Your quickest canvas
for thought.
A notepad that lives in your browser's side panel. Click the icon, start typing. Everything autosaves.
Add to Chrome, FreeWorks on Chrome, Edge, Arc, Brave, Dia, Opera, and more
Always one click away
(literally)
Never lose a fleeting idea again.
Always beside your page
Opens in the browser's side panel, right alongside whatever you're reading. No new tab, no window juggling.
Rich text, zero setup
Bold, lists, links, images. Use markdown shortcuts or select and format. No accounts, no configuration. Install and start writing.
Local and private
Your notes stay on your machine. No cloud, no server, no tracking. Autosaved to Chrome's built-in storage.
The biggest update yet
Everything from before is still here. You don't lose a thing, you just get a lot more. Free forever.
For anyone who thinks faster than they can context-switch.
Not a second brain, not a knowledge base. A note pad that's always a click away.
Unlock advanced features
for power users.
Free is perfect for most people. Pro adds extra notes, smart linking, quick capture, and tools to keep longer notes tidy.
One-time payment. No subscription
More notes than you need
Napkin Notes intentionally limits how many notes you can create so they don't turn into clutter. Pro users can create up to 10 notes to organise ideas across every context. You can't reorder them, because the point is to stay fast, not to manage a system.
Quick capture
Select any text on a page and send it to your note in one click. The source URL is saved with it so you can always find where it came from.
Search across all notes
See every note at a glance. Search across all of them to surface that snippet you saved three weeks ago.
Link websites to notes
Open Napkin on linear.app and it jumps straight to your Work note. On github.com, Side Project. The right context, automatically.
Collapsible toggle blocks
Tuck away content you don't need right now. Toggle blocks keep long notes tidy without losing anything.
FAQs
Something not covered here?
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Locally in your browser, using Chrome's built-in storage. Nothing is sent to any server. There is no backend.
Yes. The free version includes two notes, rich text editing, split view, and works on Chrome, Arc, and other Chromium browsers. Pro adds more notes and power-user features for a one-time $9.99.
Yes. Chrome, Edge, and Opera (including Opera GX) support the native side panel. For Arc and Brave, Napkin Notes uses an overlay mode that works the same way. If your browser is Chromium-based, it should work.
Not yet, it's on the roadmap. For now you can copy and paste from the full-page view.
Your notes are stored locally and removed with the extension. If you reinstall, you start fresh.
Not currently. Napkin Notes is built on Chrome extension APIs and works with Chromium-based browsers only.
Not right now. Notes are local to each browser profile. Cross-device sync is something we're considering for the future.
Napkin Notes isn't a note-taking app, it's a scratch pad. No accounts, no folders, no databases. It opens in your browser's side panel so you never leave the page you're on. Built for speed, not organisation.