Can we rebuild it?

Can we rebuild Floating Notes?

Build a Chrome extension like Floating Notes — a Floating Notes alternative you own.

If you want to build your own Floating Notes alternative, you can ship a custom Chrome extension in one session. A personalized version lets you create draggable, floating sticky notes pinned to specific URLs or entire domains with zero privacy worries.

The listing record

What Floating Notes does

Create fast post it notes while you browse and keep your ideas in view. This tool stays on top of the site, so you can write without losing context. You can drag, resize, and place floating notes windows where they don't cover important content. Attach a memo to a page URL, keep it for the whole domain, or open a separate floating window for your desktop workflow. You can create several memos per context as a notepad and switch between them, so notes floating stays simple even during long reading sessions. Quick start 1. Add the extension to Chrome 2. Open any website 3. Click the floating notes icon 4. Start typing and save instantly 5. Use a keyboard shortcut to open a memo even faster 6.

What the store says

★ 4.7 from 21 ratings · 5K users

Pulled live from the Chrome Web Store listing at analysis time.

Can PlugThis rebuild Floating Notes?

Why build your own Floating Notes alternative

• Full privacy with all note contents stored strictly on your own device
• Custom markdown formatting, themes, and font controls
• Direct export or sync to tools like Notion or your personal Supabase database
• Customizable keyboard shortcuts for rapid memo creation

What it costs vs what you'd save

The starter prompt

Create a Chrome extension that lets me create draggable, resizable floating notes over any webpage. Notes should support scoping to the exact URL or the whole domain, auto-saving contents and window positions to chrome.storage.local. Include keyboard shortcuts to toggle visibility and create new notes quickly.

Features you could add that Floating Notes doesn't have

Because you own the code, these are a follow-up prompt away — tap one to add it to the prompt above.

• Markdown Support — Render checklists, headers, and code blocks directly inside your floating memos.
  + add to prompt
• Quick Search Palette — Search through all saved notes across every domain from the extension popup.
  + add to prompt

Questions about rebuilding Floating Notes

How to build it yourself

1. 1
   Open PlugThis and start a new build

   Head to PlugThis and start a new Chrome extension. You're describing a Floating Notes alternative you'll own outright — no store subscription.

2. 2
   Paste the starter prompt

   Paste the starter prompt above. PlugThis expands it into a full Manifest V3 extension — popup, content scripts, and service worker included.

3. 3
   Review, tweak, and load it

   Review the generated code, ask for tweaks in plain English, then download and load the unpacked extension in Chrome to try it.

4. 4
   Publish it (optional)

   When you're happy, publish your Floating Notes alternative to the Chrome Web Store — or just keep it as a private tool for yourself.

More teardowns

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