Chrome Extension · Free · Privacy First
Family Wellness Monitor
An AI-powered Chrome extension that gently monitors browsing patterns to surface mental wellness insights — helping parents, educators, and school counsellors stay connected to what matters most.
Purpose
Whether you're a parent worried about late-night scrolling, a teen trying to understand your own patterns, or a school counsellor supporting dozens of students — MyndGuard was made for you.
For Parents
Get gentle, AI-generated wellness reports about your child's digital habits — without invading their privacy or reading their messages.
For Students & Teens
Your browsing habits tell a story about how you're really feeling. MyndGuard helps you reflect on your own digital wellness — privately.
For School Counsellors
Support more students with deeper insight. MyndGuard surfaces patterns that are easy to miss in a busy school environment.
Social Impact
MyndGuard is proudly aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages."
MyndGuard identifies early warning signs of stress, anxiety, and emotional distress through digital behaviour patterns — before they escalate into serious mental health concerns.
By giving families a shared, non-judgmental window into digital wellbeing, MyndGuard helps parents and children have more open, informed conversations about mental health.
School counsellors gain a powerful, privacy-first tool to proactively support at-risk students — helping institutions fulfill their duty of care in the digital age.
From doom-scrolling to binge-watching, MyndGuard surfaces unhealthy patterns gently — empowering young people to take control of their digital habits and protect their mental health.
Unlike surveillance tools, MyndGuard processes everything locally and never shares raw data. Wellbeing support should never come at the cost of privacy or trust.
MyndGuard was created by two students who believe that young people everywhere deserve accessible, non-invasive tools to protect their mental wellbeing in the digital world.
"Technology should serve our minds — not the other way around. MyndGuard exists to make mental wellness visible, accessible, and stigma-free for every family."
— MyndGuard Mission
What it monitors
Categorizes websites visited into wellness-relevant buckets. No raw URLs stored.
Analyzes video titles and content themes to detect emotional signals.
Understands what topics are being searched — from learning to mental health concerns.
Monitors subreddit visits to identify patterns linked to mood, stress, or mental health topics.
Tracks time spent on Netflix, Spotify, Twitch, Disney+ and more to spot binge or escapism patterns.
Detects impulse or stress-driven shopping patterns across Amazon, eBay, Etsy and more.
Monitors visits to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and more — understanding how AI is being used emotionally.
Tracks news sources and visit frequency to flag excessive doom-scrolling or anxiety-driven habits.
Automated wellness summaries sent to parents and guardians every 6 hours.
Everything is processed locally. Only anonymized category data is ever sent to AI.
Installation
MyndGuard is a free Chrome extension. Download the zip, load it in Chrome, and you're ready.
Free for families, students, and educators. Works on Chrome and Chromium-based browsers.
⬇ Download MyndGuard.zipYour browsing data never leaves your device. No accounts required. No data sold.
How to install
Click the download button and save MyndGuard.zip to your computer.
Extract the folder. You'll see a folder called mindguard-extension.
In Chrome, go to chrome://extensions and turn on Developer Mode (top right toggle).
Click "Load unpacked" and select the extracted mindguard-extension folder.
Click the puzzle icon in Chrome's toolbar, pin MyndGuard, and open it. Your Google account links automatically!
Having trouble installing? Email us at myndguard@gmail.com
Community
From parents to counsellors to students — here's how MyndGuard is making a difference.
As a school counsellor, I was skeptical at first — but MyndGuard helped me start conversations with a student I'd been worried about for weeks. It surfaced patterns I couldn't see otherwise.
My daughter and I now talk about her digital habits openly. MyndGuard gave us a shared language to discuss how she's feeling without it feeling like surveillance.
I didn't realise how much late-night YouTube I was watching until MyndGuard showed me the pattern. It helped me take my sleep more seriously.
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Our Story
MyndGuard was created because we noticed something: the adults around us cared about our wellbeing, but had no window into our digital lives — and we often didn't either.
We wanted to build something that bridges that gap. Not surveillance — understanding. Not control — connection. A tool that helps everyone have better conversations about mental wellness in the digital age.
We believe technology should serve our minds, not the other way around.
The Founders
Vidya started with a question: can technology understand how we feel? That curiosity drove her to dream MyndGuard. At MyndGuard, Vidya designed the entire architecture and AI analysis engine — from the initial prototype all the way to the Groq AI integration. When she steps away from the screen, she channels the same discipline into Carnatic classical music — she placed runner-up on ETV Padutha Theeyaga Season 23 — and into her favourite sport, basketball.
Uma has always had her finger on the pulse of what's next in technology. At MyndGuard, she researched, handpicked, and configured every technology that powers the extension — from Groq AI to EmailJS. She also brought the most important perspective of all — that of a student — shaping the product to feel safe, welcoming, and genuinely useful for young people. Beyond tech, she's an avid reader who devours books, a dedicated Carnatic music student, and a fierce basketball player.
"Mental wellness shouldn't be invisible. We built MyndGuard to bring it into the light — gently, and with care."
— Vidya & Uma Suravarapu
How We Got Here
MyndGuard didn't start as a Chrome extension. It started as a question — and grew one step at a time.
It started with a simple curiosity — can technology understand how we feel? Vidya and Uma began exploring whether browsing patterns could reveal something meaningful about mental wellness.
Before writing a single line of code, the entire product was designed in Figma — mapping out screens, user flows, and the wellness dashboard. This became the blueprint for everything that followed.
Vidya architected the core extension using Chrome Manifest V3 — building the data collection engine that monitors browsing patterns across YouTube, Reddit, Google Search, and more.
Uma researched and selected Groq's Llama 3.3-70B model as the AI engine — and configured the entire integration herself. The result: real-time wellness scoring that analyses 8 data sources every 6 hours.
Uma configured EmailJS to deliver automated wellness summaries directly to parents and guardians — giving families a gentle, non-intrusive window into digital wellbeing.
MyndGuard is now a fully working Chrome extension used by real families. Built entirely by two students from Inventure Academy, Bengaluru — and just getting started.