Margin
Highlight & organize
Colored highlights, Markdown notes, bookmarks, nested collections and flashcards. Save articles and PDFs for offline reading.
Highlight the web
Highlight webpages, collect notes and turn reading into research. Your library lives on your device, with easy exports and optional Google Drive sync.
Chrome · Edge · Brave · Firefox
The GitHub Firefox build installs temporarily.
Features
Import and export
Import Markdown. Export to Markdown, Notion-ready files or structured AI-agent bundles. Download complete backups, optionally encrypted.
Local storage
No account is required for local research. No telemetry, advertising or developer-operated research server.
Optional Google Drive sync
Connect your Google account only if you want to synchronize research between
installations. Margin requests drive.appdata, which accesses its own hidden
app-data folder rather than unrelated Drive documents.
When connected, saved URLs, quotations, notes, articles, PDFs, audio, cards and preferences are sent to Google Drive. Margin adds no end-to-end encryption to sync. Your Google storage quota applies. You can pause or disconnect sync and keep working locally.
GitHub downloads include Google sign-in. Open Settings & backups, choose Continue with Google and approve Margin’s own Drive folder. Older downloads may need a separately configured build.
Privacy detailsReading tools
Record voice notes, hear selected words, and translate text in Margin. Voice availability varies by browser and system.
Feature guide