# Web Clipper to HackMD

> Extract web content and save it directly to HackMD with automatic article extraction

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/web-clipper-to-hackmd](https://chrome-stats.com/d/web-clipper-to-hackmd)

## Overview

- **ID:** `web-clipper-to-hackmd`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** HackMD
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-16
- **First published:** 2025-12-19
- **Size:** 418 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/web-clipper-to-hackmd/)

## Description

Web Clipper to HackMD is a powerful Chrome extension that allows you to extract web content and save it directly to your HackMD workspace with automatic article extraction.

✨ Key Features:

• Smart Content Extraction
  - Uses Mozilla Readability engine (same as Firefox Reader View) for accurate article extraction
  - Automatically filters out navigation menus, ads, and low-quality content
  - Supports multiple fallback methods for maximum compatibility

• Custom Area Selection
  - Manually select specific areas of a webpage to extract
  - Perfect for custom layouts or when you need precise control

• Markdown Conversion
  - Converts HTML content to clean, structured Markdown format
  - Preserves formatting, headings, and links
  - Includes source information and metadata

• Team Workspace Support
  - Save to personal workspace or team workspaces
  - Automatically detects available teams
  - Easy workspace switching

• Privacy First
  - All processing happens locally in your browser
  - API token stored securely in browser storage
  - Only final content is sent to HackMD API

• Floating Popup Interface
  - Non-intrusive floating popup design
  - Drag and drop to reposition
  - Preview content before saving

📋 Supported Content Types:
- Blog posts and articles
- News articles
- LinkedIn posts
- Email content (Gmail, Outlook Web)
- Medium articles
- Technical documentation
- Wikipedia entries
- Academic papers
- Twitter/X posts and threads
- Reddit posts and comments
- GitHub Issues and Pull Requests
- AI conversations (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini)

🚀 How to Use:
<ol><li>Install the extension and configure your HackMD API token in settings</li><li>Navigate to any webpage with content you want to save</li><li>Click the extension icon</li><li>Review the automatically extracted content in the popup</li><li>Select your target workspace (personal or team)</li><li>Click "Save to HackMD" to create a new note</li><li>Open the note directly from the extension</li></ol>
🔒 Privacy &amp; Security:
- Your API token is stored locally in your browser
- All content extraction happens on your device
- Only the final Markdown content is sent to HackMD
- No tracking, no analytics, no data collection

📝 Requirements:
- HackMD account
- HackMD API token (available in Settings &gt; API)

For support, bug reports, or feature requests, please visit our GitHub repository.

## Rankings

- #107,314 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `scripting`
- `storage`

### Host permissions

- `https://api.hackmd.io/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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