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PAGENOTE – Web & PDF Highlighter, PDF Annotator | Local-First, No Login

Chrome extension by rowthan · Productivity · Workflow

  • Established publisher

A Chrome extension in Productivity · Workflow with 9 000 users, a small but real audience.

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

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Users
9 000
Rating
4.3 (93 ratings)
Users, last 15 days
unchanged
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
1.4.2
Updated in the store
2026-09-14
Published
2020-06-01
Manifest
V3
Browser access
14 permissions, 3 site patterns

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 01.09
9k · 4 readings
2026-09-04: released 1.3.82026-09-06: released 1.4.02026-09-12: released 1.4.12026-09-13: released 1.4.2
  1. 2026-09-019k
  2. 2026-09-089k
  3. 2026-09-139kreleased 1.4.2
  4. 2026-09-159k
Rating
+0.014 since 01.09
reviewsrating 4.319-4.333 · 4 readings
2026-09-04: released 1.3.82026-09-06: released 1.4.02026-09-12: released 1.4.12026-09-13: released 1.4.2
  1. 2026-09-01reviews91rating4.319
  2. 2026-09-08reviews92rating4.326
  3. 2026-09-13reviews93rating4.333released 1.4.2
  4. 2026-09-15reviews93rating4.333
Users
unchanged since 01.09
9k · 4 readings
2026-09-04: released 1.3.82026-09-06: released 1.4.02026-09-12: released 1.4.12026-09-13: released 1.4.2
  1. 2026-09-019k
  2. 2026-09-089k
  3. 2026-09-139kreleased 1.4.2
  4. 2026-09-159k
Rating
+0.014 since 01.09
reviewsrating 4.319-4.333 · 4 readings
2026-09-04: released 1.3.82026-09-06: released 1.4.02026-09-12: released 1.4.12026-09-13: released 1.4.2
  1. 2026-09-01reviews91rating4.319
  2. 2026-09-08reviews92rating4.326
  3. 2026-09-13reviews93rating4.333released 1.4.2
  4. 2026-09-15reviews93rating4.333

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What it can reach

Every site you visit. This extension can read and change the content of any page you open.

  • See the address and title of every tab you have open tabs
  • Read and change your bookmarks bookmarks
  • Block or redirect requests on the sites it can access declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
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  • Manage your downloads downloads
  • Run its own code on the pages it can access scripting
  • See when you navigate between pages webNavigation
  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
  • Schedule work to run later alarms
  • Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
  • Show you notifications notifications
  • Open a panel beside the page sidePanel
  • Store data in your browser storage
  • Organise your tabs into groups tabGroups
  • Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 1.4.2
  2. Version 1.4.1 · Asked for more permissions (17, was 16)
  3. Version 1.4.0
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  1. Version 1.3.8

What changed recently

  1. Package size changed
  2. Supported languages changed (4 → 5)
  3. Released version 1.4.2 (was 1.4.1)
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  1. Package size changed
  2. Asked for more permissions (17, was 16)
  3. Released version 1.4.1 (was 1.4.0)
  4. Package size changed
  5. Released version 1.4.0 (was 1.3.8)
  6. Package size changed
  7. Released version 1.3.8 (was 1.3.7)

The publisher

rowthan. Listed website: pagenote.cn.

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  3. WebPage Annotator Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 5 users
  4. WebPen: Page Marker & Web Drawing Tool Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 114 users ★ 5.0
  5. Web Highlighter & Sticky Notes | Sitespedia - Annotate Websites and PDFs Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 18 users

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