Obsidian Clipper

Obsidian Clipper

Obsidian Web Clipper Chrome Extension to save articles and pages from the web in Obsidian

What is Obsidian Clipper?
Obsidian Clipper is a Chrome extension that allows you to save articles and pages from the web in your Obsidian vault. It utilizes Readability.js to extract content and important metadata. With a simple one-click saving feature, it's perfect for researchers, students, and organizing articles for later use.
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Stats
Users: 836 ▼ -9
Rating: 3.71 (7)
Version: 0.2.0 (Last updated: 2023-06-19)
Creation date: 2023-01-24
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • scripting
  • storage
Size: 32.03K
URLs: Website
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Summary

The extension utilizes Readability.js to extract the content of the article of a website, as well as important metadata such as the domain, title, timestamp, excerpt, and word count. This allows you to easily organize and access your saved articles within your Obsidian vault. The extension is simple and easy to use, with a one-click saving feature that adds the article to your vault. This is a great tool for researchers, students, and anyone who wants to save and organize articles for later reading and reference.

Please navigate to the extension's settings to specify the Obsidian vault where you'd like your articles stored.

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User reviews
Broken, at least on Brave and Mac. Opened an enormous url-encoded string in a modal that ran off the screen and I had to force quit Obsidian.
by Ben Ben, 2024-02-07

Works great for me in Sidekick Browser. If it does not work initially, don't forget your settings.
by Jeroen Coenders Jeroen Coenders, 2024-02-04

Does not work. Nothing to happen after launch.
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Safety
Risk impact

Obsidian Clipper is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

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

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