Clip Vault

Research

Highlight text and save a local clip with page title and URL. Browse clips in the popup. Export as plain text. Stays on your machine.

ZIP built in your browser. No server binary download.

Done means

Save a selection → reopen popup → clip is listed with page link; Export downloads a .txt.

Selection save
Local storage
Popup list
Export .txt

Permissions

storage
activeTab
contextMenus
scripting

Job pattern: Read-it-later / clipper (local only)

Install

Save the source package and unzip it.
Chromium: chrome://extensions → Developer mode → Load unpacked → select the folder.
Firefox: about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox → Load Temporary Add-on → pick manifest.json.
Load unpacked / temporary add-on.

Tweak

Extension name

Tagline

Source

{
  "manifest_version": 3,
  "name": "Clip Vault",
  "description": "Local research clips",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "icons": {
    "16": "icons/icon16.png",
    "48": "icons/icon48.png",
    "128": "icons/icon128.png"
  },
  "action": {
    "default_title": "Clip Vault",
    "default_icon": {
      "16": "icons/icon16.png",
      "48": "icons/icon48.png"
    },
    "default_popup": "popup.html"
  },
  "background": {
    "service_worker": "background.js"
  },
  "permissions": [
    "storage",
    "activeTab",
    "contextMenus",
    "scripting"
  ],
  "content_scripts": [
    {
      "matches": [
        "http://*/*",
        "https://*/*"
      ],
      "js": [
        "content.js"
      ],
      "css": [
        "content.css"
      ],
      "run_at": "document_idle"
    }
  ],
  "browser_specific_settings": {
    "gecko": {
      "id": "[email protected]",
      "strict_min_version": "121.0"
    }
  }
}