ReadLayer: automatic highlights in Web & PDF icon

ReadLayer: automatic highlights in Web & PDF

by readlayer · readlayer.com · Tools
FeaturedEstablished publisherManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 17 Oct 2026

Automatically highlights similar keywords or phrases on the web or PDFs

Users
189
+3 in 30 days
Rating
4.2 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
4
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#65K
#55K among extensions
Version
0.4.2
updated 18 Apr 2024

Users

monthly, 3 years
396190Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 17 Oct 2026: 189 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
024Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 17 Oct 2026: 4 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

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About ReadLayer: automatic highlights in Web & PDF

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.

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days+6+3.3%00.00
30 days+3+1.6%00.00
6 months+16+9.2%00.00
1 year+69+57.5%00.00

Version history

3 versions recorded
0.4.218 Apr 2024
0.4.131 May 2023
0.4.022 May 2023

Details

Category
Tools
First seen
22 May 2023
Size
5.6 MB
Languages
en
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
readlayer.com
Support
docs.readlayer.com
Extension ID
lbgbannheedhlpkkemmimeilbobnkcca

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 3, likelihood 1
Permissions
storageactiveTabcontextMenusdownloadswebNavigationalarms
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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