# obsidianmd/obsidian-clipper

Highlight and capture the web in your favorite browser. The official Web Clipper extension for Obsidian.

Repository: https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-clipper
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/obsidian-clipper
Homepage: https://obsidian.md/clipper
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: browser-extension, chrome-extension, obsidian, firefox, firefox-addon, safari, safari-extension, brave, chrome, chromium, edge, obsidianmd
Last push: 2026-08-21T19:02:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 83/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 82, longevity 52
- inputs: {"age_days": 734, "days_push": 12, "days_rel": 42, "gap_med": 2, "n_releases_24m": 68}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5092, forks 697 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:09.622985+00:00)

## What it is
Obsidian Web Clipper is the official browser extension for Obsidian that lets users highlight web pages and capture content as durable Markdown files saved to their vault. It supports Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge, with customizable templates, variables, and filters for how pages are saved.

## Use cases
- save web articles to obsidian as markdown
- highlight text on web pages and save highlights
- clip recipes and academic papers into my notes vault
- capture web pages for offline reading
- create custom templates for saving specific websites
- export web content to markdown files

## When to choose
- you use Obsidian and want to save web content into your vault
- you want durable, portable Markdown files instead of proprietary clipper formats
- you need highlighting and template-based capture across multiple browsers
- you value offline access and long-term data ownership

## When to avoid
- you don't use Obsidian or a Markdown-based note system
- you need full-page archiving with screenshots and exact layout preservation
- you want team-based web clipping with shared collections

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: web-scraping, markdown, parser, browser-extension
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, files, documentation
- platform: browser-extension, browser, cross-platform
- tags: obsidian, web-clipper, note-taking, highlighting, chrome-extension, firefox-addon, safari-extension, markdown-export, knowledge-management

## Member repositories
- obsidianmd/obsidian-clipper (main) score 83

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:09.622985+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:02:31.780494+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-clipper (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:09.622985+00:00, sha d5a6c405352d)
  - homepage: https://obsidian.md/clipper (fetched 2026-08-29T08:57:32.460005+00:00, sha 2a5feac8d7f0)
  - site_page: https://obsidian.md/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:57:32.464855+00:00, sha 0750e83b1301)
  - site_page: https://obsidian.md/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T08:57:32.462733+00:00, sha cc5bf181c4bf)
  - site_page: https://obsidian.md/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T08:57:32.467036+00:00, sha a0c6d9bbac25)
  - site_page: https://obsidian.md/help/web-clipper (fetched 2026-08-29T08:57:32.469605+00:00, sha ae4056eb7b64)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.