Collections Plus

Collections Plus is an open, local-first replacement for Microsoft Edge Collections (which Microsoft is retiring around Edge 149, mid-2026). Save web pages, images, and notes into organized collections — with no account, no server, and no telemetry. Your data stays in your browser. SAVE ANYTHING • Save the current page with one click or Ctrl+Shift+S (with thumbnail, favicon and title). • Right-click any page, link, image, or selected text to save it — or save selection as a highlight with a link back to its source and your own note. • Add all open tabs to a collection at once, or drag a link or image onto the panel. • Auto-file rules route quick-saves into the right collection by domain, URL, or title. ORGANIZE • Folders, tags, pinning, and custom covers keep big libraries tidy. • Checkboxes turn any collection into a checklist; custom fields (price, qty, SKU…) add structured data that flows into exports. • Sort by newest, oldest, or A–Z (or keep your manual drag order), and switch to a compact view to see more at once. • A recoverable Trash (auto-emptied after 30 days) and an Archive mean nothing vanishes by accident. • Fetch missing images. Backfill preview pictures for pages imported from a CSV (or any page saved without one) — in bulk per collection, across every collection, or one at a time. Fills blanks by default; a setting switches it to refresh existing covers too. • Nested collections. Put collections inside other collections, to any depth, alongside folders. Each shows its path, search finds nested ones and shows where they live, and archiving, trashing or restoring a collection takes everything inside it along. FIND IT AGAIN • Search across titles, URLs, notes, tags, and custom fields, with a per-collection filter box. • AI search (✨) finds items by meaning, not just keywords. • Reading list: saved pages start unread and collect in one place — open one to mark it read. • Command palette (Ctrl+K) to jump to any collection or run any command. • Address-bar search: type "col" then your query to find a saved page without opening the panel. BEAT LINK ROT • Check links flags saved pages that have gone dead; turn on auto-check to run it quietly in the background. • Save a readable snapshot of any page so the content survives even if the original disappears. SHARE & EXPORT • Share any collection as a clean, self-contained web page you can send to anyone. • Export to real Excel (.xlsx) with clickable links, plus CSV, Markdown, and HTML; copy links to the clipboard. • High-fidelity JSON backup and a local version history you can roll back to. BRING YOUR OWN AI (OPTIONAL) • Bring your own API key to enable optional AI features — works with major AI providers, or run a fully local model so nothing leaves your machine. • Chat with your collections, summarize a page into a TL;DR, suggest tags, organize a collection, or get a weekly digest of what you saved. • Your key is stored locally, never synced, never exported, and never seen by the developer. MIGRATE & SYNC • Import your Edge Collections export (CSV), or import your Chrome/Edge bookmarks (each folder becomes a collection). • Optional cross-device sync through a single file in any cloud-synced folder — still no account, no server. PRIVACY Everything is stored locally in your browser. Sync, offline image caching, dead-link checking, and all AI features are off until you turn them on. When you use an AI feature, the relevant collection data goes from your browser straight to the AI provider you chose (or to a local model, in which case nothing leaves your machine). Free and open source (MIT): https://github.com/rod-trent/Collections-Plus What's New New in 2.10.0 — Sync no longer overwrites your other device's changes. File sync used to keep whichever copy was saved last, so edits made on one computer could be lost if another computer saved in the meantime. Now each device merges: pages added, edited, moved or deleted on either side all survive, and if both devices changed the same item, the most recent change wins. Deletes carry over too, so something you removed doesn't reappear from the other device. Collections Plus on your phone. A companion mobile app is now at getcollectionsplus.com/app. It installs from your phone's browser, with no app store, and syncs with the extension through your own Dropbox. To connect them, open the mobile app, tap Connect Dropbox, then in the extension choose ⋯ → Sync → Use existing sync file… and pick collections-sync.json in your Dropbox Apps folder. Fixed: auto-file rules lost after syncing. Pulling from the sync file dropped your auto-file rules on that device. They now sync with everything else. Fixed: restoring an older version dropped your folders. Restoring from ⋯ → Tools → Version history now keeps your folders and auto-file rules. New in 2.9.0 — Add the current page straight from the list. Hover a collection and click ＋ to save the tab you're on into it, without opening the collection first. If the page is already there, you're told so and nothing is added twice. Using and organizing are now separate. Day to day, hovering a collection shows just the two things you do most, ▶ Open all and ＋ Add current page, as bigger buttons. Moving, pinning, archiving and deleting live in a new organize mode: click ⇅ next to the search box (or choose "Organize collections" in the Ctrl+K palette) to show the drag handles and the managing buttons for collections and folders, then click Done. The panel always opens ready to use. Choose when Open all asks first. Opening a collection with 9 or more pages used to always ask for confirmation. Set your own limit under ⋯ → Tools → Opening → "Ask before Open all of": 9+, 11+, 16+, 21+, 31+ or 51+ pages, or Never ask. The default is still 9+. New in 2.8.4 — safer requests, and no more error warnings. When Collections Plus fetches a missing preview image, a public web page can no longer point it at your router, your own computer or a cloud metadata addres…