Obsidian Web: Advanced Web Clipper for Notes
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This is a Chrome extension for Obsidian* that allows you to more tightly integrate your browser with your notes in Obsidian. Obsidian Web makes clipping content from the web into your notes seamless, but that's just the basic part -- it also has advanced features that help you to find out when you already have notes before you take the time to add them again, and to remind you about what your thoughts were last time you were there.
Features:
- Templates: Configure how your content will appear in your notes by editing simple templates. Want to add information that isn't the page title, URL, or the text you've selected? You can change the content you are about to send to your notes on a case-by-case basis by clicking on the "Entry Details" dropdown from the pop-up menu.
- Note Recall: Have you been to this page before? Maybe you already have notes about it? Obsidian Web can search your notes to see if you've mentioned this page before, and if so, let you open that note in Obsidian or update it with new content.
- Periodic Notes: Want to append or patch your daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly notes? This gives you an "Append to current daily note" option out-of-the-box, but maybe you want to use a different interval or insert your content in a specific section of your daily note? Just modify the template and you can. Note that this requires the Obsidian Periodic Notes plugin: https://obsidian.md/plugins?id=periodic-notes
To get started:
- Install this extension from the Chrome Web Store
- Install & enable the "Local REST API" plugin from the Community Plugins section in Obsidian.
- Click on the "Obsidian Web" icon in your toolbar and follow the instructions.
To report a bug or suggest a feature, go to: https://github.com/coddingtonbear/obsidian-web/discussions
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- Powerful and customizable features
- Works well with Obsidian and REST API integration
- Excellent documentation for setup
- Successful migration from Evernote
- Identifies existing notes in vault
- Instability and connection issues (especially with certain browsers)
- Requires manual setup of API and certificates, which can be daunting
- Flaky performance and frequent disconnections
- Complexity of usage compared to other simpler alternatives
- Inconsistent functionality after updates or browser restarts
- Configuration and setup require patience
- Connection issues and the need for a security certificate
- Mixed performance with different browsers, particularly Arc and Chrome
- Comparison to Evernote and its functionalities
- The extension works better after following setup instructions closely
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Obsidian Web does not require any sensitive permissions.
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Obsidian Web may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.
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