Readwise Highlighter

Save a page to Readwise Reader

Readwise Highlighter - Save Articles to Reader

"Readwise Highlighter" is the official Chrome extension for the Readwise ecosystem, allowing you to save articles and highlights from the open web directly to Readwise Reader. Seamlessly sync your highlights and annotations to various note-taking apps including Obsidian, Notion, and Evernote. Ideal for anyone looking to consolidate their reading materials, it enables you to save web articles, email newsletters, RSS feeds, PDFs, and more, all in one place. Start your free 30-day trial today!

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Extension stats

By: https://readwise.io

Users: 100,000+

Rating: 4.19

(57)

0.06

Version: 0.16.8 (Last updated: 2025-02-26)

Creation date: 2022-12-11

Permissions:

activeTab
background
contextMenus
notifications
storage
tabs
unlimitedStorage

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 3.26M

Email: te*****@readwise.io

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 2,254 ▲ 81

Other rankings

#183 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 1 #13 in highlighter keyword 43 #61 in trial keyword 4 ▲ 2 #64 in reader keyword 89 ▲ 4 #298 in sheets erweiterung keyword 20 ▲

Other platforms

Not available on Android

Readwise Highlighter (v0.15.23)

6,640+ 4.35

(20)

Not available on Edge

User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Works quickly and effectively
Indispensable for organizing highlights and notes
Seamlessly allows users to highlight webpages and save them to Readwise
Very useful for Readwise Reader users
Great for collecting and annotating relevant pages while browsing

Cons

Does not work on certain browsers like Arc
Issues with highlights not appearing or syncing properly
Extension runs in the background when Chrome is closed
Lack of customer support or slow response times
Problems with highlighting features not working as expected on some websites

Most mentioned

Highlights not syncing or appearing correctly
Extension compatibility issues with certain browsers
Customer support difficulties
Ineffective highlighting functionality on certain types of content (e.g., code blocks, dark mode text)
Confusion with extension discoverability in the Chrome web store

User reviews

"Reader is like those, except it’s built for 2023" It's 2025? This review is for set-up. I hope if I keep at it that I will understand it, maybe by 2023? More handholding please, I really need this.

Michael Sean Comerford, 2025-01-25

Great extension generally but doesnt work on Arc browser - Not sure if others are facing too but i just dont see Save Highlight to Readwise in context menu.

Ritesh Sonawala, 2025-01-15

Why does it run in the background when Chrome is closed? I can't even seem to find a setting a disable this. This is creepy.

Laszlo Stadler, 2024-12-14

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Readwise Highlighter requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Readwise Highlighter. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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