Pick Pocket 💡

Seize ideas, arguments, and thoughts to contemplate later

A Chrome extension that lets you save text snippets from any webpage with a single click.

• 💡 Pick Popover - Select any text and a "Pick" button appears above it
• Right-click Menu - Use "Pick Idea" from the context menu
• New Tab Dashboard - View all your saved ideas organized by date
• ⏳ Life Progress - Visualize your life, year, month, and day progress on the dashboard
• Smart Source Links - Automatically extracts permalinks from Twitter/X, StackOverflow, Reddit, Quora, and Hacker News
• 📧 Share via Gmail - Email individual ideas, a day's ideas, or all ideas
• ☁️ Cloud Sync - Optional sync to a Cloudflare Worker for cross-device access (requires self-hosted server)
• 💾 Backup & Restore - Export your ideas to JSON or import from a backup
• Self/Social Mode - Toggle to hide share buttons for distraction-free viewing

1. Clone or download this repository
2. Open Chrome and go to chrome://extensions
3. Enable Developer mode (top right)
4. Click Load unpacked and select the extension folder

To enable syncing across devices, you can deploy the included Cloudflare Worker:

1. Navigate to server/ directory
2. Deploy the worker using Wrangler
3. Add your Worker URL in the extension Options page

• Go to the Options page to set your Birth Year
• The dashboard will show your estimated life progress (based on 75-year expectancy)

• Method 1: Select text → Click the 💡 Pick button that appears
• Method 2: Select text → Right-click → "Pick Idea"

• Open a new tab to see all your saved ideas
• Ideas are grouped by date (newest first)
• Click "Source" to visit the original page

• Manifest V3
• Chrome Storage API (local & sync)
• jQuery

MIT