Setup

Set up Trace

So Trace saves what you read on AO3 and FanFiction.net, where you read it.

iPhone or iPad

Trace for iPhone saves from Safari as you read, and keeps your Library with you. Get the app from the App Store, then turn on its Safari extension; setup finishes in the app.

Get Trace for iPhone on the App Store

Android

Trace’s extension runs in Firefox for Android, so it can save from AO3 and FanFiction.net as you read there.

  1. Get Firefox for Android

    Firefox on Google Play

  2. Add Trace in Firefox

    Open this page in Firefox, then add Trace from Firefox Add-ons.

    Firefox Add-ons

  3. Sign in, then save a story

    Open Trace from Firefox’s menu, sign in, and press + Add to Trace on a story.

Chrome or Edge

  1. Add Trace to Chrome or Edge

    Add the Trace extension in the browser you read AO3 and FanFiction.net in.

    Chrome Web Store

  2. Sign in, in that browser

    Pin Trace from the toolbar’s extensions menu, open it, and sign in with your Trace account.

  3. Save your first story

    Open a story on AO3 or FanFiction.net and press + Add to Trace. It’s in your Library when you come back.

    Open AO3Open FanFiction.net

Firefox

  1. Add Trace to Firefox

    Add the Trace extension in the browser you read AO3 and FanFiction.net in.

    Firefox Add-ons

  2. Sign in, in that browser

    Pin Trace from the toolbar’s extensions menu, open it, and sign in with your Trace account.

  3. Save your first story

    Open a story on AO3 or FanFiction.net and press + Add to Trace. It’s in your Library when you come back.

    Open AO3Open FanFiction.net

Another browser

Trace’s extension runs in Chrome, Edge and Firefox. In other browsers you can still add stories yourself; to save what you read as you read it, use one of those for AO3 and FanFiction.net.

Your free account

Setup ends with signing in, so the extension and the app know whose Library to keep.

What Trace keeps

  • Never your AO3 or FFN password

    You stay signed in to the archives as normal. Trace never asks for, sees, or stores those logins.

  • No story text is kept

    Trace records metadata, progress, status, and your own notes. It does not store the fic itself.

  • Only on the pages it needs

    The extension runs on supported AO3 and FFN pages plus Trace account pages, not arbitrary browsing.

  • No ads, no trackers, nothing sold

    Your library is not for sale.

Each browser and device sets up once. Your Library is the same everywhere.