# Synapse Web Clipper
> Save any web page as clean Markdown straight to a GitHub repo of your choice. Uses Mozilla Readability to extract the main content and commits via your personal access token.
Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/synapse-web-clipper](https://chrome-stats.com/d/synapse-web-clipper)
## Overview
- **ID:** `synapse-web-clipper`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Danny Peck
- **Category:** bookmarks
- **Version:** 0.1.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-27
- **First published:** 2026-04-23
- **Size:** 414 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/synapse-web-clipper/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/dep/snip-to-repo-extension/issues](https://github.com/dep/snip-to-repo-extension/issues)
## Description
Click the toolbar icon, pick a repo, confirm the filename — and the page is extracted, converted to Markdown, and pushed as a commit via the GitHub API. Perfect for personal knowledge bases, reading lists, research archives, or any workflow built on a Git repo of Markdown notes.
Features
- Clean content extraction using Mozilla Readability (strips nav, ads, footers)
- HTML-to-Markdown conversion via Turndown (fenced code blocks, ATX headings)
- YAML frontmatter with title, source URL, byline, and save timestamp
- Configure multiple repositories, each with its own branch and default folder
- Smart filename suggestions (date + page title slug), fully editable per save
- Updates existing files instead of failing if the same path already exists
How it works
- Create a GitHub personal access token (classic repo scope, or fine-grained with Contents: read and write).
- Open the extension's Options page, paste your token, and add one or more repositories.
- On any page, click the toolbar icon, pick a repo, and save.
Privacy
Your token is stored locally in browser storage and is only ever sent to api.github.com. No analytics, no telemetry, no third-party servers. Page
content is only transmitted when you explicitly click save, and only to the GitHub repository you configured.
## Rankings
- #146,201 — Overall
## Permissions and access
### Permissions
- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `scripting`
### Host permissions
- ``
- `https://api.github.com/*`
## Safety
- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood
### Analysis details
- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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