Hoard the web in your Obsidian vault.
This is my first Chrome extension. It exists for one reason: I was drowning.
Drowning in tabs. Knee-deep in a project, every browser window screaming "save me for later." Every "send to Obsidian" tool I tried wanted to scrape the entire page, fetch metadata, attach screenshots, suggest tags, summarize the article. Two minutes per save. Three popups deep.
I just wanted the URL and the title in my Obsidian vault. Append. Move on. Necessity, as they say, is the mother of invention.
Magpies are notorious for hoarding shiny things — beads, bottle caps, the occasional wedding ring — and tucking them away in their nests for later. If you collect URLs the way a magpie collects spoons, this is for you.
Click the Magpie icon (or hit Alt+Shift+S). A small popup appears with the page's title and URL. Type a note if you want — or just press Enter. The link lands in your Obsidian vault as a clean markdown bullet:
That's it. No tags. No screenshots. No scraping. No noise.
URL + title appended to a single note in your Obsidian vault. Configure once, save forever.
Toggle on for instant silent saves with no popup. The classic magpie smash-and-grab. ✓ badge confirms.
Save, force-quick-save, force-show-popup. All customizable in Chrome's shortcut settings.
Works on any vanilla Obsidian install. Uses the built-in obsidian:// URL scheme.
Point at any path. Note doesn't exist? Obsidian creates the file (and missing folders) on first save.
Reads the active tab only when you click. No background snooping. No network calls. Privacy policy
Inbox/Web Clips.md)Currently submitted to the Chrome Web Store. Once approved, the install button will go live.
Magpie is free, open-source, and a labor of love. If it saves you time:
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