A side panel for the whole web.
Keep private notes that only you can read. Join the conversation with everyone else reading the same page. Footnote works on any site in Chrome.
Footnote runs in Chrome on a computer.
Free to use · Notes are end-to-end encrypted
Encrypted in your browser before they’re saved, so no one else can read them. Not even Footnote.
Two dots.
Two kinds of notes.
The Footnote tab on the edge of every page shows a red dot when you’ve left a note there and a blue dot when people are talking about it.
Only you can read them.
Jot down a recipe tweak, a quote for later or a trip plan. Notes are encrypted in your browser before they’re saved, and My Notes keeps them all in one place.
Anyone on the page can join.
Every page gets its own discussion, even pages with no comment section. Reply to other readers and vote the most helpful comments to the top.
Notes that stay with the page.
Your note waits on the page you wrote it on. Come back next week and it’s there, and My Notes lists them all by site.
- A recipe you’ll cook againsaltandspoon.kitchen
- A trip you’re planningtrailheadjournal.travel
- Headphones you’re comparinggearcompare.reviews
- A paper you’ll citefieldnotes-lab.science
Sealed in your browser before it’s saved.
Notes are encrypted with AES-256-GCM on your computer. Footnote stores only the sealed copy, and the key stays with you.
Ready in about a minute.
- 1Add Footnote to ChromeFrom the Chrome Web Store, on your computer.
- 2Sign in with GoogleYour notes then open in any browser where you sign in.
- 3Open the green tab on any pageA red dot means you left a note there. Blue means people are talking.