Glasp
Glasp is a social PDF and web highlighter that helps users collect, organize, share, and revisit notes across webpages, PDFs, videos, and reading apps.
Glasp
Highlight, organize, and chat with your reading memory.
What is Glasp?
How to use Glasp?
- 1Add Glasp to Chrome or Safari.
- 2Highlight text on webpages, PDFs, Kindle content, or YouTube videos.
- 3Attach notes, tags, and authors to organize your highlights.
- 4Import highlights from supported apps and services if needed.
- 5Export your highlights to tools like Notion, Obsidian, Roam Research, or file formats such as Markdown, HTML, CSV, and JSON.
- 6Review your highlights, follow others, and chat with your AI clone for insights.
Glasp Key Features
- Web and PDF highlighting
- YouTube highlighting with timestamps
- Note-taking on highlights
- AI clone built from saved highlights and notes
- Import from Kindle, Pocket, Medium, Instapaper, Readwise, Snipd, and more
- Tag and author organization
- Searchable knowledge graph
- Export to Notion, Obsidian, Roam Research, Markdown, HTML, CSV, and JSON
- Social sharing of highlights
- Cross-device sync
Glasp Use Cases
- Research and literature review
- Learning and spaced review of saved notes
- Saving and organizing quotes from articles and PDFs
- Capturing insights from YouTube lectures and podcasts
- Sharing highlights with peers or followers
- Building a personal knowledge base
- Exporting reading notes into a second-brain app
Glasp Pricing & Free Credits
Glasp currently operates on a Free, Paid model.
Glasp Pros & Cons
Pros
- Supports webpages, PDFs, YouTube, and reading apps
- Strong export options for popular note-taking tools
- AI clone adds personalized insights from your highlights
- Social sharing and knowledge discovery features
- Free plan available
Cons
- Advanced privacy and extra features require a paid upgrade
- Best experience depends on browser extension or app usage
- AI clone usefulness depends on the quality of saved notes
What is Glasp best for?
- Researchers
- Students
- Writers
- Knowledge workers
- Readers who use second-brain tools
- People who want to share or revisit highlights
Glasp FAQ
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