Clear Code

Syntax highlighting and beautifiers for embedded code examples.

As of May 2026, Clear Code has 628 users and a 3.57/5 rating from 7 reviews in the Developer Tools category.

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Ratingno change0%
3.57
7 reviews
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7
Version
1.2.0
Manifest V3

History

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Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

637.04629.5621.96Apr 1, 2026May 29, 2026
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Permissions & access

Permissions
activeTabstoragescriptingcontextMenus
Host access
None declared

Screenshots

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About

Clear Code allows you to grab any code examples online from blogs, tutorials or forums, and open them in a distraction free viewer.

Great for working with code examples with small fonts, low contrast syntax highlighting, excessive text wrapping or horizontal scrolling.

Easily customise the fonts and syntax highlighter scheme to suit your needs.

Includes HTML, JS and CSS beautifiers to quickly reformat any condensed or poorly formatted examples.

USAGE: 

Click the Clear Code icon in the browser bar to add a quick open button to any properly formatted <pre> code blocks on the page.

Alternatively:

1. Select the text you want to show in Clear Code.

2. Right click to show the context menu.

3. Select 'Open in Clear Code'.

OPTIONS:

Customise the syntax highlighter theme, font styles and beautifiers from the options page. Right click the Clear Code icon in the browser bar, or access via the chrome extensions page.

NOTE: 

In edge cases where code examples have been badly/wrongly formatted, it may not be possible to grab the main text of an example without including the embedded line numbers.

ALSO:

Whilst Clear Code works pretty much anywhere you can select text, you cannot view the content of pages opened with 'view source'. This is a feature of Chrome as of this time. You can however view the content of any linked CSS or JS pages, just not the direct source of the main HTML file.

Technical

Version
1.2.0
Manifest
V3
Size
1.2MiB
Min Chrome
88
Languages
1
Featured
Yes

Metadata

ID
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Developer ID
u616eab2ba5ba090f5dc1d0945960515f
Developer Email
[email protected]
Created
Sep 14, 2014
Last Updated (Store)
Jun 27, 2024
Last Scraped
May 29, 2026
Website
Support URL
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