created: 20190206181204119
modified: 20190206181204119
tags: OfficialPlugins
title: BrowserStorage Plugin
type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki

The ~BrowserStorage Plugin enables TiddlyWiki to save tiddlers in [[browser local storage|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_storage#localStorage]]. This means that changes are stored within the browser, and automatically re-applied any time the base wiki is reloaded.

Browser local storage is not a panacea for TiddlyWiki:

* Browsers limit the amount of local storage available to a page, typically to 5 or 10MB
* Keeping personal data in browser local storage can lead to unexpected privacy violations
* Browsers reserve the right to without warning delete data stored in local storage at any time
* Browsers tie local storage to a URL which can lead to problems if you move a wiki to a URL previously occupied by a different wiki

Please use this plugin with caution. There are a number of unresolved issues and open questions.

The ~BrowserStorage Plugin can be installed from the plugin library.