Obsidian Web Clipper

Save content from the web in a private and durable format that you can access offline. The official browser extension for Obsidian.
What is Obsidian Web Clipper?
"Obsidian Web Clipper" is a Chrome extension that lets you clip and save web content directly to your Obsidian vault in a secure, offline-accessible format. Organize articles, recipes, and ideas with customizable templates and smart triggers. Enjoy full control and privacy over your data with durable Markdown files and seamless integration into your personal knowledge base.

Extension stats

Version: 0.9.8 (Last updated: 2024-11-20)
Creation date: 2024-09-13
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • clipboardWrite
  • commands
  • contextMenus
  • sidePanel
  • storage
  • scripting
Host permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 279.55K

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Obsidian Web Clipper (v0.9.8)
4.92 (49) 5,568+
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Extension summary

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Bring the web to your personal knowledge base. Save content to your Obsidian vault so you always have access to it, even offline. Obsidian is secure, private, and designed around durable open formats that allows you to preserve your data for the long term.

Whether you're researching for a project, saving recipes, bookmarking travel destinations, or collecting inspiring articles, the Obsidian Web Clipper helps you organize your ideas.

  • Clip anything: From news articles and blog posts to recipes, product pages, and research papers — if it's on the web, you can save it.
  • Select page content: Clip entire pages, selected text, or let the clipper intelligently extract just the main content.
  • Customizable templates: Create tailored templates to automatically extract metadata from web pages. Perfect for academics, movie buffs, book lovers, or anyone who wants structured notes.
  • Smart triggers: Set up rules to automatically apply the right template based on the website you're clipping from.
  • Seamless integration: all your clips flow directly into Obsidian, in the vault and folder of your choice.

As with everything Obsidian, Web Clipper is designed to protect your privacy, and give you control over your data.

  • No lock-in: All your clips are saved in clean, durable, portable Markdown files — no proprietary formats.
  • Offline access: your saved clips are saved locally, and always at your fingertips, with or without an internet connection.
  • 100% private: all your clipped content is stored locally in your Obsidian vault. Your thoughts are yours.
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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Works beautifully on Chrome and is a game changer for note taking on the web.
  • Useful for capturing content that may not copy properly otherwise, including images.
  • Extensibility and integration with Obsidian is appreciated by users.
Cons
  • Formatting issues with certain elements like YAML inserts.
  • Limited functionality on specific browsers like Arc, with dropdowns appearing behind dialogues.
Most mentioned
  • Overall positive experience and effectiveness of the tool.
  • Desire for more features like on-page comments on highlights.
Recent reviews
Awesome extension, lots of potential! Would love to save an entire X thread there instead of only the first tweet, that would be amazing 🙂
by Olavo Bacelar, 2024-11-21

dont work with Reddit - clip only comments, not post useless
by Sergey Tokarev, 2024-11-20

Incredible, super useful. Indispensable if you are using obsidian.
by Joan Garcia Esquerdo, 2024-11-20
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Obsidian Web Clipper requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Obsidian Web Clipper has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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