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
- The transcription option works great, especially for YouTube videos and the highlighters worked well too but there are times where the highlights don't show up or take longer to actually load on the page. Overall, the extension is nice.
- Anonymous
- It makes my study progress more quickly and convenient. Love it <3
- Anonymous
- highly customisable nice one
- Anonymous
- I think this is the one tool I use more than any other and I just absolutely love it! Thank you for making this :)
- Anonymous
- i'm leaning react and tailwindcss this tool helps me a lot because i can use it to highlight the key infomation in the react documentation
- Anonymous
- It helps me a lot
- Anonymous
- Very good and convenient
- Anonymous
- 4.8 out 5, 4.1K ratings. Can't go wrong by installing this? At least we know who is the developer instead of "anynymous team", which is not the case for most extensions. The developer is Marius Bongarts - Germany. //I created account, confirmed my email. Do the same if you wan't to save settings in cloud. //Which AI and which URLs are used for chat? For some reason I get "Sorry, this browser does not support AI chat. Please use Chrome to use this feature." Although I DO have Chrome on Windows desktop. I have blocked msn websites at hosts file, but all AI websites should work for me like copilot, chatgpt, gemini, claude.
- Anonymous
- i hate ai so i never use any of the other tools but the built in highlighter itself is great love you marius
- Anonymous
- great tool, saves your highlights even after closing your tabs so you can come back to them later.
- Anonymous
- The best.
- Anonymous
- Rarely do I leave a review, but this one guys its a wonderful highlighter so far ! I thought to myself what if I could highlight a website because I do a lot of research for school, and I found this wonderful highlighter. Thank you so much to the creator and keep up your amazing job, wishing you a fantastic day. If you guys ever need a highlighter this is the one guys !!!
- Anonymous
- the best web highlighter by far! has many options of colors to choose from as well as features like note-taking
- Anonymous
- Works where I read. I'm looking forward to trying out reviewing what I've read so far. I'll update when I do that.
- Anonymous
- Thanks it's kind of help me out while I'm reading the books in the web to emphasize words and return to them later. And thanks for reminder to write review
- Anonymous
- This extension has become a life saver. As a university student currently creating my thesis paper, I tend to open a lot of journals and have many ideas for sentences based on different sentences on the journals. However some of these ideas may not happen as I often get distracted and forget them. This has helped me a lot in highlighting sentences I want to incorporate into my paper and making it easier and much faster to find amongst the paragraphs of words and letters when I get back to it. I feel like a lot of people can benefit from this extension, not only university students. You could be reviewing a document, reading an article, and many more. As a whole, do not hesitate to download this extension as it'll certainly make your academic/corporate life much more bearable.
- Anonymous
- Great tool for research.
- Anonymous
- pretty good
- Anonymous
- they are amazing make me feel like I`m highlighting my text book.
- Anonymous
- A must-have extension, super helpful
- Anonymous
- I have been using Web Highlights for two months now and it completely enhanced my reading habits. I read a lot of scientific journals and thanks to Web Highlights, I can highlight articles and even website publications, I can even highlight on Youtube... besides, it makes it easier for me to take notes and keep my highlights organised. Before, I often read interesting paragraphs and forgot their reference (where I read them from) and it was a nightmare to find them but now, thanks to Web Highlights, everything is sorted, easy to find, easy to keep track of.
- Anonymous
- IT IS SO GOOD
- Anonymous
- I love this extension, it makes school work easy. Instead of having to print things out to highlight, I can use this for PDFs and web articles, and it lists all the thing I highlight so I can have them in a neat least to refer to. I find the summarize tool to be very helpful if I don't have time to read the whole article before class. I wish there was a way to excess it throw my mobile.
- Anonymous
- Totally suitable for researcher! Websites become to my literature folds!
- Anonymous
- I've struggled so much with e-books for my classes and using this extension to highlight and categorize has helped me focus and retain the information just as efficient as if I were holding a textbook and a marker. My discussion posts can be easily crafted by highlighting the text and typing my thoughts/responses to the quotes in the offered text, making it easier to take a break and pick up right where I left off. Honestly, this is the way to go for me from now on where I can and many semesters would have been so much easier had I found this sooner. The developer is clearly very invested in making a tool that works. (Also, just to have the option of creating flashcards is WILDLY amazing!)
- Anonymous
- so awesome, i just wish it worked on all pdfs
- Anonymous
- I LOVE this app, it has really helped me with school!
- Anonymous
- the best extension ever! Not only are there lighter coloured highlights but you can also make your own custom highlight colors? AND YOU CAN WRITE NOTES FOR THE HIGHLIGHTS!
- Anonymous
- Great extension! I use it with Edge.
- Anonymous
- Best of all the available
- Anonymous
- love this app!! i get so much use out of it even on the free version and this really helps me while reading!! i would recommend this to anyone who likes highlighting to understand information better
- Anonymous
- feel better than ever
- Anonymous
- Nice extension, I've been looking for something like this. It's easy to use and so far I've found no issues with it. I am quite satisfied with it. Good work team!!!
- Anonymous
- Good
- Anonymous
- PERFECT. FLAWLESS.
- Anonymous
- Helpful for my basic uses.
- Anonymous
- very convenient
- Anonymous
- still using it, no issues until now. Great work team! thanks for this useful tool!
- Anonymous
- excellent tool... specialy for students
- Anonymous
- love it so far! easy interface, different highlighting colors, and can easily take notes. Also I like that you can highlight pdf's as well as webpages.
- Anonymous
- love this extension! very easy to use, and very helpful when im scanning studies and literatures : )
- Anonymous
- Really good. Simple and effective. TY!
- Anonymous
- this extension has been really helpful . i use chatgpt a lot to clarify my conceptual doubts or random things im curious about , and when i come across something that should be remembered, this highlighter extension comes as handy . really love the feature of note attaching and mutliple colors, great extension! : web highlights
- Anonymous
- good soup
- Anonymous
- Super helpful on static text. Keeps my thoughts organized and gives valuable data where it counts.
- Anonymous
- The tool is great, definetly the best one available. However there are some small funcionalities that could improve - the biggest one for me is that I would like to be able to download a pdf of the complete page I'm highlithing, with the highlights included. For now we can only download the highlighted phrases, but I'd need them in context.
- Anonymous
- Nice app
- Anonymous
- works great for homework
- Anonymous
- covinient, useful, good
- Anonymous
- really good