HoverNotes
I was spending hours manually taking screenshots and timestamps from technical videos, then formatting them into my Obsidian vault. Figured there had to be a better way. Built a Chrome extension that: - Allows you to capture video screenshots in one - Generates structured notes using a multi modal LLM - Saves everything directly to your Obsidian vault - Works on YouTube, Coursera, anywhere videos play The extension currently uses whisper and gemini model API. Notes are saved as proper markdown files that integrate seamlessly with your existing Obsidian workflow or any other markdown app.…
HoverNotes launched on June 14, 2025 with 12 votes, #1,876 of 7,999 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
What it does
Transform YouTube, Udemy, Coursera, and any video tutorials into instant Obsidian notes with code snippets, screenshots, and clear explanations. Store everything locally in your vault.
HoverNotes is the only AI note-taker that actually watches the video — capturing code, equations & diagrams transcripts miss. Works on YouTube, Udemy, Coursera & any video playing in your browser.
The only AI note-taker that actually watches the video. Get AI notes from video on YouTube, Udemy, Coursera & more — capturing what transcripts miss and saving notes straight to your Obsidian vault. Join thousands of students, professionals, and lifelong learners who use HoverNotes to enhance their video learning experience. From YouTube tutorials to Udemy and Coursera courses to Bilibili lectures — HoverNotes works natively on 20+ platforms, with the same one-click notes everywhere. Lectures, courses, and tutorials — watch in any language, get your notes in the language you want. Transcript tools just read the captions — so they miss the code, equations, and diagrams on screen. HoverNotes'…from hovernotes.io
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I was spending hours manually taking screenshots and timestamps from technical videos, then formatting them into my Obsidian vault. Figured there had to be a better way. Built a Chrome extension that: - Allows you to capture video screenshots in one - Generates structured notes using a multi modal LLM - Saves…
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