Shadow Clipper

Automatically collect saved items, feeds, and search results across platforms, then research, organize, and write with AI.

Found a great article, practical tutorial, or video you love, but lost it in a messy bookmark folder? Shadow Clipper is a smart web clipping and reading companion designed for you. It helps you save interesting web content directly to your computer with a single click. Clip effortlessly as you browse; when you need to research, write, or review, your materials are right at your fingertips. Read distraction-free, summarize with AI, and turn scattered ideas into useful knowledge. What’s new in 0.2.1 • Ask beside the page: Use the Chrome side panel with conversations and drafts kept for each webpage. • Quicker imports: Choose a source, content and date range, then follow progress in your inbox. • More comfortable reading: Refined fonts, themes, annotations, article navigation and narrow layouts. • Explore your collections: Discover reading insights and personal reports in Lab, and manage scheduled tasks. 📥 One-Click Clipping, Fully Preserved • Broad Website Support: Save visual posts, long-form articles, videos, tutorials, and papers easily. • Automatic Sync: Keep your favorite platform bookmarks and subscriptions updated without tedious manual copy-pasting. • Complete Original Context: Preserves full text, high-res images, videos, authors, and source links so you never lose them if a page disappears. 🗂 Private Local Vault, Always Offline Ready • Unified Library: All saved articles, notes, and snapshots stay safe on your computer, accessible anytime without internet. • Visual Gallery & List Views: Switch easily between masonry cards and clean lists to suit your reading style. • Instant Search & Organization: Find what you need in seconds with keywords, folders, and custom tags. 🧠 Summarize & Learn Faster with AI • Zero-Copy Reading: Select articles and let AI read them for you, extracting key takeaways and conclusions. • Compare Perspectives: Automatically contrast viewpoints and facts across multiple sources for a balanced overview. • Clear Source Citations: AI answers include hints pointing directly back to original passages for trustworthy verification. ✍️ Creative Writing Studio • Guided Templates: Includes templates for research reviews, topic summaries, and weekly digests so you never face a blank page. • Seamless Material Citation: Pull your saved clippings and notes straight into your draft with full factual backing. • Export & Share: Save drafts or export clean Markdown, formatted documents, and shareable cards. 🧩 Fresh New Tab Dashboard • Optional & Non-Intrusive: Enable the custom New Tab anytime in Settings—it never interrupts your workflow. • Live Weather & News: Keep track of tech updates, weather forecasts, calendar dates, and favorite shortcuts. • Drag & Drop Layout: Freely arrange widgets and card sizes to build your ideal daily start page. ⚡️ Distraction-Free Reader & Smart Translation • Clean Reader Mode: Strip away intrusive ads and visual noise with eye-friendly themes and customizable typography. • In-Page Word Explanations: Highlight any unfamiliar term or technical concept to get a quick, easy-to-understand explanation. • Bilingual Translation: Read pages side-by-side with original text and translation aligned. 🔒 Privacy-First & 100% Local Control • Local Storage Default: No mandatory account registration. All your saved items and notes remain safely on your device. • No Ads · Zero Tracking: No advertisements, and zero tracking or selling of your personal browsing history. • Safe & Transparent: External connections occur only when you choose to use AI features or external services.