Obsidian Web Clipper
Hacker ApprovedShares rank 34 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
Saves web pages into your Obsidian vault to keep for later, and its reader mode works on ChatGPT transcripts. Critics say it often misses content.
Saves web pages into your Obsidian vault to keep for later, and its reader mode works on ChatGPT transcripts. Critics say it often misses content.
11 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 91%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 10 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Saves pages straight into Obsidian vault
“I've found it to be very helpful with keeping details of the random web pages I visit and want to remember.”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Show HN: A Karpathy-style LLM wiki your agents maintain (Markdown and Git)” “I use https://obsidian.md/clipper to download them straight into my vault.”
Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “Ask HN: Any solution for bookmarks on various services?” “I solved it with Obsidian Web Clipper”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Attention is all you have” Reliable for most pages
“Works 95% if the time, which is more than enough for me.”
Comment from 22 Sep 2026 in “Attention is all you have” “I solved it with Obsidian Web Clipper”
Comment from 21 Sep 2026 in “Attention is all you have” Handles badly designed sites
“As most sites will have horrible CSS for printing, as it's not a big priority usually”
Comment from 27 Oct 2026 in “Websites Should Be Printable” “For terrible sites, I use https://obsidian.md/clipper”
Comment from 27 Oct 2026 in “Websites Should Be Printable” Mature, well-made product
“Obsidian Web Clipper is a separate tool we made that has matured into a great product.”
Comment from 9 Jun 2026 in “Italy's Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files for Nasdaq IPO” “Trust me, you'll love it.”
Comment from 6 Sep 2026 in “The ColorChecker, photography's most important 24 squares, turns 50”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Misses content, shows only part of pages
“it only shows 1 page of it”
Comment from 22 Jul 2026 in “Terrence Tao's ChatGPT Conversation about the Jacobian Conjecture Counterexample” “Most of the content is missing.”
Comment from 12 May 2026 in “The Future of Obsidian Plugins”
Other browser extensions people recommend
The four most recommended other browser extensions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SponsorBlock | 137 | 4 | 97% | 13 | — | Approved |
| Firefox Multi-Account Containers | 76 | 13 | 85% | 10 | 7.5 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| NoScript | 61 | 11 | 85% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Claude in Chrome | 53 | 42 | 56% | 9 | — | — |
| Obsidian Web ClipperThis page | 10 | 1 | 91% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
11 of the 13 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“For terrible sites, I use https://obsidian.md/clipper”
“As most sites will have horrible CSS for printing, as it's not a big priority usually”
“I use https://obsidian.md/clipper to download them straight into my vault.”
“Works 95% if the time, which is more than enough for me.”
“I solved it with Obsidian Web Clipper”
“Trust me, you'll love it.”
“it only shows 1 page of it”
“has a nice reader mode that works for ChatGPT transcripts”
“Obsidian Web Clipper is a separate tool we made that has matured into a great product.”
“Most of the content is missing.”
“I've found it to be very helpful with keeping details of the random web pages I visit and want to remember.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.