Web Highlights: PDF & Web Highlighter + Notes & AI Summary
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- Extension status: Featured
- Extension status: In-App Purchases
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
- Mariana G
- Highly recommended!
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- Alberto Pochintesta
- Very good!! It would be helpful if a separate"summary" of highlights could be seen as in Weava. Thank you
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- This is an indispensable tool for someone like me who reads all day, and lately has been reading markdown files in the browser. So, I installed a markdown viewer and this plugin....and I then download the remarks in markdown to continue working on the document with AI.
- Rahul Shaw
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- Consistent and reliable
- Frank Edogun
- Enjoy using it, it saves me alot of time
- Janessa Kumpati
- Have been using this for years now, no problems whatsoever! Extremely useful, helpful when I want to highlight aspects of a page without having to write it down in my toes. Highly accessible since they appear whenever I go back to the webpage instead of having to dig thru my notes and have it side by side with the webpage. Useful when scanning web pages for info! Plus multi colors, etc.
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- Fatima
- I like using this extension, it has been quite useful. As a language learner the new feature (create transcripts of YouTube videos) seems promising to me, especially to highlight phrases (or full sentences) and take notes.
- john saunders
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- I wish I had met the extension earlier in my life!
- Harsimran Kaur
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- yu tang
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- Alyssa Acosta
- I have been using this extension for some time now and as a student with a windows laptop it is a super helpful tool. Although, I also am a language learner and just learned about a new feature that makes the app 110% more useful, the extension creates a transcript of ANY YouTube video within 2 seconds. Basically, I can use a transcript to my own discretion, to take notes and highlight certain phrases. Life saver!
- Sid
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- This is the best highlighter i have ever used .Thanks to https://web-highlights.com/
- Claudio
- Pretty good extension, never had any big annoyances using it.
- Duncan Walker
- Wish I found it earlier. Nothing to report yet, still figuring out all the features. Cheers
- Amama Rehman
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- Maruf Hossen
- This application is invaluable for learners because anybody can easily use this application for highlighting the important notes and words into any documents and web page. So, i truly recommend this app.
- Victor Black
- I've used this extension in every device I've gotten over the past few years. Its extremely easy to browse through textbooks, articles, and more. Especially the little notes you can write to yourself on the way so you can pick up where you left off. I hate that it is hard to highlight sometimes due to AI features and just overall popups that appear when you highlight a text before the extension comes in. Was never quite sure how to avoid those, but great tool I would recommend to any student especially.
- Antony Jujur Salim
- I just tried it but it is very useful on my Chromebook, if only it could be on an Android phone it would be even better
- Duc Phuc Ngo
- This is a great tool to highlight on website. Not only does it help me mark crucial information but it also save my time to review and come back highlighted websites later.
- course90
- Really Amazing, it helps me to identify different verse of thoughts within the paragraph and easy to figure out. Thank you for creating such an amazing product.
- John Engelmann
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- Vinessa Taylor
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- Shawna L
- works great thank you
- Fran social media
- I am enjoying this extension. I specially like the highlight feature!
- Mariam Yasser
- Don't know how I used to read and work without this. It is honestly such a perfect tool that I will never part with it. A big thank you to the developer(s) for creating something so helpful!!
- John DeChello
- Web Highlights works easily and so far flawlessly for me. It was the missing component for my bookmarking and notes - now I can draw attention to a specific word, concept, question, fact - and then it syncs, creates summaries, and integrates with other knowledge software tools. And right now, it's free -- no downsides here.