Never lose what you typed.
A cross-browser extension that quietly remembers what you've typed into form fields, so an accidental Esc, a rogue keyboard shortcut, a refresh, or a tab close never destroys your draft again. Open the toolbar icon, find the input you lost, copy it back.
Built and maintained by one indie developer. If it saves you a painful retype, ☕ buy me a coffee — it keeps InputStash free and ad-free.
- Captures every
<input>,<textarea>, andcontenteditablefield across every site you visit, debounced per-field. - Walks open shadow roots and re-attaches when new fields mount via
MutationObserver, so SPAs and rich editors (Gmail, Notion, Slack, Google Docs) are covered. - Runs in every frame, so iframes (including cross-origin ones) are captured independently.
- Groups captures by domain in the popup, with per-field history so you can grab an older revision of a single input.
- Skips password fields and inputs with sensitive autocomplete tokens (
current-password,new-password,one-time-code,cc-number, …) before they ever hit storage. - Per-domain and per-field opt-out, plus a "clear everything" button.
- Stores everything in
browser.storage.local. No network, no analytics, no accounts. - Light / dark / auto theme.
- WXT — one config builds Chrome, Edge, Opera, Brave, and Firefox from the same source. MV3 by default. Bundled
browser.*polyfill. - TypeScript
- Svelte 5 (popup UI)
- HMR in dev: saving the popup reloads instantly; content/background changes trigger an auto-reload of the extension.
- Node 22 LTS (a
.nvmrcis included) - pnpm 11 (
npm i -g pnpm)
pnpm install
pnpm dev # launches Chrome with the extension auto-loaded
pnpm dev:firefox # same, in Firefox Developer Editionpnpm build # → .output/chrome-mv3/
pnpm build:firefox # → .output/firefox-mv2/
pnpm zip # store-ready Chromium zip
pnpm zip:firefox # store-ready Firefox zipTagged pushes (v*) trigger the release workflow in .github/workflows/release.yml, which builds both zips and attaches them to a GitHub Release.
After pnpm build, the unpacked extension lives in .output/chrome-mv3/ (or .output/firefox-mv2/ after pnpm build:firefox).
All four use the same flow — they're all Chromium under the hood.
- Open
chrome://extensions(oredge://extensions,opera://extensions,brave://extensions). - Toggle Developer mode on (top-right).
- Click Load unpacked.
- Select
.output/chrome-mv3/.
- Open
about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox. - Click Load Temporary Add-on….
- Select
.output/firefox-mv2/manifest.json.
(Temporary add-ons are removed when Firefox restarts. For permanent local install, you'd need to sign through AMO.)
Deferred. Safari supports the WebExtension API but requires an Xcode wrapper for distribution. When ready, Apple's safari-web-extension-converter can wrap .output/chrome-mv3/ directly:
xcrun safari-web-extension-converter .output/chrome-mv3/You'll need Xcode and an Apple Developer account to ship; for local testing you can enable unsigned extensions under Safari → Settings → Advanced → Develop menu → Allow unsigned extensions.
pnpm compileRuns svelte-check followed by tsc --noEmit.
- Everything lives in
browser.storage.local, scoped per origin. - Password fields and inputs with sensitive
autocompletetokens are filtered out at the capture layer. - Captures are capped per origin and deduped; near-identical consecutive snapshots are collapsed.
- Per-domain and per-field opt-out from the popup.
- No telemetry, no network requests, no accounts.
- Listings on the Chrome Web Store, Firefox Add-ons, and Edge Add-ons (in review).
- Safari packaging via
safari-web-extension-converter. - Optional encrypted export / import.
InputStash is a solo indie effort — no company, no investors, no ads, no analytics. Every snapshot stays on your device.
If it earned its place in your toolbar, the easiest way to help is to chip in a coffee:
Other ways to help that cost nothing:
- Star this repo so more people find it.
- File a bug or feature request in Issues.
- Tell a friend who keeps losing half-written emails.
MIT © Nikita R