Keep your thoughts, decisions, and personal TODOs right where you need them. Your notes are visible only to you — never cluttering public comments or shared spaces.
Powerful features designed to help you capture context, track decisions, and manage your work on every Jira ticket.
Write notes with rich formatting — headers, bold, italic, code blocks, checklists, links, and blockquotes. Preview your formatted notes instantly with live rendering.
Find any note across all your tickets instantly. Search by ticket key, title, content, or tags with real-time highlighting. Navigate results with keyboard.
Organize notes with #hashtags that are automatically extracted and color-coded. Filter your notes by tag to quickly find related information.
6 pre-built templates: Decision Log, TODO List, Bug Analysis, Meeting Notes, Code Review, and Blocker. One click to insert and customize.
Pin critical notes to keep them at the top of your list. Never lose track of important decisions or blockers across all your tickets.
Beautiful themes that automatically match your system preferences, or set manually. Easy on your eyes during late-night debugging sessions.
Sync your preferences across all your Chrome browsers automatically. Your settings follow you everywhere while notes stay securely local.
Support for unlimited Jira instances — Cloud, Server, or Data Center. Perfect for consultants and teams working across multiple organizations.
Export all notes to JSON for backup or beautifully formatted Markdown documents. Import your data anytime — your notes are always yours.
Select any text on a Jira page, right-click, and add it to your notes as a quote. Toggle widget or open settings from anywhere.
Resize the widget to your preferred size by dragging the corner. Drag to reposition anywhere on screen. Your layout is remembered.
Full keyboard support: Ctrl+Shift+N to toggle, Ctrl+Enter to save, Ctrl+F to search, Escape to minimize. Markdown formatting shortcuts included.
Notes save automatically as you type with visual feedback. See the satisfying glow animation confirming your notes are safely stored.
Currently available for Chrome only. A Firefox version is coming soon.
New users get a friendly 4-step onboarding flow. Configure your Jira URL, choose theme, and learn features — ready in under a minute.
All notes stored locally in your browser. Zero data sent to external servers. No account required. No tracking. Complete privacy.
URLs and Jira ticket references are automatically detected and made clickable. Jump between related tickets with a single click.
See character count, word count, and last saved time. Options page shows total notes, storage used, and per-tag statistics.
Jira Scratch works quietly in the background, ready whenever you need it.
Express your thoughts with full Markdown support. Toggle between edit and preview modes to see your formatted notes.
Priority: High — needs to ship by Friday
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"Let's use JWT tokens for the mobile app" — Tech Lead
Quickly find any note with powerful full-text search. Results update in real-time as you type.
Stop starting from scratch. Use templates designed for common development scenarios and customize them to your needs.
Document important decisions and their rationale
Quick checklist for task tracking
Track symptoms, causes, and solutions
Capture discussions and action items
Structured review observations
See something important in a Jira comment? Select it, right-click, and add it to your notes instantly as a quote.
Master these shortcuts to navigate and format your notes without leaving the keyboard.
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Free to install. No account required. Start taking private notes in seconds.
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Add to Chrome — FreeComing soon
Coming soonGot questions? We've got answers.
All your notes are stored locally in your browser using Chrome's storage API. Your data never leaves your device — we don't have servers, accounts, or any way to access your notes. It's 100% private by design.
Your notes will be deleted along with the extension. We recommend exporting your notes to JSON or Markdown before uninstalling. You can always reimport your notes if you reinstall.
Yes! Jira Scratch works with Jira Cloud, Jira Server, and Jira Data Center. You can add multiple Jira instances in the settings if you work with several different Jira installations.
No. Your notes are completely private and stored only in your browser. Teammates, admins, and even Atlassian cannot see your notes. They're just for you.
Yes, Jira Scratch is 100% free with no paid tiers, subscriptions, or hidden costs. It's a project built by developers for developers, available for free.
Currently, notes are stored locally and don't sync between devices. However, your settings can sync via Chrome Sync. For notes, you can export and import them manually using the JSON backup feature.
Headers (##), bold (**), italic (*), inline code (`), code blocks (```), links [text](url), checklists (- [ ]), blockquotes (>), and #hashtags for tagging. Use Ctrl+B/I/K shortcuts for quick formatting.
Yes! Drag the widget header to move it anywhere on screen. Drag the bottom-right corner to resize. Your preferred position and size are remembered automatically.
Click the template icon (📋) in the widget header to see 6 pre-built templates: Decision Log, TODO List, Bug Analysis, Meeting Notes, Code Review, and Blocker. Click any to insert it instantly.
Not yet — Jira Scratch is currently available for Chrome only. A Firefox version may come later.
Jira Scratch keeps your thoughts organized and your Jira comments clean.