# YA Readwise Highlighter

> Highlighter and Reader clipper for Readwise.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `ya-readwise-highlighter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Lightmarey
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,bookmarks
- **Daily users:** 2
- **Version:** 1.4.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-11
- **First published:** 2026-05-02
- **Size:** 55 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/ya-readwise-highlighter/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Lightmarey/Yet-Another-Readwise-Highlighter](https://github.com/Lightmarey/Yet-Another-Readwise-Highlighter)

## Description

A third-party Readwise browser extension that enables direct highlighting and annotation on any webpage, eliminating the need to click a button first—unlike the official extension.

The browser icon's behavior has been modified to mirror "read-it-later" services like Instapaper; clicking the icon now saves the page directly to Readwise Reader.

## Rankings

- #68,054 — Overall
- #146 — highlighter

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`
- `contextMenus`
- `scripting`
- `tabs`
- `alarms`

### Host permissions

- `*://*/*`
- `https://readwise.io/*`

### Content script matches

- `*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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