Scratchpad

Name: Scratchpad
Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Author: Mythical 5th

A plain-text notepad with autosave, sync, file export (download), and themes

As of June 2026, Scratchpad has 2,000 users and a 5.00/5 rating from 4 reviews in the Workflow & Planning category.

Mythical 5th Workflow & Planning★ Featured

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

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2.0K

2,000

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5.00

4 reviews

Reviews+33.3%

Version

4.4

Manifest V3

History

2 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 23, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 23, 2026	2.0K	5.00	3	4.4
Jun 7, 2026	2.0K	5.00	3	4.4
Now	2.0K	5.00	4	4.4

Permissions & access

Permissions: storagecontextMenusoffscreen
Host access: None declared

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About

• Auto-save
Changes will be saved about 2 seconds after your last edit, even if you've closed the popup. The sync process may take a few minutes to complete and is not designed to enable concurrent editing on multiple computers

• Themes and Size
Themes and text size can be selected in the Options page

• Section Headings
Ctrl+Enter: Create a new section heading
Ctrl+Shift+Enter: Insert the date and time as a section heading

• Save to Disk
Ctrl+S: Save the notepad text to disk
Ctrl+Shift+S: Save selected text within the notepad

• Sync to Mobile
Your notes can be opened in a tab (read-only and without themes). This can be synced to mobile devices or shared as a link
Ctrl+O: Open the notepad in a tab
Ctrl+Shift+O: Open selected text within the notepad

• Unsaved changes indicator
A red dot will be displayed in the toolbar icon whilst changes are waiting to be saved

• Storage size
The notepad extends to 7,000 bytes, which is enough for 7,000 letters from the Latin alphabet but fewer if you use Korean, Cyrillic or other such characters. You will be notified if the notepad is too large, but excess characters will not be saved

• Icon credit
The notepad icon is in the public domain and available from
http://paomedia.github.io/small-n-flat/