diff --git a/quartz/components/Sidenotes.tsx b/quartz/components/Sidenotes.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8a927a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quartz/components/Sidenotes.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { QuartzComponent, QuartzComponentConstructor, QuartzComponentProps } from "./types"
+// @ts-ignore
+import script from "./scripts/sidenotes.inline"
+import style from "./styles/sidenotes.scss"
+import { classNames } from "../util/lang"
+
+export default (() => {
+  const Sidenotes: QuartzComponent = ({ displayClass }: QuartzComponentProps) => (
+    <div class={classNames(displayClass, "sidenotes")}></div>
+  )
+
+  Sidenotes.css = style
+  Sidenotes.afterDOMLoaded = script
+
+  return Sidenotes
+}) satisfies QuartzComponentConstructor
diff --git a/quartz/components/index.ts b/quartz/components/index.ts
index 5b197941c..e03e12609 100644
--- a/quartz/components/index.ts
+++ b/quartz/components/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import MobileOnly from "./MobileOnly"
 import RecentNotes from "./RecentNotes"
 import Breadcrumbs from "./Breadcrumbs"
 import Comments from "./Comments"
+import Sidenotes from "./Sidenotes"
 
 export {
   ArticleTitle,
@@ -44,4 +45,5 @@ export {
   NotFound,
   Breadcrumbs,
   Comments,
+  Sidenotes,
 }
diff --git a/quartz/components/scripts/sidenotes.inline.ts b/quartz/components/scripts/sidenotes.inline.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b52c943fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quartz/components/scripts/sidenotes.inline.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+import { removeAllChildren } from "./util"
+
+const ARTICLE_CONTENT_SELECTOR = ".center"
+const FOOTNOTE_SECTION_SELECTOR = "section[data-footnotes] > ol"
+const INDIVIDUAL_FOOTNOTE_SELECTOR = "li[id^='user-content-fn-']"
+
+// Computes an offset such that setting `top` on elemToAlign will put it
+// in vertical alignment with targetAlignment.
+function computeOffsetForAlignment(elemToAlign: HTMLElement, targetAlignment: HTMLElement) {
+  const offsetParentTop = elemToAlign.offsetParent!.getBoundingClientRect().top
+  return targetAlignment.getBoundingClientRect().top - offsetParentTop
+}
+
+// Clamp value between min and max
+function clamp(value: number, min: number, max: number): number {
+  return Math.max(min, Math.min(value, max))
+}
+
+function isInViewport(element: HTMLElement, buffer: number = 100) {
+  const rect = element.getBoundingClientRect()
+  return (
+    rect.top >= -buffer &&
+    rect.bottom <= (window.innerHeight || document.documentElement.clientHeight) + buffer
+  )
+}
+
+// Get bounds for the sidenote positioning
+function getSidenoteBounds(
+  sideContainer: HTMLElement,
+  sidenote: HTMLElement,
+): { min: number; max: number } {
+  const containerRect = sideContainer.getBoundingClientRect()
+  const sidenoteRect = sidenote.getBoundingClientRect()
+
+  return {
+    min: 0,
+    max: containerRect.height - sidenoteRect.height,
+  }
+}
+
+function updateSidenotes(
+  articleContent: HTMLElement,
+  sideContainer: HTMLElement,
+  footnoteElements: NodeListOf<HTMLElement>,
+) {
+  footnoteElements.forEach((sidenote) => {
+    const sideId = sidenote.id.replace("sidebar-", "")
+    const intextLink = articleContent.querySelector(`a[href="#${sideId}"]`) as HTMLElement
+    if (!intextLink) return
+
+    // Calculate ideal position
+    let referencePosition = computeOffsetForAlignment(sidenote, intextLink)
+
+    // Get bounds for this sidenote
+    const bounds = getSidenoteBounds(sideContainer, sidenote)
+
+    // Clamp the position within bounds
+    referencePosition = clamp(referencePosition, bounds.min, bounds.max)
+
+    // Apply position
+    sidenote.style.top = `${referencePosition}px`
+
+    // Update visibility state
+    if (isInViewport(intextLink)) {
+      sidenote.classList.add("in-view")
+      intextLink.classList.add("active")
+    } else {
+      sidenote.classList.remove("in-view")
+      intextLink.classList.remove("active")
+    }
+  })
+}
+
+function debounce(fn: Function, delay: number) {
+  let timeoutId: ReturnType<typeof setTimeout>
+  return (...args: any[]) => {
+    clearTimeout(timeoutId)
+    timeoutId = setTimeout(() => fn(...args), delay)
+  }
+}
+
+document.addEventListener("nav", () => {
+  const articleContent = document.querySelector(ARTICLE_CONTENT_SELECTOR) as HTMLElement
+  const footnoteSection = document.querySelector(FOOTNOTE_SECTION_SELECTOR)
+  if (!footnoteSection || !articleContent) return
+
+  const sideContainer = document.querySelector(".sidenotes") as HTMLElement
+  if (!sideContainer) return
+
+  removeAllChildren(sideContainer)
+
+  // Set container height to match article content
+  const articleRect = articleContent.getBoundingClientRect()
+  sideContainer.style.height = `${articleRect.height}px`
+  sideContainer.style.top = `0px`
+
+  const ol = document.createElement("ol")
+  sideContainer.appendChild(ol)
+
+  const footnotes = footnoteSection.querySelectorAll(
+    INDIVIDUAL_FOOTNOTE_SELECTOR,
+  ) as NodeListOf<HTMLLIElement>
+
+  footnotes.forEach((footnote) => {
+    const footnoteId = footnote.id
+    const intextLink = articleContent.querySelector(`a[href="#${footnoteId}"]`) as HTMLElement
+    if (!intextLink) return
+
+    const sidenote = document.createElement("li")
+    sidenote.classList.add("sidenote-element")
+    sidenote.style.position = "absolute"
+    sidenote.id = `sidebar-${footnoteId}`
+    const cloned = footnote.cloneNode(true) as HTMLElement
+    sidenote.append(...cloned.children)
+    ol.appendChild(sidenote)
+  })
+
+  // Get all sidenotes for updates
+  const sidenotes = sideContainer.querySelectorAll(".sidenote-element") as NodeListOf<HTMLElement>
+
+  // Initial position update
+  updateSidenotes(articleContent, sideContainer, sidenotes)
+
+  // Update on scroll with debouncing
+  const debouncedUpdate = debounce(
+    () => updateSidenotes(articleContent, sideContainer, sidenotes),
+    16, // ~60fps
+  )
+
+  // Add scroll listener
+  document.addEventListener("scroll", debouncedUpdate, { passive: true })
+
+  // Add resize listener
+  window.addEventListener("resize", debouncedUpdate, { passive: true })
+
+  // Cleanup
+  window.addCleanup(() => {
+    document.removeEventListener("scroll", debouncedUpdate)
+    window.removeEventListener("resize", debouncedUpdate)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/quartz/components/styles/sidenotes.scss b/quartz/components/styles/sidenotes.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0998d03ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quartz/components/styles/sidenotes.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.sidenotes {
+  & > ol {
+    padding-inline-start: 0;
+  }
+
+  & .sidenote-element {
+    transition: opacity 0.2s ease;
+    opacity: 0;
+    margin-bottom: 1rem;
+
+    &.in-view {
+      opacity: 1;
+    }
+  }
+}