Highlight Vault Chrome extension icon

Highlight Vault

✨ AI-Powered
👥 4 users
📦 v1.0.1
💾 1.25MiB
📅 2025-07-12
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Overview

What's New: Removed the unused downloads permission as per previous review feedback. No other functional changes made.

🌟 Save What Matters - Privately and Forever

Highlight Vault is your personal web highlighter that respects your privacy. Select any text on any webpage, save it with a simple right-click, and build your own searchable knowledge base - all stored locally on your computer.

✨ KEY FEATURES
• One-Click Save - Select text, right-click, choose "Save to Highlight Vault"
• 100% Private - All data stays on YOUR computer. No cloud, no servers, no tracking
• Smart Search - Find any highlight instantly by searching text, title, or URL
• Auto Re-highlight - See your saved highlights when you revisit pages
• Easy Export - Download as JSON or text for use with AI tools, notes apps, or research
• Lightweight - Runs quietly without slowing your browser
• Always Free - No premium tiers, no subscriptions, no ads

🎯 PERFECT FOR
• Researchers building quote databases
• Students saving important passages
• Writers collecting inspiration
• Knowledge workers creating insight collections
• Anyone who values their privacy

🔒 PRIVACY FIRST
Unlike other highlighting tools, Highlight Vault:
- Never sends your data to any server
- Requires no account or sign-up
- Works completely offline
- Contains no analytics or tracking
- Stores everything locally using Chrome's secure storage

💡 USE CASES
• Build personal knowledge bases for projects
• Create reading journals of memorable passages
• Collect research for papers or presentations
• Save interesting facts while browsing
• Export highlights to AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Claude
• Keep important information without cluttering bookmarks

📤 SEAMLESS EXPORT
Export your highlights to use with:
• AI assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini)
• Note-taking apps (Notion, Obsidian, Roam)
• Research tools and reference managers
• Any text-based application

🚀 SIMPLE TO USE
1. Install the extension
2. Highlight any text on any webpage
3. Right-click and save
4. Click the extension icon to view, search, or export

No configuration needed. It just works!

🤝 OPEN SOURCE
Verify our privacy promise yourself - source code available on GitHub.

Start building your personal knowledge vault today - privately, securely, and free!

Tags

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Privacy Practices

Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes

🔐 Security Analysis

This extension hasn't been security-scanned yet.

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