows are already signed in to your sites. The AI never types passwords, one-time codes or card numbers; you enter those and handle sign-ins and CAPTCHAs yourself.
- Apps from the web, like Figma or Notion, open in a Browser window signed in as you, and the AI can use them like any site.