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Readwise Highlighter

Chrome extension by readwise-extensions · Productivity · Workflow

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A Chrome extension in Productivity · Workflow with 100 000 users, a widely installed extension.

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

What the developer says, and 5 screenshots

Loading from the Chrome Web Store. Open the listing if it does not appear.

Users
100 000
Rating
4.1 (63 ratings)
Users, last 16 days
unchanged
Rating, last 30 days
Not watched long enough to say
Version
0.18.2
Updated in the store
2026-09-04
Published
2021-04-11
Manifest
V3
Browser access
7 permissions, 1 site pattern

How it has moved

Users
unchanged since 31.08
100k · 2 readings
2026-09-03: released 0.18.12026-09-04: released 0.18.2
  1. 2026-08-31100k
  2. 2026-09-15100k
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.14 · 2 readings
2026-09-03: released 0.18.12026-09-04: released 0.18.2
  1. 2026-08-31reviews63rating4.14
  2. 2026-09-15reviews63rating4.14
Users
unchanged since 31.08
100k · 2 readings
2026-09-03: released 0.18.12026-09-04: released 0.18.2
  1. 2026-08-31100k
  2. 2026-09-15100k
Rating
unchanged since 31.08
reviewsrating 4.14 · 2 readings
2026-09-03: released 0.18.12026-09-04: released 0.18.2
  1. 2026-08-31reviews63rating4.14
  2. 2026-09-15reviews63rating4.14

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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
  • Act on the current tab, but only after you click it activeTab
  • Keep running while the browser is open background
Show the remaining 4
  • Add items to the right-click menu contextMenus
  • Show you notifications notifications
  • Store data in your browser storage
  • Store data in your browser without the usual size limit unlimitedStorage

The full permission history for this extension

Version history

  1. Version 0.18.2
  2. Version 0.18.1

What changed recently

  1. Package size changed
  2. Released version 0.18.2 (was 0.18.1)
  3. Released version 0.18.1 (was 0.18.0)

The publisher

readwise-extensions publishes 2 listings we track, 102k users between them. Listed website: readwise.io.

  1. ChatGPT Copilot by Readwise readwise-extensions · Productivity · Tools · published 2025-10-13 2k users ★ 4.7

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  3. Backlog Studio Describes nearly the same job, smaller audience 4 users
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The top 5 only. The full comparison, with why each one is close, is on the alternatives page; ranking a whole neighbourhood by your own criteria is in the app.

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