Turn Your Web Reading into Lasting Knowledge.

Highlight text, capture thoughts, and organize your research—directly on the page. No accounts, no cloud sync delays. Just you and your ideas.

🔒 Local Storage
⚡️ Lightning Fast
No Account Required
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Why choose FootPrints?

Designed for deep readers, researchers, and anyone who wants to remember what they read. FootPrints keeps your highlights and notes connected to their original context.

🖍️Smart Highlighting

Mark up the web your way. Highlight text, annotate images, or capture screenshots with a fully customizable toolbar.

💡Contextual Notes

Don't just highlight—think. Jot down ideas and reflections instantly alongside your highlights without losing flow.

📍Anchored Annotations

Never lose context. All annotations are anchored precisely to their original location on the webpage.

Visual Knowledge Base

Review your journey as a Chronological Timeline, a Masonry Grid, or explore connections in Roaming Mode.

🛡️Privacy First

Your data stays with you. All annotations are stored locally in your browser. No tracking, no data leaks.

📤Your Data, Anywhere

Export your research to Markdown, PDF, or JSON. It's your knowledge base, ready to go.

How it works

Start building your personal knowledge base in seconds.

01

Highlight

Select any text on any webpage and choose your highlight style from the floating toolbar.

02

Annotate

Add your thoughts immediately in the side panel without losing your reading flow.

03

Review

Visit your Home dashboard to see all your footprints organized by time or topic.