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24 alternatives to 123Read
Distraction free reading for every website
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. 123Read launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Clearly▲177A simple, distraction free reader for Chrome
2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · justread.mpgarate.com · its alternatives →
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Reader Mode▲405Remove clutter and ads from any article. Instantly ⚡
2019 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
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Reader Mode 2.0▲332Read, highlight and annotate the web without distractions
2025 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
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7reads▲119A minimal mindful reading list for Google Chrome.
2020 · 7reads.vercel.app · its alternatives →
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A simple article reader for the web
Feb 2026 · justthearticleplease.com · its alternatives →
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Hey HN, cofounder of Readwise here. We've been working on this cross-platform reader app for about 2 years, excited to finally share it in public beta. Probably the most notable thing that makes Reader unique is that it supports almost any content type you could want to save/read/highlight: * web pages * emails/newsletters * PDFs * ePubs * twitter threads * youtube videos (with transcripts) * RSS feeds With all of your knowledge content in one place, we built powerful reading and highlighting, as well as a bunch of novel triage/organization features, so you can actually…
2022 · readwise.io · its alternatives →
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Read, highlight and annotate the web without distractions
2020 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
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Discover timeless articles from the belly of the internet.
2021 · readsomethinggreat.com · its alternatives →
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Strips any webpage down to just the article
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Read articles + text blocks (any app) distraction free.
2022 · quietreader.app · its alternatives →
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FocalRead ▲141Turn articles, eBooks & social threads into speed reading
Feb 2026 · focalread.com · its alternatives →
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Redefining reading making knowledge more accessible to all
2022 · its alternatives →
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Thread Reader▲138An easy way to read and copy Twitter threads
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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BoredReading is a curation of the best articles from around the internet.
2023 · boredreading.com · its alternatives →
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Totem▲141Repo: https://github.com/nnnkit/totem Bookmarking a tweet/article/thread on X is one click, but actually reading it later is like five clicks — open X, dig into history, bookmarks, find the post, and dodge the distraction of new feeds and notifications on the way there. So I had hundreds of genuinely great tweets saved and basically never read any of them. Totem puts that queue on the browser new tab, so reading them is just one click away. No feed distraction, no algorithm, no AI, no server, no account — it's all local. In one sentence "It's like the reading…
Jul 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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