# Annotator - Web & PDF Annotation

> Collaboratively annotate, highlight, and tag web pages and PDF documents.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/ai-annotator-web-pdf](https://chrome-stats.com/d/ai-annotator-web-pdf)

## Overview

- **ID:** `ai-annotator-web-pdf`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Visual Paradigm Online
- **Category:** search-tools,bookmarks,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Version:** 1.1733.0.44
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-31
- **First published:** 2025-12-22
- **Size:** 4.91 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-13
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ai-annotator-web-pdf/)
- **Website:** [https://online.visual-paradigm.com/support/](https://online.visual-paradigm.com/support/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ai-annotator-web-pdf/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ai-annotator-web-pdf/privacy/)

## Description

Empower your research with Hypothesis. This easy-to-use digital highlighter lets you annotate any webpage or PDF instantly. Organize sources with tags, save notes in the margins, and collaborate in private groups. No technical skills needed!

Coming Soon: AI-powered features to summarize long papers and provide smart research insights. Join thousands of researchers making the web their personal notebook. Streamline your workflow and start building your knowledge base today!

## Rankings

- #70,286 — Overall
- #189 — notebook
- #233 — notion

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `scripting`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `cookies`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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