Introduction
What New Term Radar is, what it reads and what you get out of it.
New Term Radar is a Chrome extension that finds new AI product and model names the day they first show up, so you can research, write about or build around them before keyword tools list them.
It is the browser version of the new-term-radar Python project. Instead of paid data APIs it reads six platforms with your own browser session, and instead of a hosted model it uses the OpenAI-compatible key you bring.
Why it works
A new name leaves a trail, roughly in this order:
- A lab or a well-followed account says it on X; a model enters Hugging Face's trending list.
- One GitHub repo takes off on its own, or the product launches on Product Hunt.
- People start asking about it on Reddit.
- Google Trends shows the curve, days or weeks later.
Keyword tools read the last step. Radar reads the first three every time you scan, and uses Google Trends to check itself 14 days later.
What it reads
| Platform | What it catches | How |
|---|---|---|
| Product Hunt | Today's launches: name, tagline and votes | Background tab |
| Hugging Face | Models and Spaces entering the trending list; quantised copies grouped under the base name | Public API |
| GitHub | Repos under 14 days old breaking out, plus today's Trending page | Public API + Trending page |
| Google Trends | Trending searches for your region | Public RSS feed |
| X | Names the accounts you follow used for the first time in 60 days | Background tab, your session |
| Top posts in your subreddits, plus “is there an AI tool that…” questions | Background tab, your session |
What you get
- New terms — every name that appeared for the first time, with the posts, links and platforms behind it.
- AI scoring — your own model rates how likely each term is a real product name, so noise sinks to the bottom.
- Search — type any name and see posts from all six platforms, a Google Trends chart and an AI summary on one page.
- Review — 14 days later, Radar checks Google Trends to show which terms took off.
- Automatic scans — off by default; run at the times you pick.
- Export — Markdown or CSV.
Private by design
No account, no server, no tracking. Everything is stored in your browser. See Privacy.