For people who want to keep what they read

Save the article, not the clutter.

Arthur turns the rendered article in your active tab into clean Markdown. Your saved reading stays local and yours.

Install for Chrome Install for Firefox

Available for Chrome and Firefox. No account. No tracking.

arthurSaved locally

Reading note

A calmer place for the ideas worth returning to.

Clean article Markdown
Local attachments when enabled
Source link retained

Choose your save path

Extension only

Download Markdown

Works with the extension alone. Your browser downloads the saved article as Markdown; media stays as remote links.

Optional macOS helper

Save straight to your vault

Arthur writes Markdown and browser-retrievable attachments to the folder you choose. The helper is optional and activated only when you install it.

Simple by design

Install Arthur

Add it from the Chrome Web Store or Firefox Browser Add-ons.

Choose your destination

Optionally connect a local folder on your Mac for direct saves.

Save from the toolbar

Arthur acts only when you choose to save the active article.

Optional helper

Direct local saves, when you want them.

The macOS helper is open source, has no elevated privileges or self-update path, and installs only Arthur’s helper plus its browser manifests. If it is absent or unavailable, Arthur downloads Markdown instead.

Developer installation

git clone https://github.com/olhapi/arthur.git
cd arthur
corepack pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
pnpm native:install

Requires macOS, Node 22+, pnpm, and the repository’s documented Rust toolchain. View installer source.

Remove only Arthur’s helper and manifests: pnpm native:uninstall

Permissions, explained

Only what saving needs.

Permission	Why Arthur needs it
activeTab	Read the tab only after you click Arthur to save it.
storage	Keep your local Arthur preferences.
HTTP(S) host access	Read the selected article and browser-retrievable resources needed to preserve it.
nativeMessaging	Communicate with the separately installed optional helper for direct local saves.
downloads	Download Markdown when the helper is not installed or unavailable.

Privacy

Your reading does not become our data.

Arthur has no account, analytics, advertising, telemetry, or remote backend. Article content and the files you save remain on your device. The helper receives article content only while you trigger a direct save.

Read the complete privacy policy