stash

Stash — Web Highlight Saver

Save text from anywhere on the web straight to your Google Sheet. Select, tag, done.

Features

• One-click saving — select any text, click Save, it’s in your Sheet
• Tags — label your saves for easy filtering later
• Instant search — search your last 20 saves right in the popup
• Filter by tag in Sheets — dropdown filters on every column, one click to show all “motivation” saves
• Copy & delete — manage saves from the popup without opening Sheets
• Non-intrusive — press Escape or click ✕ to dismiss without losing your selection

Install (Developer Mode)

The extension is not yet on the Chrome Web Store. For now, load it manually.

1. Clone this repo

   git clone https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/stash.git
   

2. Open Chrome → chrome://extensions → enable Developer mode
3. Click Load unpacked → select the cloned folder

Google OAuth Setup (required)

The extension saves to your personal Google Sheet, so you need to wire up OAuth:

1. Go to Google Cloud Console → create a project
2. Enable the Google Sheets API
3. Go to APIs & Services → OAuth consent screen → set up (External, Testing mode) → add yourself as a test user
4. Go to Credentials → Create OAuth Client ID → choose Chrome Extension → paste your Extension ID
5. Copy the Client ID and paste it into manifest.json:

   "oauth2": {
     "client_id": "YOUR_CLIENT_ID.apps.googleusercontent.com",
     ...
   }
   

6. Reload the extension in Chrome

How to use

1. Select any text on a webpage
2. The Stash tooltip appears — add an optional tag
3. Click Save (or press Enter)
4. Click the extension icon to browse your saves, or Open Sheet ↗ to see everything

Tech

• Chrome Extension Manifest V3
• Google Sheets API v4
• Chrome Identity API (OAuth2)
• Zero dependencies — vanilla JS, no build step