GleanBox - Your Instant Web Clipping Sidekick

What is GleanBox?

GleanBox is a fast, intuitive Chrome extension designed for effortless web clipping and retrieval. Select text on any webpage, right-click to Glean it, and it's saved instantly — with the source URL attached. When you need it, just type g [keyword] in the Chrome address bar, and your saved highlights appear as suggestions.

Inspired by the word "glean" — gathering valuable information bit by bit — GleanBox keeps your research smooth, fast, and interruption-free.

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Features

• Right-click "Glean" to capture highlighted text + source title + URL (duplicates skipped). Right-click a page itself to save the page for later.
• Omnibox retrieval: type g [keywords] — live suggestions, multi-keyword search across text, title, URL, tags, and notes.
• Organize: ★ star important clips, add #tags, attach notes. Filter with chips, group by date.
• Edit inline: click any quote to expand — edit tags, write a note, copy as Markdown.
• Bulk mode: multi-select clips to copy, export, or delete in one go. Deletes are undoable.
• Backup: one-click Export (JSON) and Import with dedup. Copy clips as Markdown quotes.
• Looks: compact card UI with domain avatars, light/dark theme toggle, keyboard shortcuts (/ to search, Esc to clear).

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Installation (developer mode)

1. Clone or download this repository.
2. Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions/.
3. Enable Developer Mode (toggle at the top-right).
4. Click Load Unpacked and select this repository folder (the one containing manifest.json).
5. GleanBox is ready to use.

Usage

• Highlight text on any http(s) page → right-click → Glean selection.
• To find it: type g your keywords in the address bar and pick a suggestion (Enter opens the best match).
• Click the extension icon to search, copy, open, delete, export, or import gleanings.

Privacy

• All data stays in your browser via chrome.storage.local. No servers, no analytics, no tracking.
• Permissions used: contextMenus (Glean item), storage (save clips), tabs (open sources), omnibox (g keyword search).

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Developer

Created by: Tirup Mehta GitHub: https://github.com/TirupMehta

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! To contribute:

1. Fork the repository.
2. Create a new branch (git checkout -b feature/your-feature).
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add new feature').
4. Push to your branch (git push origin feature/your-feature).
5. Open a Pull Request.

See CHANGELOG.md for release history.

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License