Full page
Keep the article, drop the noise.
Readability-based extraction removes ads, sidebars, and navigation, then converts the page into clean Markdown.
Browser extension
Save the web into your notes.
Octarine Web Clipper turns articles, selections, and open tabs into clean local Markdown, filed straight into your Octarine workspace.
Free and open source.
Processed in your browser
Content never touches a server
No external data service
No analytics or account system
Free and open source
MIT licensed, auditable code
Every way you save
One extension, six habits.
However a page is worth keeping, there is a mode for it. Clip the whole article, grab a paragraph, batch your tabs, or let a template decide the format for you.
Selections
Capture one line or ten.
Save a single passage or collect several highlights from across a page into one organized note.
Templates
Let the site decide the shape.
Match any URL, reshape the Markdown, add typed properties, and choose where the clip lands in your workspace.
GitHub
Pull requests and issues, structured.
Turn a PR into a note with status, author, reviewers, and file changes, or capture an entire issues page as links.
Bulk capture
Bookmarks and all open tabs.
Append a URL to your bookmarks note, or save every open tab in a single pass when you are clearing a session.
Shortcuts
Clip without breaking focus.
Use a global shortcut or the right-click menu to save instantly, without ever opening the popup.
Templates that do the work
Set it up once. Clip forever.
A template can match a site, shape the Markdown, attach typed properties, and send the note to a folder. The extension picks the most specific match, so your reading list, recipes, and engineering docs all land where they belong.
Match the site
Use a wildcard URL pattern such as *.example.com/*. The most specific matching template wins, and the built-in ones cover web pages, GitHub pull requests, and issue lists.
Shape the note
Build the body with variables like {title}, {content}, and {url}, and attach properties such as author, published date, or tags.
Choose the folder
Send clips to a workspace and folder automatically. Folders are created on demand, so nothing needs to exist ahead of time.
Typed properties
Every clip carries structured fields you can filter and sort in Octarine Views.
Bookmark friendly
Append a URL to a running bookmarks note with a single shortcut.
Editable preview
Review and edit the title, properties, and Markdown before anything is written.
Under the hood
Your rules, not ours.
Templates are stored locally and can be edited at any time. Built-in ones stay available as a starting point, and your changes never leave the browser.
Built-in and custom templates
Web pages, GitHub pull requests, and issue lists ship ready to use. Add your own for newsletters, recipes, or documentation.
Match a site, file it automatically
Set a wildcard URL pattern, a destination folder, and the Markdown body. Test the match before you save the template.
What lands in Octarine
Ordinary Markdown, useful frontmatter.
A clip is just a Markdown file with properties stored in readable YAML. Nothing proprietary, nothing locked in.
designing-calm-software.md
---
title: Designing calm, focused software
source: https://example.com/designing-calm-software
author: Maya Chen
published: 2026-09-12
tags: design, software
---
Good tools reduce friction without demanding attention.
## Principles
- Start with the reader
- Remove the unnecessary
- Stay out of the way
Muscle memory
Four shortcuts cover almost everything.
Rebind any of them from your browser settings. On macOS the same shortcuts use the Option key.
Open the clipper⌥⇧OAlt+Shift+O
Add the current selection⌥⇧SAlt+Shift+S
Instantly save the page⌥⇧CAlt+Shift+C
Append the URL to Bookmarks⌥⇧TAlt+Shift+T
Private by architecture
The clip never leaves your machine.
- Extraction runs in the page you choose to clip.
- Content is handed to Octarine over the local octarine:// protocol.
- No analytics, advertising, account, or remote content service.
Runs where you do
Chromium today, more soon.
Chrome, Edge, and Brave install from the Chrome Web Store. Firefox and Safari build targets are available with the source on GitHub.
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Before you install.
Start writing with Octarine.
A fast, private Markdown workspace for capturing ideas, shaping notes, and keeping your writing in files you control.
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