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24 alternatives to content_highlight.js

A way to highlight text in HTML (Inspired by Medium)

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. content_highlight.js launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    A simple and fast zero-dependencies-library to transform text-selections into serializable markings.

    2015 · bowlingx.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Medium-style highlighting API for your website

    2017 · its alternatives →

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    Highlight▲318

    See and act on your webapp's issues and interactions

    2021 · launchdarkly.com · its alternatives →

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    mark.js▲12

    Keyword highlighter

    2016 · markjs.io · its alternatives →

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    Extension that allows to share highlights to Buffer

    2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Highlight▲285

    Understand and debug customer issues with confidence

    2022 · launchdarkly.com · its alternatives →

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    Save and share favorite moments of YouTube videos

    2021 · dynamic-link.getliner.com · its alternatives →

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    Markdown Editor with instant preview using GitHub CSS.

    2022 · freecodetools.org · its alternatives →

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    Simple & easy syntax highlighting for Medium articles.

    2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    A better way to monitor your Node.js backend

    2022 · launchdarkly.com · its alternatives →

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    A supercharged way to monitor your entire Next.js app

    2022 · launchdarkly.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! We’re open-sourcing highlight.io (https://github.com/highlight/highlight), a session replay and error monitoring tool. Highlight.io gives you a high-precision video-like replay of what users are doing when an error or exception occurs in your web app, along with a full-fledged error monitoring experience (similar to bugsnag, rollbar, etc..). The main value prop of highlight.io is that we help you understand the full context surrounding an error and allow you to drill down to the code path that a user invoked (i.e user clicked button X, sent network request Y, and…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Free Markdown web editor synchronized with GitHub

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Highlight content from any website and click icon to Tweet

    2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Highlight any text and fact check it

    2024 · factchecktool.com · its alternatives →

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    Annotate and discuss web pages in real time.

    2022 · webhighlighter.com · its alternatives →

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    Your browser's missing shortcut for getting stuff done.

    Nov 2025 · morgen.so · its alternatives →

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    Highlight text on any web page or PDF and take notes

    2022 · web-highlights.com · its alternatives →

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    A weekly summary of sessions and errors on your web app

    2022 · launchdarkly.com · its alternatives →

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    A JavaScript API for unconventional text effects on the web.

    2018 · blotter.js.org · its alternatives →

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    Highlight, copy and translate text in any image (Chrome)

    2014 · projectnaptha.com · its alternatives →

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    Text Highlighting feature for your application (like Medium)

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    TL;DR for Medium top highlights

    2015 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Productivity highlighter for any website & PDF - free to use

    2024 · web-highlights.com · its alternatives →

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