Obsidian Web Clipper
Official web clipper extension for Obsidian. Clip content and save it to your Obsidian vault so you always have access to it, even offline.
Obsidian Web Clipper – Save Web Content Easily
"Obsidian Web Clipper" is a Firefox add-on that allows users to clip and save web content directly to their Obsidian vault. Designed for offline access and data privacy, it supports clipping articles, recipes, and more. Users can create customizable templates and set smart triggers for efficient organization. All clippings are stored in clean Markdown files, ensuring no lock-in and full control over data. Perfect for researchers, students, and anyone wanting structured notes from the web.
Add-on stats
Weekly download count: 988
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact 
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
- activeTab
- clipboardWrite
- contextMenus
- storage
- scripting
Host permissions:
- <all_urls>
- http://*/*
- https://*/*
Size: 458.52K
URLs: Website
Ranking
# 754 ▲ 26
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Add-on summary
Bring the web to your personal knowledge base. Save content to your Obsidian vault so you always have access to it, even offline. Obsidian is secure, private, and designed around durable open formats that allows you to preserve your data for the long-term.
Whether you're researching for a project, saving recipes, bookmarking travel destinations, or collecting inspiring articles, the Obsidian Web Clipper helps you organize your ideas.
- Clip anything: From news articles and blog posts to recipes, product pages, and research papers — if it's on the web, you can save it.
- Select page content: Clip entire pages, selected text, or let the clipper intelligently extract just the main content.
- Customizable templates: Create tailored templates to automatically extract metadata from web pages. Perfect for academics, movie buffs, book lovers, or anyone who wants structured notes.
- Smart triggers: Set up rules to automatically apply the right template based on the website you're clipping from.
- Seamless integration: all your clips flow directly into Obsidian, in the vault and folder of your choice.
- No lock-in: All your clips are saved in clean, durable, portable Markdown files — no proprietary formats.
- Offline access: your saved clips are saved locally, and always at your fingertips, with or without an internet connection.
- 100% private: all your clipped content is stored locally in your Obsidian vault. Your thoughts are yours.
Obsidian Web Clipper is open source. You can help us improve it by submitting bugs and fixes.
User reviews
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spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Powerful tool for knowledge management and content clipping.
- Open source and integrates seamlessly with Obsidian.
- Customizable options for organizing and formatting clipped content.
- Intuitive design and user-friendly interface.
- Effective for preserving online content and combating dead links.
Cons
- Requires some coding knowledge for advanced customization.
- Settings may not accept changes to the default options.
Most mentioned
- Game-changer for organizing and managing online content.
- Great combination with Obsidian's features.
User reviews
I used kepano's bookmarklet script for this purpose earlier, and this is of course an even better version. Straightforward and as customizable as it ought to be.
by Firefox user 15626723, 2024-12-18
by Xvostuk, 2024-12-17
by Firefox user 13444865, 2024-12-14
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Obsidian Web Clipper requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk likelihood
Obsidian Web Clipper may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.
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