diff --git a/webapp/components/Editor/Editor.spec.js b/webapp/components/Editor/Editor.spec.js
index ee762b332..2367fe975 100644
--- a/webapp/components/Editor/Editor.spec.js
+++ b/webapp/components/Editor/Editor.spec.js
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
-import { mount } from '@vue/test-utils'
-import Editor from './Editor'
-
-import MutationObserver from 'mutation-observer'
 import Vue from 'vue'
+import VueRouter from 'vue-router'
+import { mount } from '@vue/test-utils'
+import MutationObserver from 'mutation-observer'
+
+import Editor from './Editor'
 
 global.MutationObserver = MutationObserver
 
 const localVue = global.localVue
+localVue.use(VueRouter)
+
+const localStorage = global.localStorage
 
 describe('Editor.vue', () => {
   let wrapper
   let propsData
   let mocks
+  let router
 
   const Wrapper = () => {
     return (wrapper = mount(Editor, {
       mocks,
       propsData,
+      router,
       localVue,
       sync: false,
       stubs: {
@@ -141,4 +147,65 @@ describe('Editor.vue', () => {
       })
     })
   })
+
+  describe(':autosave', () => {
+    const getFirst = () => {
+      const storageKey = Object.keys(localStorage)[0]
+      const value = localStorage[storageKey]
+      return {
+        storageKey,
+        value,
+      }
+    }
+    describe('when false', () => {
+      let routerWrapper
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        router = new VueRouter({
+          routes: [{ path: 'post/create' }],
+        })
+        router.push('/post/create')
+        propsData.autosave = false
+        routerWrapper = Wrapper()
+      })
+
+      it('does nothing', () => {
+        jest.useFakeTimers()
+
+        const content = '<p>NOOP WIP</p>'
+        routerWrapper.vm.editor.setContent(content, true)
+        jest.runAllTimers()
+
+        expect(Object.keys(localStorage).length).toBe(0)
+      })
+    })
+
+    describe('when editing a post', () => {
+      let routerWrapper
+      const content = '<p>Post WIP</p>'
+      const setItemSpy = jest.spyOn(Storage.prototype, 'setItem')
+
+      beforeEach(() => {
+        router = new VueRouter({
+          routes: [{ path: 'post/create' }],
+        })
+        router.push('/post/create')
+        routerWrapper = Wrapper()
+      })
+
+      afterEach(setItemSpy.mockReset)
+
+      it('saves editor content to localStorage on input', async () => {
+        jest.useFakeTimers()
+
+        routerWrapper.vm.editor.setContent(content, true)
+        await jest.runAllTimers()
+
+        const { storageKey, value } = getFirst()
+        expect(setItemSpy).toHaveBeenCalled()
+        expect(storageKey.startsWith('draft:post:')).toBe(true)
+        expect(value).toBe(content)
+      })
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/webapp/components/Editor/Editor.story.js b/webapp/components/Editor/Editor.story.js
index 0db445eb1..c7521a131 100644
--- a/webapp/components/Editor/Editor.story.js
+++ b/webapp/components/Editor/Editor.story.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { storiesOf } from '@storybook/vue'
 import { withA11y } from '@storybook/addon-a11y'
+import StoryRouter from 'storybook-vue-router'
 import HcEditor from '~/components/Editor/Editor.vue'
 import helpers from '~/storybook/helpers'
 import Vue from 'vue'
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ const users = [
 
 storiesOf('Editor', module)
   .addDecorator(withA11y)
+  .addDecorator(StoryRouter())
   .addDecorator((storyFn) => {
     const ctx = storyFn()
     return {
diff --git a/webapp/components/Editor/Editor.vue b/webapp/components/Editor/Editor.vue
index f0e9c7909..1fbe49be6 100644
--- a/webapp/components/Editor/Editor.vue
+++ b/webapp/components/Editor/Editor.vue
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ export default {
     hashtags: { type: Array, default: () => null }, // If 'null', than the Hashtag extention is not assigned.
     value: { type: String, default: '' },
     doc: { type: Object, default: () => {} },
+    autosave: { type: Boolean, default: true },
   },
   data() {
     return {
diff --git a/webapp/components/Editor/defaultExtensions.js b/webapp/components/Editor/defaultExtensions.js
index 63cf8c73f..29f934f83 100644
--- a/webapp/components/Editor/defaultExtensions.js
+++ b/webapp/components/Editor/defaultExtensions.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import Link from '~/components/Editor/nodes/Link.js'
 import Strike from '~/components/Editor/marks/Strike'
 import Italic from '~/components/Editor/marks/Italic'
 import Bold from '~/components/Editor/marks/Bold'
+import AutoSave from '~/components/Editor/plugins/autoSave'
 import EmbedQuery from '~/graphql/EmbedQuery.js'
 import {
   Heading,
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ import {
 } from 'tiptap-extensions'
 
 export default function defaultExtensions(component) {
-  const { placeholder, $t, $apollo } = component
-  return [
+  const { autosave, placeholder, $t, $apollo, $route } = component
+  const extensions = [
     new Heading(),
     new HardBreak(),
     new Blockquote(),
@@ -54,4 +55,10 @@ export default function defaultExtensions(component) {
       },
     }),
   ]
+
+  if (autosave && $route) {
+    extensions.push(new AutoSave({ $route }))
+  }
+
+  return extensions
 }
diff --git a/webapp/components/Editor/plugins/autoSave.js b/webapp/components/Editor/plugins/autoSave.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b0e3197e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/components/Editor/plugins/autoSave.js
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+import { Extension, Plugin, PluginKey } from 'tiptap'
+import { DOMSerializer } from 'prosemirror-model'
+
+export default class AutoSave extends Extension {
+  constructor({ $route }) {
+    super()
+    this.route = $route
+    this._postId = 'randomIdForPosts'
+  }
+
+  static toHTML(content, schema) {
+    const container = document.createElement('div')
+    const fragment = DOMSerializer.fromSchema(schema).serializeFragment(content)
+    container.appendChild(fragment)
+    return container.innerHTML
+  }
+
+  get name() {
+    return 'auto_save'
+  }
+
+  get storageKey() {
+    if (this.route.path === '/post/create') {
+      return `draft:post:${this._postId}`
+    }
+    return null
+  }
+
+  get plugins() {
+    return [
+      new Plugin({
+        key: new PluginKey('auto_save'),
+        filterTransaction: (tr, editorState) => {
+          if (tr.docChanged) {
+            localStorage.setItem(
+              this.storageKey,
+              AutoSave.toHTML(tr.doc.content, editorState.config.schema),
+            )
+          }
+          return tr
+        },
+        state: {
+          init() {
+            return {
+              saveNextUpdate: false,
+            }
+          },
+          apply(_, prev) {
+            return { ...prev }
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    ]
+  }
+}