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24 alternatives to I also created a Chrome Ext that reveals use of zero-width characters

A Chrome extension to detect, highlight, and sanitize text with zero-width characters. - roymckenzie/detect-zero-width-characters-chrome-extension

This Chrome extension detects and reveals zero-width characters hidden in web pages and text. Zero-width characters are invisible Unicode characters that can be used to hide information or manipulate content without… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I also created a Chrome Ext that reveals use of zero-width characters launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   I made a Chrome extension to reveal zero-width characters▲385

   Replace scary zero-width characters with funny emojis - elchiapp/zero-width-chrome-extension

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A Chrome extension to detect zero-width characters▲5

   Chrome Extensions to find and notify the user of zero-width unicode characters. - aido179/zwBlocker

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Zero Width Shortener▲314

   Shorten URLs with zero-width characters

   2019 · zws.im · its alternatives →

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   Invisible Character Viewer▲115

   Detect and identify hidden unicode in text strings

   2024 · invisiblecharacterviewer.com · its alternatives →

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   ZeroBlur▲266

   Blur sensitive information and share screen with confidence

   2021 · divbyzero.com · its alternatives →

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   Unicode Steganography▲59

   I built a demo of two Unicode steganography techniques, zero-width characters and homoglyph substitution, in the context of AI misalignment. The first is about the use of two invisible zero-width characters (ZWS and ZWNJ) to binary encode text. The second is much cooler. Most characters in the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets look nearly identical, but have different unicode. If you have text to encode and convert it into binary representation (1s and 0s), you could take plain english "carrier" text and for each 1 in the binary representation you could substitute the Cyrillic letter equivalent.…

   Apr 2026 · steganography.patrickvuscan.com · its alternatives →

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   CSS Scan 2.0▲758

   The fastest and easiest way to inspect or copy CSS ⚡️

   2019 · getcssscan.com · its alternatives →

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   Firefox extension to obfuscate web page text▲235

   Sometimes you might want to share a screenshot of the website you're on, without revealing the personal data that is visible at that time. With Obfuscate, you can make text unreadable without changing the structure of the web page. Hit the extension button or press Alt+Shift+O to activate for the current page. (Note that extensions can't modify the add-on website, so trying it on there won't work.) Credit for the original idea: https://chaos.social/@maris/108379386421123630

   2022 · addons.mozilla.org · its alternatives →

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   Fonts Ninja Chrome Extension▲205

   Identify and bookmark fonts from any website

   2020 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Darkness▲269

    Dark themes for Google, Facebook and more

    2016 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Whitespaces+▲155

    Boost your typography accuracy with a quick copy paste

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    ELIV - Explain like I'm five▲80

    Chrome extension to explain highlighed text

    2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Using zero-width characters to embed text within a text▲7

    Zero-Width fingerprinting. Contribute to vedhavyas/zwfp development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hexomatic Browser Extension▲192

    No-code 1-click task automation from your browser

    2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    Hide Secret Messages In Facebook Photos With My Chrome Extension▲153

    2013 · owencampbellmoore.com · its alternatives →

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    Hide My Web▲139

    Hide, blur and highlight elements of any webpage.

    2021 · hidemyweb.wordpress.com · its alternatives →

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    Filter Everything Online▲70

    Hide spoilers, profanity, politics, distractions by keywords

    Nov 2025 · filter-everything-online.com · its alternatives →

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    Tiny Chrome extension to disable images to reduce distractions▲69

    Chrome extension to block images on webpages with a simple click. The extension helps reduce distractions and improve page load times by controlling when images are displayed. - kirill-markin/chrome-auto-image-blocker

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Measure▲99

    Measure typographic line lengths right from the page

    2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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    CSS Inspector▲141

    Get the CSS of any element on the web

    2020 · its alternatives →

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    Invisible Texts▲1

    Free blank space copy & paste tool

    2025 · invisible-texts.com · its alternatives →

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    Favioli – Replace blank tab icons with unique per-domain emoji▲94

    2018 · eligrey.com · its alternatives →

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    Grayscale the Web – A Chrome extension to help avoid mindless browsing▲119

    2018 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

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    DOM Outliner for Chrome▲71

    See any web page structure in one click

    2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →

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