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Roam Reader

by Roam Research Inc. · Workflow & Planning
Manifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 16 Oct 2026

Highlight web pages and take notes in your Roam graph sidebar!

Users
1,000
0 in 30 days
Rating
5.0 / 5
unchanged in 30 days
Ratings
7
0 in 30 days
Store rank
#27K
#22K among extensions
Version
1.2.3
updated 12 Oct 2026

Users

monthly, 10 months
05,00010KDec 2025Jun 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 1,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 10 months
047Dec 2025Jun 2026Oct 2026
Latest, 16 Oct 2026: 7 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Roam Reader

Roam Reader - Web Annotation & Reading List for Roam Research Capture and annotate web articles directly into your Roam Research graph. Roam Reader brings your favorite note-taking workflow to the web with seamless highlighting, annotations, and a reading list that syncs with your knowledge base. Save articles, highlight what matters, take notes in context. Click any article to add it to your reading list, then highlight passages and add inline notes that flow naturally into your Roam graph. Your highlights and annotations appear as nested blocks under article pages, ready to reference, link, and build upon with your existing notes. Built for your research workflow. Organize articles by tags, add them to your Inbox, Shortlist or Archive, and edit metadata before saving. The extension works across your graphs and preserves your highlights even when web pages change. All your data stays on your device, syncing only with your own Roam database. Key features: - Highlight text and images on any webpage, synced with your Roam graph - Roam sidebar on any page you visit, so that you can nest your annotations and mix them in with personally written notes - Save articles to a personal reading list - Organize with tags and custom metadata Perfect for researchers, students, and knowledge workers who live in Roam Research and want to extend their note-taking to the entire web. _____________________________________________________________ Note: You must have an existing Roam Research account and at least one hosted graph to use this extension. _____________________________________________________________ Latest update (v1.2.0): schema update to fix issue where highlights had stopped syncing with Roam graph

Growth

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6 months0+0.0%+10.00

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Roam Reader appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
research#52+14
reader#55+11
graph#77−1

Version history

7 versions recorded
1.2.312 Oct 2026
1.2.215 Jul 2026
1.2.110 Mar 2026
1.2.021 Feb 2026
1.1.47 Jan 2026
1.1.329 Dec 2025
1.1.26 Dec 2025

Details

Category
Workflow & Planning
First seen
6 Dec 2025
Size
11.3 MB
Languages
en-US
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
roamresearch.com
Extension ID
kghmbkhikifcnkjoakokkhdkfdhieonb

Permissions and risk

Moderate riskimpact 2, likelihood 2
Permissions
storageunlimitedStoragealarmscontextMenussidePaneloffscreen
Site access
<all_urls>
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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