# Highlighter

> A cross-browser extension for highlighting text

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `highlighter-extension`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alvaro Cavalcanti
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,bookmarks
- **Daily users:** 488
- **Weekly downloads:** 44
- **Rating:** 4.25 / 5 (4 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2025-01-28
- **First published:** 2025-01-24
- **Size:** 86 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-25
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/highlighter-extension/)
- **Website:** [https://memorablenaton.es/highlighter](https://memorablenaton.es/highlighter)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/highlighter-extension/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/highlighter-extension/privacy/)

## Description

Have you ever wanted to highlight text on web pages—whether it’s a news article, a captivating blog post, or an academic resource? Now you can!

This extension allows you to highlight any text on a web page and save it locally. You can customize your highlights using four different colors. In the popup, you can manage your highlights: delete them, filter by the current URL, and access the URLs for each highlight.

## Rankings

- #5,148 — Overall
- #166 — Bookmarks
- #291 — Feeds, News & Blogging
- #1 — highlighter
- #28 — delight
- #42 — flight

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

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

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/highlighter-extension)