highlight2anki
A Chrome extension that sends any word you read on the web to Anki in one right click, with its translation, its French definition and the sentence it came from.
- Year
- 2026
- Role
- Solo project — design and development
- Type
- Open source
Overview
Learning vocabulary from real reading breaks down at the copy-paste step: switching to Anki, creating a note, typing the word, looking up a translation and a definition. highlight2anki removes it — select a word, right click, "Ajouter à Anki", and the card is created with the translation (DeepL), the French definition (Wiktionnaire) and the surrounding sentence as context.
A three-step wizard on first launch checks the DeepL key, picks the deck and note type, and maps the four fields, so the extension adapts to an existing Anki setup rather than imposing one.
Failures never lose a card: with Anki closed the note is queued locally and replayed at the next Chrome start, and a missing translation or definition just leaves that field empty instead of aborting the note.
Stack
Chrome Manifest V3
Service worker, context menu and popup — no build step
AnkiConnect
Note creation and duplicate check against the local Anki
DeepL API
Translation, Free or Pro depending on the key
Wiktionnaire
French definition lookup
chrome.storage
Settings, field mapping and the offline note queue
Highlights
- One right click from a word on any page to a finished Anki note
- Offline queue replayed automatically when Anki comes back
- Guided setup with DeepL key verification and custom field mapping
- Open source under Germain-D/highlight2anki
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