This is a simple Chrome extension that allows you to highlight text on any webpage. All highlights are stored locally on your device, ensuring your privacy.
- Highlight text with different colors
- Save highlights across browser sessions
- Remove highlights with a single click
- Multiple color options
- Privacy-focused with local-only storage
- Optional error reporting for improvement
- All data is stored locally on your device
- No data is sent to external servers
- Optional error reporting (with explicit consent)
- View our full Privacy Policy
The highlight storage and reload feature works on most websites but has some limitations:
- Static web pages
- Blog posts
- Documentation sites
- News articles
- Most content-based websites
The text storage and reload feature does not work on some websites or the selection over complex elements (including hyperlinks).
- Clone the repository
- Go to chrome://extensions/
- Click on "Load unpacked"
- Select the "highlight-text" folder
- Enjoy!
- Choose whether to enable error tracking during installation
- Export your highlights as text files
- Clear all stored data through extension menu
- All data is automatically removed on uninstall
Found a bug or want to suggest a feature? Please open an issue.