# YouTube Notes Obsidian > Create Obsidian Notes from Youtube videos with keyboard shortcuts Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-notes-obsidian](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-notes-obsidian) ## Overview - **ID:** `youtube-notes-obsidian` - **Platform:** Firefox - **Type:** Firefox add-on - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Aaron Chen - **Category:** other - **Daily users:** 24 - **Weekly downloads:** 1 - **Version:** 1.2 - **Last updated:** 2025-08-11 - **First published:** 2025-08-08 - **Size:** 93 KB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-09 - **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-notes-obsidian/) - **Website:** [https://chenaaron.com](https://chenaaron.com/) ## Description Capture key moments from YouTube videos into your own structured notes in Obsidian — with timestamps, transcripts, and personal notes. Quick Capture (Cmd+Shift+Y): instantly clip a specific moment in a YouTube video YouTube Notes For Obsidian is designed for active learners, not passive consumers. Instead of summarizing entire videos with AI, this extension helps you capture the moments you personally find meaningful — so you can build a powerful, human-centered knowledge base. The extension saves the current timestamp, title, channel, and a short snippet of transcript for context. Notes are formatted and saved to your Obsidian vault, ready to be linked, expanded, and integrated into your Zettelkasten or second brain. There is no setup required and no extra plugins needed — just install the Add On and start clipping right away. Ideal for students, researchers, professionals, and lifelong learners who believe that true learning comes from engaging with content, not letting AI do the thinking for you. Your notes stay local, private, and fully under your control — in clean Markdown format. Download Obsidian: https://obsidian.md GitHub: https://github.com/chenaaron3/obsidian-youtube-note ## Rankings - #22,658 — Overall - #58 — linotes - #94 — note ## Permissions and access ### Permissions - `activeTab` - `tabs` - `storage` - `notifications` - `*://*.youtube.com/*` - `https://podsearch-eosin.vercel.app/*` ### 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. > Some risk analysis details are omitted from this free response. [Upgrade to view the full analysis](https://chrome-stats.com/pricing). ## Similar extensions and apps - [YouTube Notes for Obsidian](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-notes-for-obsidian) — 3 users - [YouTube Notes](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-notes) — 10 users - [YouTubeNotes](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtubenotes) - [Video Notes for YouTube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/video-notes-for-youtube) — 5 users - [Notes For YouTube (Alpha)](https://chrome-stats.com/d/notes-for-youtube-alpha) — 7 users, 5.00 / 5 - [Snipo: YouTube Notes to Notion](https://chrome-stats.com/d/snipo) — 300 users, 4.00 / 5 - [LearnTube](https://chrome-stats.com/d/learntube) - [youtube-transcript-to-obsidian](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-transcript-to-obsidian) — 34 users, 3.50 / 5 - [TubersLab - Youtube Notepad](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tuberslab-youtube-notepad) — 45 users, 3.00 / 5 - [TubeMemo – Youtube Note, Summary & Insight](https://chrome-stats.com/d/tubememo) — 11 users, 5.00 / 5 - [Scriven - Take YouTube video notes](https://chrome-stats.com/d/scriven) — 3 users, 5.00 / 5 - [Noter - Smart YouTube Notes](https://chrome-stats.com/d/noter-smart-youtube-notes) --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/youtube-notes-obsidian)