This is a web-extension for capturing links, quotes, media, pages, etc. with org-protocol.
- Hotkeys. One for storing links, one for capturing the page (or selected text, if the selection is active).
- Context menu items for capturing:
- A link to the current page, along with a description pulled from the page’s metadata.
- Selected text. Optionally, selections can be captured as HTML. You’ll want to use this with something like org-protocol-capture-html to translate the HTML to org mode.
- Media (images, video, etc.). Media can be (optionally) downloaded (through your browser’s download manager) before capturing.
- A browser action button to perform some default action on click (can either store a link to the current page, or initiate a capture).
- Optionally, capturing a selection will capture the HTML itself. You’ll want to use this with something like org-protocol-capture-html to translate the HTML to org mode.
This is a forks welcome project. I’m open to feedback and fixes, but I built it because I needed it and don’t intend on putting any real effort/time into it. This means:
- Forks are VERY MUCH welcome, even encouraged. I don’t want to maintain this addon, I just built it because I didn’t like the existing ones.
- If a patch/issue would require any amount of work/maintenance on my part to land, I’ll likely just close it. Please don’t take this as commentary on your code and feel free to fork.
- Do file bug reports, but please keep your expecations low.
- You can file feature requests; I’m always interested in new ideas. But don’t disappointed if I close them without much discussion beyond a quick “no thanks”/”not interested”.
At the moment, only the latest version of Firefox is supported. I’m happy to accept patches for other browsers, but I likely won’t do much testing.
Either build it locally or install the latest release. This addon isn’t listed on the Mozilla store and doesn’t auto-update. For now, you’ll have to install/update manually.
To build, run make build. You’ll need the zip command.
Before installing, you’ll need to either sign the extension, install a version of Firefox that doesn’t mandate addon signature validation, or hack your Firefox install. Personally, I’d recommend the second option (LibreWolf works great!) then disable xpinstall.signatures.required in about:config.
For addon distribution, use make build-webext and make sign-webext. However, these require API keys and we’re at the mercy of our Mozilla overlords on when addons actually get signed.
Heavily inspired by both Org Capture Extension and Org Protocol for Firefox. However, the former required permission for every new page captured and the latter wasn’t very customizable and required manual clicks to complete a capture.