Highlight text on any webpage and save it to your personal notebook with tags and colors.
Users
16
+1 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
1
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#166K
#139K among extensions
Version
1.1.2
updated 19 Dec 2025
Users
monthly, 11 months
Latest, 18 Oct 2026:16 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month
Ratings count
monthly, 11 months
Latest, 18 Oct 2026:1 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month
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About LinkLight - Highlighter for the Web
⭐ LinkLight - Highlight, Save, and Remember Anything You Read Online
LinkLight is the simple, powerful way to save key ideas while you browse. Just highlight any text on any webpage and LinkLight stores it instantly - complete with page context, custom color coding, and clean organization. No clutter. No copy-pasting. No losing important insights ever again.
Whether you’re researching, studying, reading articles, or collecting inspiration, LinkLight makes it effortless to build a personal knowledge base directly from the web.
Key Features
- Highlight → Save → Done
- Auto-context: remembers the exact URL
- Clean, responsive popup
- Full deletion & editing support
- Keyboard-friendly
- Works on 90% of websites
- No account required
Perfect For
- Students & researchers
- Writers & bloggers
- Professionals who read for work
- Anyone building a “second brain”
- Curious humans who highlight half the internet
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How to Use?
📝 Highlighting Text
> Inline Popup: Highlight text on any web page and a popup should appear for
you to select a highlight color. This inline popup can be disabled in the extension
menu, Settings tab, and unchecking the box labeled "Enable Inline Popup".
> Context Menu: Highlight text on any web page, right-click the text, and select
the "Save to LinkLight" option in the context menu.
> Keyboard Shortcut: Highlight text on any webpage, press the keys
[CTRL+SHIFT+S]. This keyboard sequence can be updated in the "Manage
Extensions" menu and selecting "Keyboard Shortcuts".
🌈 Add More Highlight Colors
> You can add up to 3 favorite colors to alternate between when highlighting text. To
add and configure these colors, open the extension popup menu and navigate to the
Settings tab. Select the color swatch labeled "Current Highlight Color" to open the
color-picker to select a new color. Once the color has been chosen, select the plus
icon (+) above the color to add it to your favorites.
🏷️ Organizing Your Notes
> Notes can be organized by either changing the color you highlight the text or by
adding tags to notes.
> To add tags, open the extension popup and type in a tag label for a note, then press
enter or select the plus icon. Once applied, the tag gets saved and will be used with
other notes.
> Multiple tags can be applied to notes to organize and group ideas.
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Why LinkLight?
🟡 Save highlights instantly
Highlight text to capture insights without interrupting your flow.
📍 Perfect contextual recall
Every note remembers exactly where it came from, so you can jump back to the original page anytime.
🎨 Custom highlight colors
Organize your thoughts your way — color-code topics, projects, or moods.
🗂️ Clean and simple note organization
Your saved highlights appear neatly in the extension popup, sorted by recency.
🔒 Private & local-first
Your notes are stored safely in your browser (not on our servers).
🚀 What Makes LinkLight Different?
Most tools require accounts, syncing, or heavy dashboards. LinkLight is instant, lightweight, and joyful to use.
🔗 Shine a Light on the Ideas That Matter
Install LinkLight and turn your browsing into a library of insights you’ll never lose.