# Obsidian Web Clipper

> Save the web. Own your data.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6720708363](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6720708363)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6720708363`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Dynalist Inc.
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (100 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.7.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-22
- **First published:** 2024-09-26
- **Size:** 28 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-04
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/obsidian-web-clipper/id6720708363)
- **Website:** [https://obsidian.md/](https://obsidian.md/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://obsidian.md/privacy](https://obsidian.md/privacy)

## Description

Bring the web into your personal knowledge base by clipping content directly to your Obsidian vault. Save full pages, excerpts, or the main content as portable Markdown files that stay accessible offline and locally.

Enhance organization with customizable templates, smart triggers, and automatic metadata extraction. Clips integrate seamlessly with Obsidian, supporting privacy, data ownership, and long-term durability with open formats.

## Rankings

- #137,764 — Overall
- #2 — web scraping
- #4 — web scraper
- #14 — data scraper
- #14 — data scraping
- #34 — website usage

## Review summary

Users praise Obsidian Web Clipper as a highly useful, feature-rich tool for clipping web content into Obsidian. Key strengths include robust template support with filters/variables and JSON template import/export, plus cross-browser compatibility on Safari, Chrome, and Brave, with mobile workarounds via Shortcuts. However, recurring reliability issues hamper experience: clipping often fails or yields blank pages on iOS Safari, clipboard actions may not work, and the extension can fail to activate or appear in Safari’s extension settings. Some version-specific bugs and private-browsing limitations are reported. Overall, it’s a valuable tool when it works, with room for stability improvements.

### Pros

- Extremely useful tool for clipping web content into Obsidian; frequently used daily.
- Templates, filters, and variables enhance clipping with JSON import/export for templates.
- Cross-browser and platform flexibility (Safari, Chrome, Brave) with mobile workarounds via Shortcuts.
- Strong overall value and positive reception; widely praised by users.
- Helps streamline Obsidian workflows by providing a reliable clipping mechanism when stable.

### Cons

- Safari clipping reliability issues: copy-to-clipboard often not working, and blank UI on iOS in some versions.
- Activation/UI glitches: extension may not show up or respond in Safari/Desktop extensions settings; hamburger button may be non-functional.
- Version-specific bugs and packaging problems: 0.6.0 clipping content broken; default\_locale packaging error.
- Private-browsing mode limitations and persistent overlay prompts on iOS that block clipping.
- Mobile platform limitations: Chrome on mobile lacks extensions; workarounds are not ideal for all users.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6720708363)