1. Keep it close
Open Research Draft
Choose Root in Safari's toolbar to open or focus one slim Research Draft sidecar.
Root for Safari on Mac
Research beside Safari.
Keep one automatically saved Research Draft close to the page you are browsing. Capture a page, link, or selected passage when you choose, then continue in the complete Root workspace.
Local-first
macOS 15 or later
In development
The same Root loop, shaped for Safari
A sidecar when you are researching. A full workspace when you need room.
Safari does not provide Chrome's attached extension-side-panel surface. Root for Safari therefore opens one reusable, narrow companion window beside Safari. It holds the same Research Draft and opens the same complete workspace without injecting a fake sidebar into every website.
2. Keep the source
Capture deliberately
Add the current page, a link, or selected text through explicit toolbar and context-menu actions.
3. Keep it moving
Save or send to Inbox
Turn the draft into a note, append it to Inbox, or keep shaping it while you browse.
4. See everything
Open the full workspace
Use the complete internal sidebar for notes, Open Tasks, tags, snippets, archive, Trash, and search.
Private by default
Your workspace starts on this Mac.
Local without an account
The Safari workspace works locally without a Root account or a Root-hosted notes service.
Portable by design
Export a normal Root library containing rootpad.json and Markdown notes, then keep a copy outside the browser.
Root Connect is optional
When enabled, Root Connect uses the Root workspace in your own Google Drive to synchronize supported Root apps.
One workspace across Root
Designed to continue across Safari, Chrome, and iPhone.
Root for Safari uses the same portable workspace and synchronization rules as the other Root apps. Cross-app Root Connect support will be released only after sequential, disposable-device testing proves each sync direction and recovery path.
SafariResearch Draft sidecar and complete Mac workspace.
ChromeAttached Research Draft side panel and complete workspace.
iPhoneMobile workspace, Share Sheet, and deliberate sync.
Release status
Built carefully, released with proof.
Source, local builds, signing, Safari enablement, Root Connect testing, App Store review, publication, installation, and owner proof are tracked as separate milestones.