---
title: "PAGENOTE – Web & PDF Highlighter, PDF Annotator | Local-First – Chrome extension stats, history and permissions"
description: "9,000 users, rated 4.33 by 92 people. Version 1.4.10, updated 2026-09-27. Requests 16 permissions."
url: "https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hpekbddiphlmlfjebppjhemobaopekmp"
---

# PAGENOTE – Web & PDF Highlighter, PDF Annotator \| Local-First

Live in the Chrome Web Store.

- Users: 9,000
- Rating: 4.33 from 92 ratings
- Last checked: 2026-09-28 05:43 UTC
- Users gained in 7 days: – (needs a week of history)
- Users gained in 30 days: – (needs a month of history)
- Rank by users: #7,867 of 264,703 live extensions
- Rank in Workflow & Planning: #2,489 of 44,474

## The listing

What the Chrome Web Store shows, as of the last check.

Summary from the listing:

> Highlight websites and PDFs, add notes, annotate images, and organize everything in a private, local-first research library.

- Extension ID: `hpekbddiphlmlfjebppjhemobaopekmp`
- Developer: [rowthan](https://extensiontracker.com/developer/u155cb2953b029679496c17ea660c3eb8)
- Category: [Productivity › Workflow & Planning](https://extensiontracker.com/category/productivity/workflow)
- First published: 2020-06-01
- Last updated: 2026-09-27
- Version: `1.4.10`
- Size: 3.85 MiB
- Minimum Chrome: 88
- Languages (5): English, 中文（中国）, 中文（台灣）, 日本語, 한국어
- Website: `https://pagenote.cn/`
- Support page: `https://pagenote.cn/author`
- Chrome Web Store: <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/pagenote-%E2%80%93-web-pdf-highli/hpekbddiphlmlfjebppjhemobaopekmp>
- View the code or download the CRX, in CRX Viewer: <https://robwu.nl/crxviewer/?crx=https%3A%2F%2Fchromewebstore.google.com%2Fdetail%2Fhpekbddiphlmlfjebppjhemobaopekmp>

## Users over time

One row per check, newest first, as shown on the Chrome Web Store.

| Checked | Users | Rating | Ratings |
| --- | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 2026-09-28 | 9,000 | 4.33 | 92 |
| 2026-09-27 | 9,000 | 4.33 | 92 |

## What changed

Every change found on a check, newest first.

- 2026-09-28: New version `1.4.10`, replacing `1.4.2`.
- 2026-09-28: Renamed from “PAGENOTE – Web & PDF Highlighter, PDF Annotator \| Local-First, No Login” to “PAGENOTE – Web & PDF Highlighter, PDF Annotator \| Local-First”.
- 2026-09-28: The summary on the listing changed.
- 2026-09-28: Removed the permission `sidePanel`.
- 2026-09-28: Added the site where it runs scripts `<all_urls>`.

## What it can access

From the extension's manifest, in plain language.

**Every website:** it can read and change your data on all the sites you visit.

### Sites

- `*://*/*`: Every website
- `<all_urls>`: Every website
- `file://*/*`: Every website

### Sites where it runs scripts

- `*://*/*`: Every website
- `*://*/*.pdf`: Every website
- `*://127.0.0.1/*`: 127.0.0.1
- `*://app.pagenote.cn/*`: app.pagenote.cn
- `*://dev.pagenote.cn/*`: dev.pagenote.cn
- `*://developer.pagenote.cn/*`: developer.pagenote.cn
- `*://localhost/*`: localhost
- `*://logike.cn/*`: logike.cn
- `*://pagenote.cn/*`: pagenote.cn
- `*://pagenote.logike.cn/*`: pagenote.logike.cn
- `*://test.pagenote.cn/*`: test.pagenote.cn
- `*://www.pagenote.cn/*`: www.pagenote.cn
- `<all_urls>`: Every website
- `file://*/*`: Every website
- `file://*/*.pdf`: Every website
- `http://localhost:5173/pages/backup/*`: localhost:5173
- `https://app.pagenote.cn/pages/backup/*`: app.pagenote.cn
- `https://dev.pagenote.cn/pages/backup/*`: dev.pagenote.cn

### Browser features

- `activeTab`: The tab you're on, only after you click the extension
- `alarms`: Run tasks on a schedule
- `bookmarks`: Read and change your bookmarks
- `contextMenus`: Add items to the right-click menu
- `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`: Block or change network requests on the sites it can reach
- `downloads`: Manage your downloads
- `notifications`: Show notifications
- `scripting`: Run scripts on sites it can reach
- `storage`: Save settings and data in your browser
- `tabGroups`: Manage your tab groups
- `tabs`: Read the addresses and titles of your tabs
- `unlimitedStorage`: Store more data than the usual limit
- `webNavigation`: Follow your browsing, page by page

## About this data

Collected from the extension's public Chrome Web Store listing. It's checked every week, because it has 1,000 or more users, and again whenever a new version appears. Last checked 2026-09-28 05:43 UTC; next check around 2026-10-05.

How the data is collected: <https://extensiontracker.com/methodology>.

## Cite this page

Extension Tracker. “PAGENOTE – Web & PDF Highlighter, PDF Annotator \| Local-First” (hpekbddiphlmlfjebppjhemobaopekmp). Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-28. https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hpekbddiphlmlfjebppjhemobaopekmp. Accessed 2026-09-28.

```bibtex
@misc{extensiontracker_hpekbddiphlmlfjebppjhemobaopekmp,
  title   = {PAGENOTE – Web & PDF Highlighter, PDF Annotator | Local-First (hpekbddiphlmlfjebppjhemobaopekmp)},
  author  = {{Extension Tracker}},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {Chrome Web Store data, last checked 2026-09-28},
  url     = {https://extensiontracker.com/extension/hpekbddiphlmlfjebppjhemobaopekmp},
  urldate = {2026-09-28}
}
```

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