Web Highlights: PDF & Web Highlighter + Notes & AI Summary
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- Extension status: Featured
Productivity Highlighter & Annotation Tool for Websites & PDFs with AI Summary - free, easy to use, no sign-up required.
Stay organized online with Web Highlights β a powerful Chrome extension to highlight text on websites, annotate PDFs, take notes, manage bookmarks, and generate AI summaries of your content. Whether you're a student, blogger, developer, researcher, or lifelong learner, Web Highlights helps you stay productive, save, organize, and revisit what matters β all in one place.
Use it as your personal text highlighter for Chrome with smart note-taking, PDF annotation, tagging, full-text search, and AI-powered content summarization. Choose offline use or sync everything to the cloud via the web app.
β TOP FEATURES β
π’ Highlight websites and PDFs (including local files)
π¨ Multiple highlighter colors
βοΈ Take notes and connect them with your highlights
π€ AI Summary - Generate smart summaries of your highlights and websites
π¬ AI Chat - Our AI understands the full context of the website, so you can chat with it and ask questions.
π Save pages as bookmarks or use as a read-it-later web clipper tool
π·οΈ Tag your highlights & bookmarks for easy filtering
π₯ Youtube Highlighting - Highlight & annotate Youtube video transcripts
π Sync across devices and access highlights anywhere *
π» Web app & sidebar with an overview of all your highlights, bookmarks, and notes
π Reader mode for focused and distraction-free article reading & annotating
ποΈ Import all your existing Chrome bookmarks
π Powerful full-text search to find anything instantly
π· Highlight images and visual elements *
π Highlight in various formats (headings, paragraphs, etc.) *
π§ Daily recap of your highlights for better retention
β‘ Use keyboard shortcuts for ultimate productivity
π Export to Notion, Obsidian, Capacities, and other popular note-taking tools
π Copy to HTML and Markdown
π Export to PDF and HTML files *
π± Bookmark on mobile with our web app *
β° Set email reminders for specific pages *
π Import Kindle highlights easily
πΎ Backup and download your research *
π Share your highlights *
π₯ Discover content from others
* Premium/Ultimate features available during a 7-day free trial: See pricing: https://web-highlights.com/pricing
π‘ WHY WEB HIGHLIGHTS?
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It just works β Highlight text in multiple colors on any website or PDF with a simple click.
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Persistent highlights - Your highlights stay visible even after reloading the page.
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Works offline β No account required for basic use.
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Sync across devices - Create an account to access your highlights anywhere from the web app.
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Unlimited AI summaries β Unlike other tools, we donβt place any limits on AI features.
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Reader Mode β Enjoy clean, distraction-free reading and keep a simple copy of articles.
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Integrate with Notion, Capacities, Obsidian, and other note-taking tools.
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Export your research β PDF, HTML, Markdown, or clipboard.
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Perfect for online deep work & and efficient research management.
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Help children learn - We proudly support the Save the Children charity and other great causes.
π₯ HOW IT WORKS π₯
You can use Web Highlights completely free without an account. Highlight, bookmark, and take notes offline anytime.
Create a free account to enable cloud sync and unlock all features with a 7-day trial. Afterward, continue using the free offline version with basic features or upgrade for seamless access across all devices. Check out the current pricing here: https://web-highlights.com/pricing.
π‘ PRO TIPS & GOOD TO KNOW π‘
β‘οΈ Enable/disable the highlighter popup via the settings and highlight using keyboard shortcuts or by right-clicking text.
β‘οΈ Customize keyboard shortcuts at chrome://extensions/shortcuts
β‘οΈ Some websites may have limited compatibility.
β‘οΈ Local PDF support requires access to file URLs (see PDF setup guide: https://web-highlights.com/blog/how-to-highlight-pdfs-using-web-highlights).
β‘οΈ Right-click images to save them to your sidebar of highlights & notes.
β‘οΈ Use as a web clipper β Click the bookmark icon or right-click any website to save pages and add tags like "ReadingList" for easy reference later.
β‘οΈ Disable extension on specific websites: Click the power icon in the sidebar to disable the highlighter on a site. You can also configure a blacklisted domain list with patterns in the settings under "Excluded" domains.
β‘οΈ Sort highlights manually: Highlights should appear in the same order as on the page. If not, use the drag & drop or arrows in your annotation sidebar to rearrange them as needed.
β‘οΈ Customizable Sidebar: Change the sidebar width by dragging its edge, and align it on the left or right side of the page for a personalized experience.
β‘οΈ Switch to Advanced Highlighter Mode in settings to organize highlights with headings, paragraphs, and more in the sidebar.
β‘οΈ Multiple Colors: Choose from predefined standard and pastel shades or click the plus icon to add your own custom color.
β‘οΈ Note Taking: Use standard keyboard shortcuts like CMD + B for bold, CMD + U for underline, etc., in the note-taking editor for efficient formatting.
β‘οΈ Reader Mode: Click βOpen in Readerβ to view any article in a clean, distraction-free layout with customizable fonts, colors, and spacing. A copy of the article is saved so you can read and highlight it with full focus β even if the original changes or disappears.
β‘οΈ Focus highlights on website: Click on a highlight in the sidebar, and the page will scroll directly to the highlighted section for quick access.
β‘οΈ Color Mode: Switch between dark and light mode by clicking the sun/moon icon in the sidebar.
β‘οΈ Your data is always private unless you choose to share it.
β‘οΈ You may be exposed to affiliate links on sites you visit while using this extension, and you may be encouraged to click on them, but you are never required to do so.
π YOUR PRIVACY MATTERS
We believe your data belongs to you.
βοΈ Your highlights, notes, and bookmarks are private by default
βοΈ Nothing is ever sold or used to profile you
βοΈ Secure sync and export, only accessible with your account
We never use your data for advertising, lending, or unrelated purposes.
π TERMS OF SERVICE π
By installing the extension or signing up with an account, you agree to Web Highlights Terms of Service and Privacy Policy which you can find here: https://web-highlights.com/legal/terms-of-service
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β€οΈ This is a one-person project Iβm building with love and late nights. I hope you enjoy using this tool as much as I do.
Feel free to share your feedback with me:
Β· Email: [email protected]
Β· LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/marius-bongarts-6b3638171
Β· Twitter/X: https://x.com/MariusBongarts
Latest reviews
- Anonymous
- one of the best tool i've found, really useful, the free version is really okay, great tool again, thanks for that
- Anonymous
- very good extension, I hope google will make it a feature
- Anonymous
- very nice
- Anonymous
- I do not recommend it at all. After writing many highlights, everything was suddenly lost without me changing anything in the browser. It seems that it doesn't always save everything unless you subscribe to the program.
- Anonymous
- The app is very useful, it helps me take notes more easily and also links to notions and other apps.
- Anonymous
- highly recommend for students who have to use multiple websites as reference for school assignments!!
- Anonymous
- So so so helpful, I use it literally every day and would be devastated if I ever lost access to it. Thank you developers!
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- The best highlighting app i could ever had.Even worked on pdfs
- Anonymous
- great tool
- Anonymous
- It works really, really well. The worst thing for me is just it not showing you the link for the original pdf.
- Anonymous
- Great
- Anonymous
- One of the most awesome web highlighters I've come across. So many beautiful colors. I highlight according to the web page's color scheme, so this is a god-sent!
- Anonymous
- Its good but when I highlight and create a note there should have a note icon to say that this highlight has a note attached
- Anonymous
- Im grateful to have this useful tool to use lately. It does help a lot while reading. Instead of switching tabs to take not all fav phrases as well as new vocab, now all I need is double-click on it. Thank you develop team and hope you gain lot of success
- Anonymous
- Very useful tool
- Anonymous
- works wonderfully!
- Anonymous
- i would strongly recommend this extension for any student or professional that is incredibly involved in data collecting, the highlighter is neat but the other features such as the reader and i am planning to continue to support creator after i graduate my studies in STEM, thank you Mr marius for creating an incredibly useful extension for us in the internet
- Anonymous
- Web-Highlights is an outstanding tool for capturing and organizing key information from web pages. Its intuitive interface and seamless syncing make it perfect for research, project documentation, and productivity workflows. A must-have for anyone who values efficiency and clarity.
- Anonymous
- Great tool, helps me visually when trying to locate key information from websites.
- Anonymous
- Nice overall. But is there an option to put the panel to the right side of web pages?
- Anonymous
- this bllshit doesn't work as & when the pages are loading, moreover, as & when these pages load back, all the highlights that i have applied would be gone just like that. I'd think that i have highlighted 10-15 individual scattered lines from numerous paragraphs, & when i would scroll back up, all of that would be gone, fix it, otherwise decent to use
- Anonymous
- very useful! thank you!
- Anonymous
- good plugin, without more complients
- Anonymous
- Highly useful, doesn't interrupt workflow, very reliable.
- Anonymous
- Very practical, love it thank you Marius!
- Anonymous
- So far so good, perfect use experience, start getting to like this plugin now
- Anonymous
- thumbs up
- Anonymous
- LOVE IT
- Anonymous
- Very useful, did not know I NEEDED this before I tried it!
- Anonymous
- excellent add on app
- Anonymous
- Itβs a great and very handy tool that you can use to mark and highlight ideas inside any text in the browser. This helps a lot for learning purposes and to remember what youβre working on.
- Anonymous
- Love it!! A gamechanger...
- Anonymous
- best extension to use to annotate and highlight easily in any website you go for. highly reliable and recommended.
- Anonymous
- So helpful for my study, especially when doing the webpage readings for academia
- Anonymous
- So helpful for my studies.
- Anonymous
- A wonderful tool for my regular reading.
- Anonymous
- Using the free version, good and dependable extension.
- Anonymous
- I am on the free version. I have been using it here and there to help me take note of specific information across different websites and articles and so far it has been good.
- Anonymous
- I canβt live without this amazing extension now!
- Anonymous
- excellent app
- Anonymous
- Two words β the best. I was looking for an extension that could highlight important notes from different websites, and WebHighlights honestly nailed it. All the key points Iβve collected from everywhere now sit under one roof, plus the AI overview is such a lifesaver before exams. Seriously, amazing job β and thank youuuuu!
- Anonymous
- Convenient and easy to use, unlike other highlighting apps on the internet. Glad I found this.
- Anonymous
- very good, I like it
- Anonymous
- very useful :)
- Anonymous
- Web Highlights is a helpful tool, especially when researching or studying for any course. You can highlight any text wether a pdf or on a website. Would recommend :)
- Anonymous
- So far its being amazing and super useful! I'm not sure if this is an option but id love if I could organize the highlighted text from each webpage onto folders. Example: I'm doing an art history search, and I create a folder to include all the websites i searched about that topic. And for my ornament work I create another folder with all the needed information. Just a suggestion of course! But thanks it's of great use
- Anonymous
- It helps a lot
- Anonymous
- very helpful
- Anonymous
- Web Highlights has quickly become one of my essential tools for staying organized on the web. Itβs a free, easy-to-use Chrome extension that lets you highlight text on websites, annotate PDFs, take notes, and manage bookmarks. For anyone who deals with a lot of online reading or research, this is incredibly convenient. Whether youβre a student, teacher, blogger, researcher, or just someone who enjoys learning, Web Highlights provides a clean and powerful way to save and revisit important content. The combination of smart highlighting, tagging, full-text search, and cloud syncing makes it feel like a complete personal knowledge system built right into the browser. Iβm a very happy user β I even purchased the lifetime license. I use it every day, and it has become my go-to app for capturing and organizing information from the web. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a reliable, fast, and thoughtfully designed web highlighter. Thanks to the developers for creating such a great tool.