Txtshell Capture is a Chrome extension that captures thoughts and links into Txtshell, a local-first text editor that runs entirely in your browser.
What the extension handles
- Text you type into the extension's popup (the Note field).
- The URL and title of your currently active tab — but only when you click + Grab current page in the popup.
- These items are combined into a single capture and sent to your own Txtshell instance.
What the extension does with this data
- Sends each capture to the Txtshell tab you have open, where it becomes a block in your local Txtshell storage.
- If no Txtshell tab is open at the moment of capture, queues the data in Chrome's local extension storage on your device until Txtshell next opens, then delivers it.
- All data stays inside your browser. Nothing is transmitted to any server operated by us or by anyone else.
What the extension does not do
- Does not collect analytics or telemetry.
- Does not communicate with any external servers.
- Does not read browsing history beyond the active tab's URL and title at the moment you click + Grab current page.
- Does not read or modify content on any web page other than txtshell.com (and there, only to deliver captures you initiated).
- Does not share, sell, or transmit your data to any third party.
Permissions explained
- activeTab — Read the URL and title of the tab you're on, only when you click Grab current page.
- tabs — Find your open Txtshell tab to deliver captures to it.
- scripting — Inject a single line of code into the Txtshell tab to deliver each capture.
- storage — Queue captures locally when Txtshell isn't open.
- Host permissions for
txtshell.com— Allow delivery of captures into the Txtshell page.
Open source
The full source code of this extension is open for inspection.
Contact
Questions or concerns about this policy: [email protected]