diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index d2728a1..35dd7e4 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ function App() {
           onLoadSample={() => handleLoadSample(false)}
           onChangeName={(name) => name.length > 0 && setName(name)}
           onChangeColor={() => setHue(generateHue())}
+          editor={editor}
         />
         <ReadCodeConfirm
           isOpen={readCodeConfirmOpen}
diff --git a/src/Sidebar.tsx b/src/Sidebar.tsx
index 79600d4..5cd9d6c 100644
--- a/src/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ import {
   Text,
   useToast,
 } from "@chakra-ui/react";
-import { VscRepo } from "react-icons/vsc";
+import { VscRepo, VscDesktopDownload } from "react-icons/vsc";
 
+import type * as monaco from "monaco-editor";
 import ConnectionStatus from "./ConnectionStatus";
 import User from "./User";
 import languages from "./languages.json";
+import languages_extensions from "./languages_extensions.json";
 import type { UserInfo } from "./rustpad";
 
 export type SidebarProps = {
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ export type SidebarProps = {
   language: string;
   currentUser: UserInfo;
   users: Record<number, UserInfo>;
+  editor?: monaco.editor.IStandaloneCodeEditor; 
   onDarkModeChange: () => void;
   onLanguageChange: (language: string) => void;
   onLoadSample: () => void;
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ function Sidebar({
   onLoadSample,
   onChangeName,
   onChangeColor,
+  editor,
 }: SidebarProps) {
   const toast = useToast();
 
@@ -139,6 +143,22 @@ function Sidebar({
         ))}
       </Stack>
 
+      <Button
+        size="sm"
+        colorScheme={darkMode ? "whiteAlpha" : "blackAlpha"}
+        borderColor={darkMode ? "purple.400" : "purple.600"}
+        color={darkMode ? "purple.400" : "purple.600"}
+        variant="outline"
+        leftIcon={<VscDesktopDownload/>}
+        mt={1}
+        onClick={() => {
+          if (!editor) return;
+          downloadEditorContent(editor);
+        }}
+      >
+        Download content
+      </Button>
+
       <Heading mt={4} mb={1.5} size="sm">
         About
       </Heading>
@@ -179,4 +199,35 @@ function Sidebar({
   );
 }
 
+// Save the current content from the Monaco editor to a local file.
+function downloadEditorContent(editor: monaco.editor.IStandaloneCodeEditor | null) {
+  if (!editor) return;
+  const model = editor.getModel();
+  if (!model) return;
+
+  const content = model.getValue();
+  const blob = new Blob([content], { type: "text/plain;charset=utf-8" });
+  const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+
+  const a = document.createElement("a");
+  a.href = url;
+
+  const language = model.getLanguageId();
+  const ext = getExtensionFromLanguage(language);
+  const filename = `rustpad.${ext}`;
+
+  a.download = filename;
+
+  a.click();
+
+  URL.revokeObjectURL(url);
+}
+
+const LANGUAGE_EXTENSIONS: Record<string, string> = languages_extensions;
+
+// Determine the file extension for the given language, using "txt" as a fallback.
+function getExtensionFromLanguage(language: string): string {
+  return LANGUAGE_EXTENSIONS[language] ?? "txt";
+}
+
 export default Sidebar;
diff --git a/src/languages_extensions.json b/src/languages_extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec8abe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/languages_extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+{
+  "abap": "abap",
+  "aes": "aes",
+  "apex": "apex",
+  "azcli": "azcli",
+  "bat": "bat",
+  "bicep": "bicep",
+  "c": "c",
+  "cameligo": "mligo",
+  "clojure": "clj",
+  "coffeescript": "coffee",
+  "cpp": "cpp",
+  "csharp": "cs",
+  "csp": "csp",
+  "css": "css",
+  "dart": "dart",
+  "dockerfile": "dockerfile",
+  "ecl": "ecl",
+  "elixir": "ex",
+  "flow9": "flow",
+  "fsharp": "fs",
+  "go": "go",
+  "graphql": "graphql",
+  "handlebars": "hbs",
+  "hcl": "hcl",
+  "html": "html",
+  "ini": "ini",
+  "java": "java",
+  "javascript": "js",
+  "json": "json",
+  "julia": "jl",
+  "kotlin": "kt",
+  "less": "less",
+  "lexon": "lexon",
+  "liquid": "liquid",
+  "lua": "lua",
+  "m3": "m3",
+  "markdown": "md",
+  "mips": "s",
+  "msdax": "dax",
+  "mysql": "sql",
+  "objective-c": "m",
+  "pascal": "pas",
+  "pascaligo": "ligo",
+  "perl": "pl",
+  "pgsql": "pgsql",
+  "php": "php",
+  "pla": "pla",
+  "plaintext": "txt",
+  "postiats": "ats",
+  "powerquery": "pq",
+  "powershell": "ps1",
+  "proto": "proto",
+  "pug": "pug",
+  "python": "py",
+  "qsharp": "qs",
+  "r": "r",
+  "razor": "cshtml",
+  "redis": "rdb",
+  "redshift": "sql",
+  "restructuredtext": "rst",
+  "ruby": "rb",
+  "rust": "rs",
+  "sb": "sb",
+  "scala": "scala",
+  "scheme": "scm",
+  "scss": "scss",
+  "shell": "sh",
+  "sol": "sol",
+  "sparql": "rq",
+  "sql": "sql",
+  "st": "st",
+  "swift": "swift",
+  "systemverilog": "sv",
+  "tcl": "tcl",
+  "twig": "twig",
+  "typescript": "ts",
+  "vb": "vb",
+  "verilog": "v",
+  "xml": "xml",
+  "yaml": "yaml"
+}