Best alternatives to Multi Highlight (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Multi Highlight, 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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Multi Highlight alternatives, compared
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Multi Highlight
Search and highlight multiple words on web pages.
≈3K users2.3★ from 6 ratings2 permissions- About 17× fewer users than Multi Highlight
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 6)
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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 13 months ago3 permissions- About 2.5× fewer users than Multi Highlight
- Rated 0.8 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 6)
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Highlighter for Google Chrome™
Highlight your text right in the webpage.
≈40K users3.4★ from 14.3K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years2 permissions- A similar number of users to Multi Highlight
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 6)
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Highlight Magic
Enables user to highlight words
≈9K users4.0★ from 42 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago3 permissions- About 5.6× fewer users than Multi Highlight
- Rated 0.5 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 6)
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Highlighter
Highlight text on websites with a simple right-click or keyboard shortcut. Saves highlights on your device.
≈100K users3.7★ from 317 ratingsNot updated for 3+ years4 permissions- About 2.0× more users than Multi Highlight
- Rated 0.2 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 6)
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Auto Highlight
*Auto Highlight* automatically highlights the important content on article pages.
≈30K users3.6★ from 25 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions- About 1.7× fewer users than Multi Highlight
- Rated 0.2 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 6)
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Roam Highlighter
Web highlighter for Roam Research
≈20K users4.6★ from 57 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago3 permissions- About 2.5× fewer users than Multi Highlight
- Rated 1.1 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (3 vs 6)
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Weava Highlighter - PDF & Web
Best highlighting tool for Website and PDF. FREE and easy to use.
≈200K users4.0★ from 2.8K ratingsNot updated for 2+ years15 permissions- About 4.0× more users than Multi Highlight
- Rated 0.6 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for more permissions (15 vs 6)
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Super Highlighter
Highlight text on web page with a simple right-click and keyboard shortcut. Custom highlight color. Saves highlights on your device.
≈4K users4.0★ from 23 ratingsNot updated for 2+ years4 permissions- About 13× fewer users than Multi Highlight
- Rated 0.5 stars higher
- Updated more recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (4 vs 6)
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Mouse Pointer Highlighter
This extension will highlight your mouse cursor and your mouse clicks.
≈2K users2.5★ from 26 ratingsNot updated for 4+ years5 permissions- About 25× fewer users than Multi Highlight
- Rated 0.9 stars lower
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (5 vs 6)
Multi Highlight alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Multi Highlight?
By users, the most popular alternative is Weava Highlighter - PDF & Web with ≈200K users and a 4.0-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Multi Highlight.
Which Multi Highlight alternative has the best rating?
Roam Highlighter has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.6 out of 5 from 57 ratings.
Is there a Multi Highlight alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Multi Highlight asks for 2 permissions, against 6 for Multi Highlight.
How many alternatives to Multi Highlight are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Multi Highlight on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.