Web Highlighter
Web Highlighter
The all-in-one companion for readers, researchers, and students. Highlight, annotate, and summarize the web with privacy at its core.
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medium.com/how-to-researchChoose between classic highlighting or sleek underlining. Pick the style that fits your reading mood.
Your highlights automatically follow the page order. If it appears first on the page, it appears first in your list.
Move a highlight to the top or group ideas together. Drag and drop to arrange your research exactly how you want.
Instantly generate unlimited TL;DR summaries or bullet points for any page you read. Since the AI works 100% on your computer, your research stays entirely private and never leaves your device.
Add personal notes or use tags to group related ideas. Your digital notebook that lives in the browser.
Take your research anywhere. Export your highlights, notes, and tags into cleanly formatted PDF or Markdown documents with ease.
Your research belongs to you. Backup or restore data to your device anytime. No servers, no tracking.
Extract captions directly from YouTube™ in multiple languages. Watch videos side-by-side with full transcripts and click any text or timestamp to seek to that exact moment.
Find highlights by concept and meaning, not just exact words. Powered by a 100% local embedding model for total privacy and zero API costs.
Web Highlighter is built on a "local-first" philosophy. Your highlights, notes, and AI processing happen right on your machine. We don't store your data on our servers because we never want to see it.
The extension is completely free. No features are locked, and an unlimited number of AI summaries can be generated.
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Join thousands of students and professionals who use Web Highlighter to stay organized.
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