Best alternatives to Search Highlighter (2026)
10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Search Highlighter, 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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Search Highlighter alternatives, compared
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Highlighter for Google Chrome™
Highlight your text right in the webpage.
≈40K users3.6★ from 14.4K ratingsNot updated for 3+ years2 permissions- About 13× more users than Search Highlighter
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Highlighter
Highlight selected text in webpages, add notes and visit the webpage again to see highlighted text and saved notes.
≈1K users4.7★ from 91 ratingsUpdated 11 months ago3 permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than Search Highlighter
- Updated less recently
- 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 67× more users than Search Highlighter
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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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 33× more users than Search Highlighter
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Highlighter
Make creating ,viewing and managing highlight easier
≈1K users3.7★ from 25 ratingsNot updated for 5+ years3 permissions- About 3.0× fewer users than Search Highlighter
- Updated less recently
- Listed under Accessibility
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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- About 3.0× fewer users than Search Highlighter
- Asks for more permissions (5 vs 3)
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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- A similar number of users to Search Highlighter
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
- Listed under Workflow & Planning
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Link Highlighter Pro
Highlight and scrape links from current page or entire website
≈2K users5.0★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago4 permissions- About 1.5× fewer users than Search Highlighter
- Updated less recently
- Asks for more permissions (4 vs 3)
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Selection Highlighter
Highlight occurrences of selected text, with or without a keypress.
≈8K users4.5★ from 96 ratingsUpdated 5 months ago1 permissions- About 2.7× more users than Search Highlighter
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 3)
- Listed under Developer Tools
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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 7.1× fewer users than Search Highlighter
- Updated less recently
- Asks for fewer permissions (2 vs 3)
Search Highlighter alternatives: questions
What is the best alternative to Search Highlighter?
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 Highlighter for Google Chrome™.
Which Search Highlighter alternative has the best rating?
Highlighter has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.7 out of 5 from 91 ratings.
Is there a Search Highlighter alternative that asks for fewer permissions?
Selection Highlighter asks for 1 permissions, against 3 for Search Highlighter.
How many alternatives to Search Highlighter are there?
We list 10 close alternatives to Search Highlighter on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.
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