QOwnNotes Web Companion

Name: QOwnNotes Web Companion
Rating: 4.75 (8 reviews)
Author: Patrizio Bekerle

This is a companion extension for QOwnNotes to interact with the note taking desktop application.

As of June 2026, QOwnNotes Web Companion has 1,000 users and a 4.75/5 rating from 8 reviews in the Productivity category.

Patrizio Bekerle Productivity

Chrome Web Store ↗.crx

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4.75

8 reviews

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Version

2025.9.0

Manifest V3

History

2 snapshots

Tracking since Apr 20, 2026.

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Date	Users	Rating	Reviews	Version
Apr 20, 2026	1.0K	4.75	8	2025.9.0
May 4, 2026	1.0K	4.75	8	2025.9.0
Now	1.0K	4.75	8	2025.9.0

Permissions & access

Permissions: tabsactiveTabcontextMenusstoragebookmarksscripting
Host access: None declared

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About

QOwnNotes is the open source (GPL) plain-text file markdown note taking application for GNU/Linux, macOS and Windows, that (optionally) works together with the notes application of Nextcloud or ownCloud.

To use this extension QOwnNotes needs to be running.

Features:

- bookmark management with Markdown links in notes
    - for more information about the bookmarks feature please visit https://www.qownnotes.org/Knowledge-base/QOwnNotes-Web-Companion-browser-extension
- creating a new note (only text) from the current selection by right-clicking it
    - this is scriptable in QOwnNotes
- creating a new note from the content of the current webpage by right-clicking on the page
    - the html will be converted to markdown and images of the page will be downloaded (might take a while)
    - this is scriptable in QOwnNotes
- creating a new note with a screenshot of the visible part of the current webpage by right-clicking on the page
- you can change the server socket port in the extension *Option page*
- scriptable

## Permissions

- the extension uses the `tabs` permission that may be interpreted as permission to `Read your browsing history` to be able to store bookmarks for all open tabs in a window with a single click