Best Note-Taking Apps for Chrome

Updated October 2026

How to choose a note-taking extension

Start with the app your notes already live in. Every pick here is the official extension for one notes app or annotation service, and each saves into that one only. Installing a clipper for an app you don't use adds one more place to search later.

• Full pages or highlights. Some clippers save the whole page or a clean article view. Others let you highlight only the passages you want, or add notes before saving.
• How you organize. Notion saves into databases and pages, Google Keep saves to notes, and Obsidian saves Markdown files into a vault.
• Local-first or cloud. Obsidian saves clips as Markdown files in your own vault, and the clipper itself does not sync. Google Keep, Evernote, Notion and OneNote save to a cloud account. Joplin Web Clipper sends clips to the Joplin desktop app, which has to be running. SiYuan Clipper sends clips to your SiYuan app and needs its API token, so set SiYuan up first.
• Annotating in place. Hypothesis highlights, annotates and tags web pages and PDFs where you read them. It needs a Hypothesis account, and your annotations are stored with it.

Our picks at a glance

Comparisons and alternatives

• Evernote Web Clipper alternatives: five Chrome clippers compared on where clips are saved, accounts, open source and clip types

Which is the best note-taking extension for Chrome?

It depends mostly on which notes app you already use. Pick Notion Web Clipper for Notion, Google Keep for Google's ecosystem, Evernote Web Clipper for Evernote, OneNote Web Clipper for Microsoft 365, and Obsidian Web Clipper for an Obsidian vault. Each is the official extension, so clips land in the app you already search.

If you have no notes app yet, choose based on whether you want quick notes, a hosted account, or local files.

What is the best web clipper for saving articles?

OneNote Web Clipper’s Article clip saves editable text and images, and its preview toolbar lets you highlight text. Evernote Web Clipper offers article, full-page and screenshot clips, with annotation tools for screenshots. Obsidian Web Clipper captures the main article by default and saves it as Markdown in your vault.

Pick by where you want the clip to end up: a hosted notebook, a Notion database or local Markdown files.

Which extension is best for quick notes?

Google Keep suits quick capture. Right-click a selection and choose “Save selection to Keep”, right-click an image to save it, or click the toolbar button to save the page you are on. You need a Google account. Notes written inside the extension do not autosave, so finish them on keep.google.com.

Which option stores notes locally instead of in the cloud?

Obsidian Web Clipper is the local-first pick. Obsidian says clips become Markdown files in your vault, which you can read offline. Images link to the web unless you download them. It needs the Obsidian app and a vault. The clipper itself does not sync, so how the vault syncs is up to you.

How do I save a webpage to Notion?

Install Notion Web Clipper, log into Notion in your browser, then click the Notion icon next to the address bar. Pick the workspace and the page or database, then press “Save page” or Enter. Notion’s help page says you add tags and other properties after the clip, inside the database.

Is there an open-source option for clipping into notes?

Yes, Joplin Web Clipper. It clips into Joplin, which its README calls a free, open source note-taking and to-do app. The extension is open source under AGPL-3.0-or-later. It needs the Joplin desktop app running with the Web Clipper service turned on. We did not check Joplin Cloud prices.

Is there a clipper for the SiYuan note app?

SiYuan Clipper. It is the official browser extension for SiYuan. Select text, choose “Copy to SiYuan” and paste into SiYuan, or clip the whole page. It needs the SiYuan app and an API token, and does nothing without them. Its source is public on GitHub under the Mulan PSL v2 license.

Is there an extension for annotating web pages and PDFs?

Hypothesis. It lets you highlight, annotate and tag web pages and PDFs with your Hypothesis account, and shows your annotations in a sidebar. The extension is open source under BSD-2-Clause. Your annotations are stored with the account, so plan to be online when you annotate. We could not read the developer’s privacy policy when we checked; read it before installing.