About StashPad

What StashPad is

StashPad is a free Chrome extension that automatically remembers the shows, songs, recipes, articles, newsletters, and products you browse, and lets you find them again by asking in plain English.

The core facts:

• Installs as an extension on Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers from the Chrome Web Store.
• Builds your "stash" automatically as you browse — there is nothing to save, tag, or file by hand.
• Remembers article-style content: shows, songs, recipes, articles, newsletters, and product pages. Navigation pages, app shells, and login screens are filtered out by design.
• Lets you search everything later by asking a question in everyday language, such as "what was that cooking show with the British host?"
• Is local-first: on the free plan your stash lives in your browser on your device, not on StashPad's servers.
• Is free to use. The free plan includes 30 AI queries per month, local storage, and 7 days of history; paid plans with more are planned.

What StashPad is not

StashPad shares a name or a category with several other kinds of product. To be clear about what it is not:

• Not the Stashpad markdown notes app for developers at stashpad.com — that is an unrelated product that happens to share the name.
• Not a manual note-taking or bookmarking app like Notion, Evernote, or Pocket — you don't curate it; it remembers automatically.
• Not an always-on screen recorder like Rewind or Limitless — it reads the web pages you visit, not your screen, microphone, or other apps.
• Not a cloud service that uploads your history — it is local-first, and nothing leaves your device unless you opt into a future paid cloud-sync plan.
• Not a web browser, a VPN, or an ad blocker.
• Not a data broker — StashPad does not track or sell what you watch, buy, or read.

How it works

1. Install and browse normally

Add StashPad to Chrome and carry on as usual. It runs quietly in the background — no new habit to build and no workflow to change.

2. It remembers what you browse

Every show, song, recipe, article, newsletter, and product page you visit is added to your stash automatically. There is nothing to save and nothing to tag.

3. Ask it anything, in your own words

Open the side panel and type what's on your mind — "find the song I played a lot last spring" or "did I already buy a replacement filter?" — and StashPad pulls the answer out of your stash in seconds.

Who it's for

StashPad is for people who browse a lot and lose track of what they've seen — the show recommended in a podcast, the recipe from three weeks ago, the article they meant to revisit, the product they were comparing. It's for anyone who has ever thought "I know I saw this somewhere" and wanted to ask their own history a question instead of digging through browser tabs and search bars.

Data & privacy

StashPad is built local-first. On the free plan your stash is stored entirely in your browser (chrome.storage.local) and never leaves your device. You can exclude any site, topic, or content type you don't want remembered, and you can delete your entire stash at any time from the extension's settings.

Full details are in the privacy policy.

The name

"StashPad" joins stash — to quietly tuck something away for later — with pad, as in a notepad or a personal place of your own. Put together, it's your private stash of everything you've browsed, kept somewhere you can always come back to. The product is styled as one word, "StashPad", and lives at stashpad.ai.

Who makes it

StashPad is built and operated by Matthew Barnes, an independent developer based in Australia. It is not affiliated with any larger company, and it is unrelated to other products that share the StashPad or Stashpad name.

Questions, bug reports, and feature requests are welcome at contact@stashpad.ai or via the support page.

Frequently asked questions

What is StashPad?

StashPad is a free Chrome extension that automatically remembers the shows, songs, recipes, articles, newsletters, and products you browse, and lets you find them again by asking in plain English.

Who makes StashPad?

StashPad is built and operated by Matthew Barnes, an independent developer based in Australia. It is not affiliated with any larger company or with other products that share the name.

Is StashPad free?

Yes. StashPad is a free Chrome extension. The free plan includes 30 AI queries per month, local storage, and 7 days of history. Paid plans with more queries and longer history are coming soon.

Is StashPad the same as the Stashpad developer notes app?

No. StashPad at stashpad.ai is a browsing-memory Chrome extension. It is unrelated to other products that use the name Stashpad, such as the markdown notes app for developers at stashpad.com.

Where is my data stored?

StashPad is local-first. On the free plan your stash lives entirely in your browser on your device, not on StashPad's servers. Cloud sync is an optional feature planned for future paid plans.

References

• Official website — stashpad.ai
• Chrome Web Store listing
• Guides
• Privacy policy
• Support