# Highlight Scout

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/apps/highlight-scout

Fast, local search across all your reading highlights: Readwise, Zotero, Kindle and more.

Desktop apps

## Where it lives

- [Visit Highlight Scout (highlightscout.app)](https://highlightscout.app)
- [Source on GitHub](https://github.com/techczech/highlight-scout)

## About this item

- Category: Desktop apps
- Platforms: macOS, Windows
- Made with: Tauri, Rust, Claude Code
- Ideal for: researchers, writers, and avid readers who have collected thousands of highlights and want to actually find and reuse them

Topics: Unified import: Readwise, Zotero (with citations and PDF links), Kindle clippings, CSV, and JSON in one searchable archive, Instant keyword search: Whole-word or partial matching, with a global hotkey to summon the window from anywhere, Semantic search: Find highlights by meaning, not just words, plus a 'find related' view for any quote (optional, via QMD), Local and private: Your highlights never leave your computer; cross-platform builds for macOS and Windows.

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