# Based Highlighter

> Pure and simple perfect webpage highlighter. Just select the text, right-click menu option to highlight. All your saved highlights displayed on a single index page, with import/export. Highlights displayed (of course) when you reload the page.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/based-highlighter](https://chrome-stats.com/d/based-highlighter)

## Overview

- **ID:** `based-highlighter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Rogers
- **Category:** search-tools,appearance,bookmarks
- **Daily users:** 20
- **Version:** 0.2
- **Last updated:** 2024-08-24
- **First published:** 2024-08-22
- **Size:** 22 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/based-highlighter/)
- **Website:** [https://cashew.libertyit.com](https://cashew.libertyit.com/)

## Description

<b>To highlight text:</b>
<ol>  <li>Select text on a webpage</li>  <li>Right-click menu, choose "Based Highlighter"</li>  <li>Text appears highlighted on the page.</li></ol><b>To retrieve/review highlighted text:</b>
<ol>  <li>Click toolbar icon</li>  <li>Displays page with a list of webpages with highlights</li>  <li>Click on a page to open it with highlights</li>  <li>Can delete, export and import highlights</li></ol>That's it. Pure, simple, perfect.

## Rankings

- #24,623 — Overall
- #29 — base
- #42 — highlighter

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `contextMenus`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `notifications`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate 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 website URL may be invalid

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