Knot

Personal Reading Annotations

live · chrome web store · v1.0.0

Make meaning stick, right where you read.

A lightweight reading companion for anyone working through a second language or dense technical writing. Save a word once with your meaning - Knot recognizes it on every page you read after that and quietly shows your note right where you need it.

Add to Chrome → See how it works

⌥⇧A to annotatemanifest v3works on any page

SEE IT IN THE WILD

Knot annotation shown on an English Wikipedia article — Saved words are underlined right in the article - click one for the meaning, edit, or delete.

Knot annotation form shown on a Chinese Wikipedia article — Select any phrase and add a meaning without leaving the page - works in any language.

HOW IT WORKS

Select a word or phrase, right-click → Add Annotation - or press ⌥⇧A.

Type what it means to you, in the words you already understand.

On every future page, saved words are underlined with your meaning inline.

Click any annotated word to edit or remove it on the spot.

Progressive display keeps pages clean: the first occurrence shows the full meaning, repeats get a subtle underline with the meaning one click away.

WHAT'S IN IT

Read

Inline or ruby (above-the-word) styles
Custom underline color, style & size - live preview
One-click re-annotate for pages that load late

Learn

Built-in tests: word → meaning, or the reverse
Typo-tolerant auto-scoring & weak-word tracking
Per-word accuracy history: new → known

Yours

Search, sort & bulk-manage from popup or manager
Export / import the whole list as JSON or CSV
Free, and works the moment you install it

VERSION1.0.0 · MV3

SHORTCUT⌥⇧A

PERMISSIONScontextMenus · storage · activeTab

PRICEeverything here, free forever

Knot isn't a dictionary or translator. It's deliberately simpler - a place for the meanings you chose, in the words you understand, shown exactly where you read.