ReadLayer: automatic highlights in Web & PDF
Automatically highlights similar keywords or phrases on the web or PDFs
As of June 2026, ReadLayer: automatic highlights in Web & PDF has 184 users and a 4.25/5 rating from 4 reviews in the Productivity category.
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4.25
4 reviews
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Version
0.4.2
Manifest V3
History
3 snapshotsTracking since Apr 1, 2026.
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| Date | Users | Rating | Reviews | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2026 | 161 | 4.25 | 4 | 0.4.2 |
| May 3, 2026 | 160 | 4.25 | 4 | 0.4.2 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | 177 | 4.25 | 4 | 0.4.2 |
| Now | 184 | 4.25 | 4 | 0.4.2 |
Permissions & access
- Permissions
- storageactiveTabcontextMenusdownloadswebNavigationalarms
- Host access
- <all_urls>
Screenshots
About
Find information faster, while you browse! Add and classify keywords or phrases relevant to you. Multi highlight. ReadLayer will highlight similar terms automatically each time you open a website or PDF. Check the updates in our changelog: https://docs.readlayer.com/changelog Features: * Free The free version of ReadLayer can be used standalone, and it includes a very complete and robust set of features: • Multi-highlight, choose a color or assign it randomly • Regular expressions (Regex) • Similar terms: find similar phrases or terms, e.g., "fatally injured" also highlights "fatalities as a result of work-related injury", "Gartenstraße" also highlights "Gartenstrasse". • Proximity: highlight only terms that are close to other terms - 1 or more (e.g., money values AND "Exxon") • Highlights summary where you can navigate across the highlights • You can display a note on a highlights when the mouse hovers on it • Granular classification: add items to themes and activate/deactivate themes depending on you current research. • Synonyms: each item can have more than one terms to represent it, e.g., "Jon Snow" and "King Crow" (the same person) are highlighted under the same item. • Fine tune your search: case sensitivity, whole words, regex, diacritics sensitivity • Support dynamic sites: highlights auto refresh on content changes (e.g., live news, online chat, etc.) • Works in SVG text • Multi-language • Unlimited keywords, phrases or themes • Import/Export your whole collection of terms in JSON • Import terms from Excel file • Export the highlights for easy processing • Domain whitelisting/blacklisting: automatically highlight only the sites you want • Add new items directly from the context menu • No registration required • Privacy: all your data is stored in your browser locally, only • Privacy: all your collections are encrypted and compressed locally • Sync your collections across your devices • No ads, no noise • Regular updates • Free of charge * Premium ReadLayer Premium includes everything available for free, plus: • Multi-highlighting in PDFs directly in your browser Visit https://readlayer.com for more information, or the documentation at https://docs.readlayer.com.
Technical
- Version
- 0.4.2
- Manifest
- V3
- Size
- 5.55MiB
- Min Chrome
- 88
- Languages
- 1
- Featured
- Yes
Metadata
- ID
- lbgbannheedhlpkkemmimeilbobnkcca
- Developer ID
- u9e5ff4df1918bdd3ac43d17de2fc3295
- Developer Email
- [email protected]
- Created
- Nov 9, 2022
- Last Updated (Store)
- Apr 18, 2024
- Last Scraped
- Jun 2, 2026
- Website
- readlayer.com
- Support URL
- https://docs.readlayer.com
- Privacy Policy
- https://readlayer.com/privacy
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