Pagestay — Page Notes for Websites in the Side Panel

Notes for any web page or whole site in Chrome's side panel. They come back when you revisit. Stored on your device.

Pagestay keeps your notes in Chrome's side panel, next to the page you are reading. Attach a note to a page or to a whole site, or keep it global: New note attaches to the page you are on when Pagestay can see it, and a note's page or site label opens that page in a new tab. Write in the panel while you browse; your text is saved as you type. Come back later: click the toolbar button on a page, or press Alt+Shift+N (Control+Shift+N on Mac), and its notes are there. To have the toolbar button show a dot when the page or site you are on has a note, and to keep the panel following your tabs and sites, press "Enable page notes". FREE • Unlimited notes in the side panel, autosaved • Global, site and page notes • Version history for every note • 30-day trash with undo; restore is never locked • Export to JSON or Markdown, import with a preview and undo • Title filter PRO ($4.99, one-time payment) • Search inside note text and tags • Folders and tags • Rule notes: one note for every page that matches a URL pattern, such as example.com/docs/* • When you open the panel on a page, a single matching page or rule note is shown in the editor, and several matches show previews. (Chrome only lets you open the panel yourself; Pagestay never opens it.) • Scheduled local backups to your Downloads folder: the last 7 copies, daily or weekly (turn off "Ask where to save each file" in Chrome's download settings, or backups cannot run unattended) • If Pro is no longer active on a computer (for example, after reinstalling without activating), text search, automatically showing a matching note when you open the panel, and scheduled backups pause. Your notes, folders, tags and rules are never hidden or locked, but you cannot create new Pro items. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Notes are stored on your device in Chrome's extension storage. No account, no sync, no AI, no analytics. • No network requests, except a one-time check when you activate Pro and an eligibility check when you start the $2 upgrade. • No permission warning at install. Clicking the toolbar button lets Pagestay read the address of that one tab, for that visit only. Pagestay asks for permission to read tab addresses beyond that only when you press "Enable page notes", and for permission to save files only when you turn on scheduled backups. Also from the same developer: Clipstay, clipboard history. The bundle is $6.99 (Options → Plan links it). Pagestay Pro owners can add Clipstay for $2 from Options → Plan.