ResearchBud: Chrome extension for notes while researching

ResearchBud is a lightweight Chrome extension that helps you take research and study notes without leaving your webpage. It opens a clean notes sidebar inside Chrome so you can capture ideas, keywords, highlights, and links while you browse articles and learn online and then you can go on to research those ideas latter on without breaking you research/study flow.

How it works:

You create topics for what you’re researching (for example, “Glycolysis” or “Marketing ideas”), then write notes inside that topic as you read. You can switch between topics anytime, rename a topic, or delete topics you no longer need. Each topic keeps its own notes and timestamps, which makes ResearchBud useful for online research, study notes, reading notes, project planning, and quick knowledge capture.

ResearchBud includes a fast way to save highlighted text from the current page. Select text on any webpage and add it to your active topic. ResearchBud automatically includes the page title and link as a reference, so you always know where your notes came from. You can add selected text using the keyboard shortcut: Option + Shift + A on Mac, or Alt + Shift + A on Windows and Linux.

Saving and reliability are a priority. ResearchBud saves your notes when you switch topics, when you hide the sidebar, and before the page unloads. You can also use the Save button any time you want manual control.

You can download your notes anytime. Download any topic as a simple text file so you can keep a backup, store it on your device, or upload it anywhere else later.