Readwise Highlighter (Community)

Create highlights from any webpage and sync directly to your Readwise account.

What is Readwise Highlighter (Community)?

Readwise Highlighter (Community) is a simple yet powerful Chrome extension developed for the users of Readwise. It provides the ability to highlight any text from any webpage and seamlessly sync it right to your Readwise account. Be it articles, research papers, blogs, or any other digital content, users can now create quick highlights as well as detailed highlights with edited attributes. This enables an improved reading experience with customizable insights, creating a more effective and organized learning process.

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By: Brandon Best

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Users: 7,000+

Rating: 2.89 (18)

Version: 1.7 (Last updated: 2022-11-14)

Creation date: 2021-06-09

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

activeTab
contextMenus
notifications
storage

Size: 24.41K

Email: bb*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 12242 ▼ 175

Other rankings

#540 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 1 #69 in highlighter keyword 48 ▼ 2

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Summary

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Readwise Highlighter (Community) is a simple highlight creator extension for your Readwise account. Now you are not restricted by highlight sources Readwise supports syncing from, and can create highlights from any online webpage text you want.

Simply do the following to create a new highlight and send it automatically to your Readwise account:

Install extension.
Click on extension in the browser bar, enter your Readwise access token (use the link on the extension to get your token), and click save.
Highlight any text on any webpage and right click the highlighted area.
Select one of the menu options to automatically send the highlighted text to your Readwise account as a highlight.

Updates

Added "Create Highlight" option to edit the attributes of a highlight before sending it to Readwise. The original highlight creation is now labelled "Create Quick Highlight".

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User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Easy to create tags and notes
Seamless integration with other productivity tools like Obsidian, Evernote and Notion
Helpful in info retention

Cons

Issues with saving the token
Seems to have been abandoned by the developers
Issues with API key not being saved

Most mentioned

Extension not working
Saving the token issue
Integration with other software

Recent reviews

Is not saving any highlight.

Francisco Angelo Cabelo, 2023-03-23

This extension was so useful, and has been great for a few years, but it's not work anymore. Seems as if it has been abandoned, as there are no answers from the devs either… :(