highlight.js

Name: highlight.js
Author: capjamesg

By: capjamesg

Highlight web pages with your own notes.

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Features & Capabilities

About highlight.js

highlight.js provides inline text annotation highlights for web pages.

With highlight.js, you can interactively highlight text on a web page and get a shareable link with your saved highlights.

Usage Guide

To highlight, press Control + K at the same time. Then, highlight any text on the page that you want to appear in your shared link. You can do this by dragging your mouse over any text on the page. A box will appear in the top right corner that tracks how many highlights you have created in your session.

When you are done, press Copy URL to copy the URL with your highlights to your clipboard. You can then paste this URL anywhere to share your highlights.

Example of Highlights on a Web Page

Open the following URL:

Highlighted TV shows

This URL highlights four TV shows on a TV show watch list:

The Simpsons Season 33 Finale
Seinfeld
Coronation Street
Silicon Valley

Related Works

To install a custom version of highlight.js for your own website, check out the highlight.js source code. Adding a custom version of highlight.js to your site will let you share highlights on your website without people having to install this extension to see them.

To highlight an entire paragraph on a page, check out fragmention.js

License

The source code for this project, available on GitHub is released into the public domain.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

capjamesg

Daily users:

Version:

1.0.3 Last updated: 2022-12-28

Version code:

5505077

Creation date:

2022-12-26

Risk:

Content scripts matches:

Size:

1.31MB

Email:

ja*****@jamesg.blog

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-16

Compare stats and ranking:

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# 138,034 ▲ 3,206

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Developed by:

capjamesg

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/highlight-js/

Email:

ja*****@jamesg.blog

Is highlight.js Safe?

Risk impact

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highlight.js requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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highlight.js is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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