NOTO

A clipboard manager for Chrome. Copy anything on any page and browse your history in the sidebar.

What it does

Noto lives in Chrome's side panel. Two things happen there:

Browse — Your clipboard history. Everything you copy flows in automatically. Pin what you need, tag it, search it. Related clips surface when you visit a page.

Prompts — Saved text snippets with color labels. Organize AI prompts, email templates, code snippets. Quick access from the sidebar.

No accounts. No sync. No tracking. Everything stays on your machine.

Screenshots

Clipboard History	Prompts View
Add Clip Modal	Settings - Security
Light Theme	Settings - Clipboard

Install

Chrome Web Store — https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/oddalendfcaonkemohpokibgndnnogag

Manual install:

git clone https://github.com/artttj/noto.git
cd noto
npm install
npm run build

Open chrome://extensions, enable Developer mode, click Load unpacked, select dist/.

Features

Clipboard

• Automatic capture of copied text
• Manual capture via right-click or Alt+Shift+C
• Pin important items to the top
• Tag and organize clips
• Domain filtering shows related clips for the page you're on
• Search across all items
• Insert snippets directly into form fields

Prompts

• Save prompts with color labels for quick access
• Organize AI prompts, email templates, code snippets
• One-click copy to clipboard

Export

• Markdown export for Obsidian with YAML frontmatter
• Full JSON backup of all data

Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Alt+Shift+S	Open sidebar
Alt+Shift+C	Capture selected text
Alt+Shift+F	Quick search
/	Focus search (when sidebar open)

Privacy

• No accounts, no sign-in
• No analytics, no telemetry
• No cloud sync
• All data in IndexedDB on your machine

Tech

• TypeScript, Manifest V3, Side Panel API
• IndexedDB for storage
• esbuild for bundling
• Zero runtime dependencies

Development

npm install          # Install dependencies
npm run build        # Build to dist/
npm run typecheck    # Type check
npm test             # Unit tests
npm run test:e2e     # E2E tests (requires Chrome)

Architecture

See ARCHITECTURE.md for the full technical overview — message passing, IndexedDB schema, build process.

License

MIT © Artem Iagovdik