Snipper
Snipper is a Firefox extension that saves highlighted text from webpages along with its source, timestamp, and context. Users can reopen the original page at the highlighted passage, export snippets in several formats, and optionally sync them across devices.
Overview
10 featuresIn the Read-it-later & curation space, Snipper takes a focused approach. It focuses on saving and later finding important excerpts from webpages without losing their original context. Snipper is a consumer product aimed at researchers, writers, shoppers, and web users collecting references. It is available for free. Snipper is available on the web, embeddable surfaces, macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Heiko builds and maintains Snipper, and it first shipped in 2026. Among its 10 catalogued features are text highlighting, source tracking, and context capture. The interface is available in 32 languages, including Czech, German, and Greek.
Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.
- Text highlighting
- Source tracking
- Context capture
- Offline storage
- Source reopening
- Section highlighting
- Firefox Sync
- Theme support
- Snippet export
- Auto deletion
Built with & integrations
Trust & compliance
Indexing history
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Frequently asked questions about Snipper
- What is Snipper?
- Snipper focuses on saving and later finding important excerpts from webpages without losing their original context. It is catalogued under Read-it-later & curation on PulseGate.
- Who should use Snipper?
- Snipper is a consumer product built for researchers, writers, shoppers, and web users collecting references.
- Is Snipper free?
- Yes — Snipper is free to use.
- What platforms does Snipper run on?
- Snipper runs on the web, embeddable surfaces, macOS, Windows, and Linux.
- Is Snipper still maintained?
- Unverified. Snipper has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
- What are alternatives to Snipper?
- Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include MarkSnip, SnipText, and SongSnip Finder.MarkSnipSnipTextSongSnip Finder
- Who develops Snipper?
- Snipper is developed by Heiko.
- How long has Snipper been around?
- Snipper first shipped in 2026.
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