# Scriven - Take YouTube video notes

> Take notes as you watch YouTube videos.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `scriven`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Neil Van Aliño
- **Category:** search-tools,bookmarks,photos-music-videos
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-10-03
- **First published:** 2025-09-27
- **Size:** 20 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-06
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/scriven/)
- **Website:** [https://neilvan.com/](https://neilvan.com/)

## Description

Enhance your learning by taking notes at specific timestamps. Ideal for educational YouTube videos.

Features:
- Add notes at specific timestamps
- Jump to a specific time in the video by clicking a note’s timestamp
- Edit or delete individual notes
- Search all your notes
- View all videos that contain your notes
- All data is stored on your computer; no data sent to any server
- Export your notes to JSON

## Rankings

- #61,619 — Overall
- #53 — take

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `downloads`

### Host permissions

- `*://*.youtube.com/*`

### Content script matches

- `*.youtube.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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