This is a companion extension for QOwnNotes to interact with the note taking desktop application.
Users
1,000
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.8 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
8
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#27K
#22K among extensions
Version
2026.8.1
updated 13 Aug 2026
Users
monthly, 3 years
Latest, 16 Oct 2026:1,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
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Latest, 16 Oct 2026:8 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About QOwnNotes Web Companion
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