One-click highlighting
Select, click, done. No pop-ups, no sign-up walls, no interruptions to your reading flow.
4.7 on the Chrome Web Store · 1,000+ readers
Read anything.
Read anything.
Remember everything.
Select text on any web page — or any YouTube video — and it's highlighted, annotated, and saved to your dashboard forever. Then let AI turn it all into summaries, flashcards, and quizzes.
Free forever plan · No account needed · Installs in 10 seconds
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How it works
Three seconds to a second brain.
No setup. No account. No friction. Just read like you always do.
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The most important sentence you've read all week.
Select any text
On any website, article, PDF page, or YouTube transcript. If you can read it, you can keep it.
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Pick a color
Six colors to code your thinking — key ideas, questions, quotes, to-dos. Add a note if you like.
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✓ Saved. Forever.
It's saved — everywhere
Auto-saved across tabs, sessions, and devices. Come back in a year; your highlights are still there.
Try it right now
Don't take our word for it. Select something.
Pick a color, then select any text in the passage below — exactly like the real extension.
Most of what you read this week will be gone by next week. Not because it wasn't valuable — but because your brain was never designed to store everything it sees. It was designed to notice what matters.
Highlighting is how you tell your brain: this matters. And when those highlights are saved, searchable, and reviewable, reading stops being entertainment and starts being an investment.
That's the whole idea behind Web Highlighter. Every article, every video, every idea you mark — waiting for you, exactly where you left it.
Feels good, right? Now imagine that on everything you read.
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Everything a serious reader needs.
Nothing they don't.
YouTube highlighting
Highlight moments in videos and save full transcripts. The only notebook that works at 2× speed.
Instant search
“Where did I read that?” is no longer a question. Search every highlight and note in milliseconds.
Export anywhere
One click to Notion, Google Docs, Obsidian, or Markdown. Your highlights belong to you.
Notes & annotations
Attach your own thinking to any highlight. Future-you gets the quote and the context.
Private by design
Local-first storage. No tracking, no data selling, no account required. Your reading is your business.
The unfair advantage
Stop collecting. Start learning.
Highlights that just sit there are bookmarks with extra steps. Web Highlighter's built-in AI turns yours into knowledge that sticks.
AI Summaries
A page of reading, three lines of insight
“Distills everything you highlighted this week into the ideas worth keeping.”
AI Flashcards
Tap the card — really
AI Quizzes
Test yourself — go on
The best time to review a highlight is…
AI Chat
Ask your highlights anything
What did I save about the forgetting curve?
You highlighted 3 passages — the key one: memory decays fastest in the first 24 hours, so quick reviews beat long cramming. Want a flashcard set from these?
From the Chrome Web Store
Readers love it. 4.7 / 5
★★★★★
“Probably the best highlighter/web annotator I have ever used. Thanks so much developer!”
★★★★★
“Honestly, this is the first highlighter extension I've used that actually feels lightweight and doesn't clutter my browser while I'm trying to study.”
★★★★★
“A very useful plugin that lets you annotate and highlight text directly on web pages — exactly what I've been looking for.”
★★★★★
“Lightweight and fast, small on screen properties — doesn't use much screen space. Perfect.”
★★★★★
“So easy to use. It works seamlessly.”
★★★★★
“This is my favorite highlighter yet!”
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Is Web Highlighter free?
Yes — highlighting, notes, search, and your dashboard are free forever, with no account required. Optional AI power features (summaries, flashcards, quizzes, chat) are available as in-app upgrades.
Do I need to create an account?
No. Install it and start highlighting immediately. Your highlights are stored local-first, right in your browser.
Where are my highlights stored? Is my data private?
Web Highlighter is local-first: your highlights live on your device. There's no tracking and no data selling — your reading habits are nobody's business but yours. See the privacy policy for details.
Does it really work on YouTube?
Yes — highlight key moments in videos and save transcripts, so lectures and tutorials become searchable notes just like articles.
Can I get my highlights out?
Absolutely. Export to Notion, Google Docs, Obsidian, or plain Markdown in one click. No lock-in, ever.
Will my highlights still be there when I come back?
Yes. Highlights auto-save across tabs, sessions, and devices. Close the tab, restart your computer, come back next month — everything is exactly where you left it.
The best time to start remembering
what you read was a year ago.
The second best time is now.
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