SideKeep - open Keep in side panel/popup
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Open Google Keep in side panel/popup. Open source
📌 sideKeep – Google Keep in Side Panel or Popup
Easily open Google Keep right inside your Chrome browser’s side panel or a popup window.
No extra scripts, no ads, no tracking — just a lightweight and open-source tool to keep your notes always within reach.
🔑 Key Features
🔸 *Flexible Display Options*: Choose between side panel integration or popup window
🔸 *100% Open Source*: Complete transparency - view our code at https://github.com/anilkumarum/sideKeep
🔸 *Privacy First*: No tracking, no ads, no data collection
🔸 *Ultra Lightweight*: Just 10KB - won't slow down your browser
🔸 *Non-Intrusive*: Only injects CSS styling, never modifies Google Keep's functionality
🔸 *Keyboard Shortcut*: Quick access with Ctrl+Shift+K
🛡️ Privacy & Security
*Zero Script Injection*: Unlike other extensions, SideKeep doesn't inject JavaScript into Google Keep. We only add minimal CSS styling to optimize the layout for side panel viewing.
*No Tracking*: Your data stays between you and Google. SideKeep doesn't collect, store, or transmit any personal information.
📖 How to Use
1. *Install & Pin*: After installation, pin SideKeep to your toolbar for easy access
2. *Open Keep*: Click the SideKeep icon or use Ctrl+Shift+K to open Google Keep in the side panel
3. *Customize*: Switch between side panel and popup modes in the extension's options page
4. *Enjoy*: Your notes are now always accessible without disrupting your workflow
🎯 Use Cases
Perfect for students and professionals who need seamless note-taking:
🎬 Video Learning: Take notes in Google Keep while watching YouTube tutorials, Udemy courses, or Coursera lectures - no need to pause or switch tabs
📎 Instant Clipping: Drag and drop images, text, and links directly from websites into Google Keep. No need to install the separate Keep Clipper extension
📚 Research & Study: Keep your research notes organized while browsing multiple sources simultaneously
💼 Productivity Workflows: Quickly jot down ideas, create to-do lists, or save important information without interrupting your current task
🔍 Content Curation: Save interesting articles, quotes, or images while browsing - all without leaving your current page
🔧 Configuration Options
⇒ Side Panel Mode: Keep stays docked alongside your current tab
⇒ Popup Mode: Opens in a floating window for temporary access
⇒ Easy toggle between modes in extension settings
📞 Support & Contributing
⇒ Report Issues: Found a bug? Report it at https://github.com/anilkumarum/sideKeep/issues
⇒ Contact Us: Have questions? Email us at [email protected]
⇒ Contribute: Help improve SideKeep by contributing to our open source project
⚠️ Disclaimer: Google, Google Keep, and their logos are trademarks of Google LLC. This extension is an independent open-source project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google.
Ready to boost your productivity? Install SideKeep now and keep your notes always within reach!
Latest reviews
- Jorn Bue
- useless in edge cant drag drop anything and the app is extremely invasive asks for a donation constantly. Removed
- Diana T.
- Looks like exactly what I need. Only problem is that (as other reviews have mentioned) you can't copy from the side panel. Pasting works and opening links works but when you want to copy something from a note in the side panel it just doesn't copy it.
- Connor Strzelewicz
- Extremely useful for efficiency and productivity.
- Ghais
- Exactly what I needed! My only criticism would be how unattractive the "Options" page is. I had to come to the extension page to learn about more details, which is fine, but you could certainly make 1 single pretty page with organized sections. Another thing that I'm not so sure about is that it takes ~5 seconds to load. A loading bar would be nice if Chrome supports it (at first I thought I wasn't signed in as my network was bad and it took 15 minutes with nothing to show. I'd love it if it remained open at all times (I love torturing my cpu dw), but I understand if that's not possible. The regular Keep tab asks me to reload the page quite often anyway, so this might be saving me a hassle. Thanks a lot for creating this extension! It'll boost my creativity and allow me to keep my ADHD thoughts somewhere without getting distracted haha.
- Nekohime Online
- Functions as expected! Thank you!
- Joyce Ostertag
- What a great discovery! I love using Google Keep as a side panel for notes when I am writing something, and wondered if I could also use it as a side panel on a website, which lead me to the Chrome web store and to this very helpful extension! It was easy to set up and exactly what I had in mind to take notes from the web.
- Venerable Nine swords (Cosmic Sage)
- just the popup like extension i was looking for! its a great extension just like checker plus for gmail cuz its popup menu, good job dev! keep it up!!
- Pierre Slamich
- Great extension. Can you add a monochrome icon option ? Pierre
- Raduz Sedlar
- An amazing plugin with two exceptions: 1.) CTRL+C does not work, but only from the sidebar – it works fine from the pop-up window. Can you please fix this? 2.) The plugin settings page, where you choose whether you want a sidebar or a pop-up window, appears every time I open Chrome. Can you add a Save button to this option so that it doesn't appear every time? Thank you very much.
- Alex Pena
- Does Exactly what it says. Thank you!!
- CJ Ginlo
- I'm unable to copy anything. CTRL+C is not working. Hoping this will be fixed soon!
- SAHIL SHEGOKAR
- This is a perfect tool for taking notes from YouTube, but I’ve encountered an issue. When I try to copy text opened in the sidebar panel, the text doesn’t copy. I don’t understand why this happens. I uninstalled and re‑installed the Chrome extension, but the same issue occurs every time. Your extension is really good, but if you could fix this problem, it would help me a lot.
- Kristin Denman
- I am inexperienced with extensions and seem to always pick the useless/spotty ones. This one however has been amazing. It was looking for something like the google sidebar that I would be able to use outside of google sites. Keep has all of my lists including my major ones of groceries and to do. This allows me to quickly just add to them mid browse without switching windows. I have yet to have an issue with it. This with the web clipper allow me to easily just "note" whatever I think of at that moment and move on. Productivity life saver.
- Syamsul Alam
- why is it so perfect?
- Paul Gaye
- actually works ! bravo and thanks guys
- Rory Duncan
- Works perfect. Thank you dev(s)
- DDGR Enterprise
- Solved one of my biggest issues with Tasks Management - Absolutely beautiful - "Keep" it up 😉
- S LT
- I was just today looking for a way to have my Keep notes handy in any browser tab as a sidebar, and this is the only app I found that does it. So far it works pretty well! I'll update if I encounter any issues.