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My Notes docks in Chrome's side panel, beside every tab. Write, or clip text straight off any page — everything stays on your device, with optional sync to your own Google Drive or Dropbox.
Right-click any selection → it's a note, source included.
My Notes opens in Chrome's side panel — beside every tab, never over your work.
Type rich notes, or right-click any selection to save it with a link back to its source.
Notes live on your device. Flip on sync to mirror them to your own Drive or Dropbox.
See it in action
Every clip is the real extension, recorded unstaged — the editor, web capture, AI, and an agent writing notes live.
Why My Notes
Summarize, rewrite, continue writing — or just ask: “turn this into a checklist” — with inline autocomplete as you type. Private by default on Chrome's built-in Gemini Nano (nothing sent to a server), or bring your own key: Anthropic, OpenAI, or a local Ollama. Opt-in under Settings → Labs.
Right-click a selection — formatting, links and images included — or grab a screenshot of the tab or just an area of it, and it lands in the panel with its source. No host permissions: it only ever sees what you choose to capture.
Type #tag anywhere — it becomes a pill, and one click filters your whole list. No folders to manage.
Notes are written straight to your browser's own storage. Nothing uploaded, nothing tracked — your words never leave your machine unless you turn on sync.
Write in rich blocks, export clean Markdown or JSON anytime — and import it back: single .md files or a whole folder (yes, an Obsidian vault), images included. Fenced ```mermaid blocks render as live diagrams, themed to match. Your notes stay portable — never held hostage.
Mirror notes to a private app folder in your Drive or Dropbox. Off by default, yours to control.
Pin it open in the side panel — your notes follow you across the web without stealing a window or breaking your flow.
Every keystroke saves itself, with revision history to step back. Pin what matters; the rest groups by date. Dark mode included.
Claude Code — or any MCP agent — can search, read and add to your notes through a small local companion. No cloud, no deletes, every agent edit restorable from History. Set it up →
A real editor
Headings, checklists, tables, code and images — with Markdown shortcuts and a slash menu.
Type / for commands or [] for a task. Every keystroke auto-saves
locally and is there the moment you reopen the panel.
✏️ Go ahead — the demo below is editable.
Instant search
Full-text search runs across every note the moment you start typing — titles and body alike — so the thought you're chasing is always a keystroke away.
⌨️ This one's live — try typing in it.
Private by default
No sign-up, and nothing collected. Notes are written straight to your browser's own storage — fully usable offline. Turn on sync and a copy goes only to a private app folder in your own Drive or Dropbox. Never to us. There is no “us” server at all.
// where your notes live storage = browser.indexedDB collected = "nothing" account = none sync = your Drive / Dropbox (optional) // leave whenever you want note.export("markdown")
Good questions
In IndexedDB, inside your own Chrome profile on your device. They're fully usable offline, and you can export everything as Markdown or JSON at any time.
Yes — free on the Chrome Web Store, no account, no trial, no locked features. There are no servers to pay for, because your notes never touch one.
When you turn it on, My Notes mirrors your notes to a private app folder in your own Google Drive or Dropbox — storage you already control. It's off by default, and turning it off stops it completely.
Not by default. AI features run on Gemini Nano, the model built into Chrome — entirely on your machine, no account, no network calls with your text. If you choose to connect your own API key (Anthropic, OpenAI, or a local Ollama), those requests go directly from your browser to the provider you picked — never through us — and your key stays on your device.
No host permissions — My Notes can't read the pages you visit. It only receives the text or screenshot you explicitly right-click and choose to save.
Yes — the local @amenopohis1er/mynotes-mcp companion connects local MCP agents to your notes: search, read, create, append. It's off by default, runs entirely on your machine, agents can never delete, and every agent edit is snapshotted so you can restore it from the note's History.
My Notes is built for the side panel in desktop Chrome. Chromium-based browsers that support the side panel API may work too, but Chrome is the supported home.
Add My Notes to Chrome and start writing in seconds. No account, no setup, no catch.
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