Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Txtpen – web highlights and in-text comments
Txtpen is a web tool that lets users highlight text and add comments directly within web pages. Launched in 2017, it enables readers to mark important passages and attach notes to specific sections of online content.… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Txtpen – web highlights and in-text comments launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Create plain text webpages, blog posts, reference pages, or quick notes. The page you create will have a unique url which you can share with others. TxtPages is a clone of the popular Txti tool for creating fast text web pages.
2023 · txtpages.xyz · its alternatives →
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Trove▲385Create highlights across the internet & send them to Notion
2021 · trove.so · its alternatives →
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MarkUp▲442Turn your website into a dynamic canvas ready for feedback
2020 · markup.io · its alternatives →
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An extension for Firefox and Chrome to add comments to any URL - comntr/webext
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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TxtPolls▲67Create text based polls that can be shared anywhere
2019 · txtpolls.com · its alternatives →
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Sidenote▲268Comment and live chat on any page of the internet
2024 · sidenoteapp.com · its alternatives →
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TLDR This▲361Automatically summarize any article or webpage in a click.
2019 · tldr.hackeryogi.com · its alternatives →
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I often need simple text tools (e.g. diffing, epoch time conversion, number base conversion) and was frustrated that I couldn't find a simple option that was as fast as I wanted. Many (SEO-optimized) websites exist, but they unnecessarily send your input to their servers. I used tools like DevToys but their diff has been broken on Mac for a while [1] and it requires installing an app, and CyberChef is good but requires too many interactions (yes, I'm picky). So, I decided to build my own. txtl tries to autodetect what mode you want based on the input, and in general is fast and gets out of…
2025 · viveksjain.github.io · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! For the last 8 months we've been working on leaflet.pub, a web app for making delightful documents. We're trying to strike a balance between Notion and Google Docs — very fast, ultralight and easy to share, but also supporting rich blocks and multiple pages. Weirdly, none of the many notetaking/document apps that we could find hit this combination, so we made Leaflet. With it you can: - Instantly create a doc, without an account - Share read and edit links - Sign-in with email to sync your docs to different devices - Add rich blocks, like canvases, subpages, rsvps, and polls It's…
2025 · its alternatives →
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Highlight▲318See and act on your webapp's issues and interactions
2021 · launchdarkly.com · its alternatives →
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DoneNote▲253Leave notes straight on the web page with your entire team
2023 · donenote.com · its alternatives →
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A twtxt client with minimal dependencies. Contribute to mdom/txtnish development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Annotate and discuss web pages in real time.
2022 · webhighlighter.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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Format your LinkedIn content for free in a blink of an eye
2023 · blabigo.com · its alternatives →
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Mentionitis▲98Read better, research better, browse better
2023 · mentionitis.com · 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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Let it summarize the link you're sharing.
2020 · inksprout.co · its alternatives →
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