Forty open tabs
Every tab is “important.” Closing any of them feels like deleting your thesis. Your laptop fan has opinions about this.
Free beta opens October 20, 2026
Research without
Research without
the 40-tab meltdown
Stop losing your train of thought every time you switch tabs. One click saves your research note and its source, stored into a project you can actually write from.
is starting as a 
extension, and the full app is coming.
Made for people who read the internet for a grade (or a living)
- Grad students
- Undergrads
- Lit-review survivors
- Thesis writers
- Journalists
- The perpetually curious
The problem
I’ve been there.
Research on the web is kind of a mess.
You found the perfect sentence three hours ago. It’s somewhere. Possibly in tab 31. Here’s what researchers and students complain about most, roughly in order of how loudly they sigh.
“Wait, who said that?”
You copied a great quote. You did not copy where it came from. Now you’re Googling your own notes like a detective.
Copy-paste chaos
Ctrl+C, switch tab, Ctrl+V, fix the formatting, repeat 200 times. One giant doc with no order and a lot of bold text you didn’t ask for.
Notes everywhere
Some in a doc, some in a notes app, some emailed to yourself, one on a receipt. None of them talk to each other.
Notes aren’t a draft
A pile of quotes has no structure. Turning it into sections means cutting, pasting, and reorganizing until you forget what the point was.
Tools that feel like homework
Heavy reference managers are powerful, but take an afternoon to learn, and you pay extra for storage once your library grows. Sometimes you just want the sentence.
How it works
Three steps. I counted.
No new workflow to learn. You keep reading the way you already read; wizardre just quietly holds the good bits for you.
Hover & capture
Point at any sentence in an article and click. It lands in your project with the page title and link attached, so future-you knows exactly where it came from.
Need just a few words instead of a whole sentence? You can do that too.Shape it in the editor
Open the side panel and drop captures into sections. Merge two thoughts, split a long one, drag things around until it reads like an argument.
Changed your mind? There’s undo. I’m not a monster.Export & write
Send the whole thing out as a Word doc, PDF, Markdown, plain text, or a Google Doc, sources included, and start writing from an outline instead of a blank page.
The blank page will have to bully someone else.Features
Small tool. Does a few things properly.
I would rather do six things well than sixty things kind of okay.
One-click sentence capture
Hover, click, done. No highlighting gymnastics, no pasting, no reformatting.
Sources stay attached
Every capture keeps its link and page title. When the page offers it, it also grabs authors, date, and DOI for your bibliography. (Double-check it. It’s a robot.)
Projects for every paper
One project per essay, chapter, or rabbit hole. No more single mega-doc called “notes FINAL v3.”
Section-based editor
Organize captures under headings, merge and split them, and reorder until the structure makes sense. Right there in a side panel.
Undo, everywhere it matters
Deleted the wrong thing at 2am? Take it back. Losing work is the fastest way to hate a tool, so I fixed that first.
Export to what you already use
Word, PDF, Markdown, plain text, or Google Docs. Your words, your format, no lock-in.
Privacy
Your Drive. Your stuff. I can’t see it.
Not “I promise not to look.” I genuinely don’t have it. Your captures go from your browser into your own Google Drive, and that’s the whole trip.
Saved to your Google Drive
Projects are saved as files in your own Drive, plus a working copy in your browser. You can open, move, or delete them like any other file.
The smallest permission there is
I use Google’s drive.file permission. wizardre can only see files it created or that you open with it. The rest of your Drive is none of my business.
No ads. No selling. No AI training.
I don’t run a server that collects your research. I don’t sell or share it, use it for ads, or feed it to AI models. Revoke access anytime from your Google account.
wizardre’s use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Read the plain-language details in my privacy policy.
Comparison
How it stacks up (honestly)
I’m not here to trash anyone. Reference managers are great at what they do. This is about the in-between bit: reading, grabbing, and shaping a draft.
| What you need | wizardre | Copy-paste into a doc | Heavy reference managers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grab one exact sentence | Hover and click | Select, copy, switch tab, paste, fix formatting | Usually built around saving whole papers and PDFs |
| Remember where it came from | Source attached automatically | Only if you remember to paste the link too | Yes, that’s their superpower |
| Turn notes into a draft | Sections, merge, split, reorder, export | Manual cut-and-paste surgery | Notes and annotations, not really a drafting space |
| Where your data lives | Your own Google Drive | Wherever that doc ended up | Their cloud; extra storage is often a paid add-on |
| Time to learn | About a minute | None (the chaos is free) | An afternoon, give or take |
Comparison is my own, based on typical use. Your mileage (and tab count) may vary. Example: Zotero itself is free and includes 300 MB of storage; more storage is $20 to $120 per year (Zotero storage pricing, checked October 2026). Great software. Use both if you like!
From the beta
What testers say
I don’t have any yet, and I’m not going to make them up. Check back after October 20.
[PLACEHOLDER] Real quote from a beta tester goes here.
[PLACEHOLDER] Real quote from a beta tester goes here.
[PLACEHOLDER] Real quote from a beta tester goes here.
FAQ
Questions, answered plainly
When does the beta start?
October 20, 2026. Join the list and I’ll send you the install link that day.
Is it free?
Yes, free for the whole beta. After that I plan to charge a small monthly price (around $5/month). I’ll tell you well before I charge anyone anything, and the beta never asks for a card.
Where do my captures actually live?
In your own Google Drive, in files wizardre creates for you, plus a working copy in your browser. wizardre uses Google’s drive.file permission, so it can only see files it created or that you open with it. It can’t browse the rest of your Drive.
Can you read my research?
No. Your captures go from your browser straight to your Google Drive. I don’t run a server that receives them, I don’t sell or share data, I don’t use it for ads, and I don’t use it to train AI models. More in the privacy policy.
Which browsers does it work on?
Chrome on desktop for now. Other Chromium browsers are on the someday list.
Is there a phone app?
Not yet. Most serious reading happens on a laptop, so that’s where I started. A lighter phone companion might come after the beta.
Does it replace Zotero or my reference manager?
Not really, and that’s fine. Reference managers are great at keeping a library of papers. wizardre does the messier job in between: grabbing the exact sentences you need while you read, keeping their sources attached, and shaping them into a draft. Plenty of people will use both.
What can I export?
Your organized project can be exported as a Word document, PDF, Markdown, plain text, or a Google Doc.
What if I delete something by accident?
There’s undo. Losing work is the fastest way to make someone quit a tool, so I took that one personally.
Still stuck? Visit the wizardre support page and a real human will answer.
Close a few tabs.
Join the beta.
Free beta opens October 20, 2026. Leave your email and I’ll send the install link on launch day. No spam; I barely have time to send the one email.