# Auto Highlight

> \*Auto Highlight\* automatically highlights the important content on article pages.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/auto-highlight](https://chrome-stats.com/d/auto-highlight)

## Overview

- **ID:** `auto-highlight`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** dannyadam.com
- **Category:** appearance
- **Daily users:** 45
- **Rating:** 2.50 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.6.0
- **Last updated:** 2024-03-18
- **First published:** 2020-02-24
- **Size:** 232 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/auto-highlight/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/dstein64/highlight](https://github.com/dstein64/highlight)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/auto-highlight/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/auto-highlight/privacy/)

## Description

Auto Highlight is a Firefox add-on that automatically highlights the important content on article pages. It is similar to an article summarizer, addressing tl;dr. Users can click the highlighter icon in the location bar to change the highlighting coverage. The extension uses an algorithm based on term frequencies to pick important sentences, but the developer is open to feedback and aims to improve the technology.

## Rankings

- #16,849 — Overall
- #45 — highlighter
- #104 — auto
- #118 — article
- #127 — delight
- #130 — algorithm

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `contextMenus`
- `scripting`
- `storage`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very low risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/auto-highlight)