Best alternatives to Highlighter Extension: Find & Highlight Multiple Words (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Highlighter Extension, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.
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Highlighter Extension alternatives, compared
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Multi Find: Highlight Multiple Words
Highlight multiple words & phrases at once in custom colors. Count occurrences, navigate results, faster than Ctrl+F.
≈60K users4.2★ from 201 ratingsUpdated 5 weeks ago2 permissions- About 60× more users than Highlighter Extension
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
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Multi-Highlighter V3
Simply way to search and highlight multiple words on web pages for manifest_version V3.
≈1K users4.5★ from 2 ratings5 permissions- A similar number of users to Highlighter Extension
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Keywords Highlighter
a chrome extension that highlights keywords on web pages, making it easy to find or skip information
≈2K users3.8★ from 10 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years4 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Highlighter Extension
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Word Highlighter 2.0
Automatically highlights your custom keywords on every webpage.
200 users5.0★ from 2 ratingsUpdated 12 months ago2 permissions- About 5.0× fewer users than Highlighter Extension
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
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Keyword Highlighter
Highlight keywords on web pages like a marker pen. Customize colors and manage keywords easily.
420 users4.7★ from 3 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago2 permissions- About 2.4× fewer users than Highlighter Extension
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 5)
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Multi Highlight Hub
An easy to use multi-keyword highlighter with live stats report
≈5K users4.6★ from 5 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions- About 5.0× more users than Highlighter Extension
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
- Listed under Functionality & UI
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Multiple Search and Highlight
Highlight multiple words separated by comma, space or arbitrary separator with persistent history
≈20K users4.2★ from 46 ratingsUpdated 14 months ago3 permissions- About 20× more users than Highlighter Extension
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Super Simple Highlighter
Make permanent, private highlights on any web page.
≈200K users4.0★ from 1.3K ratingsUpdated 5 months ago4 permissions- About 200× more users than Highlighter Extension
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Highlight multiple keywords in a web page
Highlight multiple words in a web page to see immediately if the page contains any relevant information
≈3K users3.7★ from 6 ratingsUpdated 20 months ago3 permissions- About 3.0× more users than Highlighter Extension
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 5)
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Highlighter
Highlight text on websites with a simple right-click or keyboard shortcut. Saves highlights on your device.
≈100K users3.5★ from 317 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years4 permissions- About 100× more users than Highlighter Extension
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 5)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
Highlighter Extension alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Highlighter Extension?
By users, the most popular alternative is Super Simple Highlighter with ≈200K users and a 4.0-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Multi Find: Highlight Multiple Words.
Which Highlighter Extension alternative has the best rating?
Multi Find: Highlight Multiple Words has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.2 out of 5 from 201 ratings.
Is there a Highlighter Extension alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Multi Find: Highlight Multiple Words asks for 2 permissions, against 5 for Highlighter Extension.
How many alternatives to Highlighter Extension are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Highlighter Extension on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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