SideNote Autor: IHaBiS02

A simple note extension on Browser Sidebar, get inspired by Notes by Firefox.

To open the notes app, press Alt+Shift+W on the browser.

Then, the browser extension will appear on your side panel.

You can double click title and notes main area to edit them, and press Shift+Enter or ESC to save changes.

For Copy-and-Paste, There are two options on the toolbox, one for adding automatic linebreak and the other for adding '\' for tidle when paste texts on the note.

Deleted notes will be saved on the Recycle Bin for next 30 days.

It supports Light and Dark mode.

Warning : the savefile below 2.18.2 is not supported from the version 2.18.2 because the structure of savefile is changed to support image on the notes.

2026-03-01 minor bug fix

2025-07-29 Version 3.3.0 - Adding buttons on Image Management so when you click the title of image, then you can copy the markdown line to put image on the notes.

2025-07-18 Version 3.1.6 - Adding history list (Right click back button on the top-left), fix checkbox features so now check/uncheck is able in preview mode.

2026-06-22 Version 4.1.3 - Do some refactoring with Codex and add Code Block Header options on settings, which show ``` type and add copy button

2026-06-30 Version 4.1.14 - Apply auto linebreak via markdown parser, and move 'adding two spaces for linebreak' button to legacy toggle on settings. Also, Tilde Replacement Button showing option moves to settings to make simpler editer screen.
For the export option, you can choose .snote or .snotes export and .zip export. To choose, right click save button and you can see Export as .zip and Export as .snote option. And if you right click .zip button again, you can choose to export original note or adding two space for line break.

2026-07-21 Version 4.2.39 - Add WYSIWYG editor! You can check WYSIWYG input behavior in https://github.com/IHaBiS02/SideNote/blob/main/packages/wysiwyg-markdown/WYSIWYG_INPUT_BEHAVIORS.md

2026-07-22 Version 4.3.15 - Maintain WYSIWYG editor functions, add features so order of pinned notes can be moved by click and drag, rework image viewer so enlarge can be done by ctrl+scroll

2026-07-23 Version 4.3.18 - Add note hold delay config and preserve note order in snotes archives

2026-08-08 Version 4.3.24 - WYSIWYG editor mode is now labeled as WYSIWYG, and labeled as preview when Editable Preview is turned off. Repeated Enter presses in an empty prargraph are prevented by default, with an option to disable this behavior in Global Settings. Adding some hover descriptions on checkboxes, select menus, and number inputs in Settings

2026-08-10 Version 4.4.2 - Adding PDF/HTML export for each notes. Right-click save button and choose 'Save as PDF' or 'Save as HTML' button.

2026-08-14 Version 4.5.0 - Improve startup performance for large note collections by loading lightweight note data first and deferring note content, cleanup tasks, and export libraries until needed. The note list is now rendered more efficiently.

2026-08-30 Version 4.5.1 - Improve image loading performance and reduce delay

2026-09-10 Version 4.5.4 - Now checkbox is center-aligned with text lines. Also, set pinned note hold delay to 350ms as default (changed from 150ms), and make sure pasted link changes into markdown format in WYSIWYG mode

2026-10-02 Version 4.5.5 - Found that loading .snotes is broken due to lazy loading of JSZip, and now it fixed by loading JSZip before importing notes