Obsidian Web Clipper

Save and highlight web pages in a private and durable format that you can access offline. The official extension for Obsidian.

Obsidian Web Clipper is the official Chrome extension designed to effortlessly save and highlight web pages in a private, durable format accessible offline. Whether you're capturing news articles, blog posts, recipes, product pages, or research papers, this extension ensures your content is securely stored within Obsidian.

With powerful highlighting tools and natural language data extraction, Obsidian Web Clipper lets you emphasize important passages and efficiently pull relevant information from any webpage. It’s the perfect tool for students, researchers, and anyone who wants to build a rich personal knowledge base uncluttered by connectivity issues.

By:
Dynalist Inc.
Users:
35,338+ -385
Rating:
4.50
(19)
Version:
0.11.7 Last updated: 2025-04-16
Creation date:
2024-11-14
Risk:
High risk impact Moderate risk likelihood
Permissions:
  • activeTab
  • clipboardWrite
  • commands
  • contextMenus
  • sidePanel
  • storage
  • scripting
Host permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • http://*/*
  • https://*/*
Size:
1.29M
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
See detailed description ⏷
Source:
Edge Add-on Store
Updated:
13 hours ago

Other platforms

Obsidian Web Clipper (v0.11.7)
100,000+ 4.79 (241)
Obsidian Web Clipper (v0.11.7)
22,121+ 4.93 (180)

User reviews

Pros
  • Highly useful for clipping and saving articles directly into Obsidian Vault.
  • Supports custom templating feature enhancing user customization.
  • Helps organize ideas effectively with features like highlighting and tagging.
  • Integrates well with Obsidian, serving as a perfect companion to note-taking.
  • Includes AI capabilities such as citation generation and tag suggestions, improving referencing and note organization.
Cons
  • Some versions (post 0.10.8) have issues with clipping content where the main web content is nested improperly in tables within Obsidian.
  • Many users report images not displaying correctly after clipping web pages.
  • Formula display issues have been mentioned.
Recent reviews
amazing tool, it is really useful. thank you so much obsidian
by Siamak, 2025-04-18

Very helpful for easily getting articles into your Obsidian Vault.
by Mel, 2025-04-01

Superb plugin. Love the custom templating feature.
by Harish, 2025-03-31
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Obsidian Web Clipper requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

Obsidian Web Clipper is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details
  • High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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