Keepsake — Highlighter for Web & PDF

Highlight web pages and PDFs, sync to your Obsidian vault, and review what you read. Local-first. No account. No subscription.

Highlight anything you read on the web or in a PDF, and actually remember it. Keepsake is a private, local-first highlighter. Select text, pick a color, add a note. Your highlights come back every time you visit, even when the page changes. There's no account to create and nothing is sent to a server. ★ HIGHLIGHTS THAT STICK • Highlight any text on any website, in 4 colors • Add notes to any highlight • Highlights reappear on every visit, even after the page is edited • Works on modern web apps and chat apps, and never breaks the page • If a page changes so much that a highlight can't be found, Keepsake tells you and lets you re-attach it in one click ★ OBSIDIAN VAULT SYNC (Pro) • Pick your vault folder once, and every page becomes a Markdown note • Your own writing in those notes is never overwritten • Each highlight gets a block ID, so you can link to it from anywhere in your vault ★ PDF HIGHLIGHTING (Pro) • PDFs open in a built-in viewer where you can highlight just like on the web • Research papers, reports and ebooks all live in the same library ★ DAILY REVIEW (Pro) • Your highlights come back at growing intervals: tomorrow, next week, next month • Two minutes a day to remember what you read • The toolbar badge shows how many are due ★ ALWAYS FREE • Unlimited web highlights and notes • Search across all your highlights • Export to Markdown • Backup and restore (JSON) ★ PAY ONCE, OWN IT Pro is a one-time payment of $29. There's no subscription, updates are included, and you can use it on up to 3 devices. Every new install includes a free 14-day Pro trial. ★ PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your highlights, notes and settings are stored in your browser and, if you choose, in your own vault folder. Keepsake has no servers and no analytics. The only network request is checking your license key with our payment provider. Shortcut: Alt+Shift+H highlights the selected text (you can change it). Obsidian is a trademark of Dynalist Inc. Keepsake is not affiliated with or endorsed by Obsidian.