Readwise Highlighter

Save a page to Readwise Reader

What is Readwise Highlighter?

Readwise Highlighter is an official Chrome extension made by the Readwise team. It enables users to save articles to Readwise Reader and annotate the web. The extension also allows highlights to be synced with Readwise and other note-taking applications like Obsidian, Notion, Roam Research, and more. An existing Readwise account is required for usage.

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By: https://readwise.io

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 100,000+

Rating: 4.49 (45)

Version: 0.15.23 (Last updated: 2024-01-18)

Creation date: 2022-12-11

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

<all_urls>
activeTab
background
contextMenus
notifications
storage
tabs
unlimitedStorage

Size: 2.88M

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

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 2439 ▼ 14

Other rankings

#148 in Workflow & Planning ▲ 3 #8 in highlighter keyword 41 ▲ 1 #64 in reader keyword 81 ▲ 7

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Not available on Edge

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Summary

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This is the official Reader browser extension made by and maintained by the Readwise team.

You use the Reader Highlighter extension to:

• Save articles to Reader – the first ever read-it-later app built for power readers. If you’ve ever used Instapaper or Pocket, Reader is like those, except it’s built for 2023 and brings all your reading into one place including: web articles, email newsletters, RSS feeds, Twitter threads, PDFs, EPUBs and more. You can get started with Reader here. • Highlight and annotate the open web.

All highlights that you make using this extension will be synced with the Readwise ecosystem and, optionally, to your note-taking app of choice such as Obsidian, Notion, Roam Research, Evernote, Logseq, and more.

Note: You must have an existing Readwise account to use this extension.

If you are not already a subscriber, you can get a free 30-day trial with no credit card upfront. At the end of the trial, you will not be charged unless you choose to subscribe.

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

Seamlessly allows you to highlight webpages and have them show up in Readwise results
Great for tracking and collecting content from the web
Useful for reinforcing and remembering what you read
Excellent for deep dives on articles and YouTube videos
Simple and subtle, but effective

Cons

Support is reported as being poor
Discoverability issues in the Chrome web store
May cause issues with certain browser behaviors (e.g. auto-start on login)

Most mentioned

Great for tracking and collecting content from the web
Seamlessly allows you to highlight webpages and have them show up in Readwise results
Disappointing support

Recent reviews

Super useful for Readwise Reader users. I use it daily to collect and annotate the relevant pages I read while surfing.

Fabio Scarsi, 2024-04-10

Absolutely fantastic functionality!

Alexander S, 2021-07-21

Love it!

Salem Tierce, 2021-07-14

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Safety

Risk impact

Readwise Highlighter is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Readwise Highlighter if you trust the publisher.