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Save and auto-highlight text snippets from any webpage Save, organize, and rediscover important text from any webpage. Trace is a lightweight Chrome extension that lets you highlight and save text snippets as you browse. Your highlights are automatically restored when you revisit pages, making it easy to build a personal knowledge base from the web. Why Trace? • AI Conversations — ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI chats get long fast. Trace lets you mark the golden nuggets so you can find that perfect code snippet or explanation from weeks ago. • Research & Learning — Highlight key insights across articles, documentation, and tutorials. Build your own searchable knowledge trail. • Reading & Reference — Save quotes, statistics, or important passages. Never lose that paragraph you meant to come back to. Features • Instant Highlighting — Select text, right-click, and save. Your highlight appears immediately. • Auto-Restore — Highlights automatically reappear when you revisit a page. • Quick Navigation — Click any saved highlight to jump directly to it on the original page. • Organized Library — Browse all your highlights in a clean popup interface, grouped by page. • Privacy-First — All data stays locally in your browser. No accounts, no cloud sync, no tracking. • Lightweight — Minimal permissions, fast performance, zero bloat. How to Use 1. Select any text on any webpage 2. Right-click and choose "Save to Highlighter" 3. Your highlight is saved and appears with a yellow background 4. Click the extension icon to view all your saved highlights 5. Click any highlight to jump back to the original page Keyboard Shortcuts • Alt+S — Save selected text as a highlight • Alt+F — Open Trace popup All your data stays private and local in your browser. You don't need to sign up.