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Best alternatives to Custom Highlight (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Custom Highlight, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Custom Highlight: reviews, users and permissionsBest Functionality & UI extensions

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≈9K users4.0★ from 28 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago3 permissions

Custom Highlight alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Auto Highlight

    *Auto Highlight* automatically highlights the important content on article pages.

    ≈20K users3.6★ from 25 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions
    • About 2.2× more users than Custom Highlight
    • Rated 0.4 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  2. 2

    Highlight Words:HL

    Highlight Words, abbreviated HL, Custom highlighting the text you specify.

    ≈3K users4.5★ from 8 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions
    • About 3.0× fewer users than Custom Highlight
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
    • Listed under Tools
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  3. 3

    Highlight Keyword

    Double-click a word/keyword to automatically highlight the word elsewhere on the page

    ≈1K users4.5★ from 22 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago2 permissions
    • About 9.0× fewer users than Custom Highlight
    • Rated 0.5 stars higher
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
    • Listed under Developer Tools
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  4. 4

    Custom Scrollbar

    Custom Scrollbar is a Chrome extension that allows users to customize the appearance of scrollbars in their browser

    ≈2K users4.0★ from 28 ratingsUpdated 2 weeks ago2 permissions
    • About 4.5× fewer users than Custom Highlight
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
    • Listed under Just for Fun
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  5. 5

    MultiHighlight

    Highlight multiple words simultaneously with custom colors and styles on any webpage.

    ≈1K users3.8★ from 5 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago5 permissions
    • About 9.0× fewer users than Custom Highlight
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 3)
    • Listed under Tools
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  6. 6

    Codeforces Customizer

    customize and extend codeforces

    ≈1K users5.0★ from 3 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years1 permissions
    • About 9.0× fewer users than Custom Highlight
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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  7. 7

    Custom selection

    Change Chrome's default blue highlight to any color. Applies instantly with no tab refresh, plus per-site themes.

    ≈1K users5.0★ from 9 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago3 permissions
    • About 9.0× fewer users than Custom Highlight
    • Updated more recently
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  8. 8

    Custom Google Logo

    Replace the Google logo with your own custom text or image. Works on every regional Google domain and survives doodle days.

    ≈2K users3.0★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago14 permissions
    • About 4.5× fewer users than Custom Highlight
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (14 vs 3)
    • Listed under Developer Tools
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  9. 9

    Custom Colors

    Give color to your favourite websites!

    ≈2K users4.2★ from 15 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions
    • About 4.5× fewer users than Custom Highlight
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
    • Listed under Just for Fun
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  10. 10

    Custom CSS by Denis

    Minimal and secure way to add custom CSS per-domain

    ≈20K users4.4★ from 85 ratingsUpdated 6 months ago3 permissions
    • About 2.2× more users than Custom Highlight
    • Rated 0.4 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Custom Highlight alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Custom Highlight?

By users, the most popular alternative is Auto Highlight with ≈20K users and a 3.6-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Auto Highlight.

Which Custom Highlight alternative has the best rating?

Custom CSS by Denis has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.4 out of 5 from 85 ratings.

Is there a Custom Highlight alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

Codeforces Customizer asks for 1 permissions, against 3 for Custom Highlight.

How many alternatives to Custom Highlight are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Custom Highlight on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

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