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24 alternatives to Distracted Reader
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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Distracted Reader launched in 2022; 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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I was inspired by Andy Matuschak's Evergreen Notes viewer and created this small web app to browse Wikipedia in the same way. Clicking on a link opens the content in a new pane to the right. And you can resize panes. It's really nice for following rabbit holes or checking out lists from articles. Let me know what you think! Code here: https://github.com/steezeburger/wikipedia-browser
2024 · steezeburger.com · its alternatives →
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A beautiful, clean, modern web UI for Wikipedia
2021 · modernwiki.app · its alternatives →
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A simple article reader for the web
Feb 2026 · justthearticleplease.com · its alternatives →
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Read, highlight and annotate the web without distractions
2020 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
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2014 · justread.mpgarate.com · its alternatives →
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Wiki Journey tracks your daily Wikipedia rabbit holes in a tree format. Available on Firefox and Chrome: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/wiki-journey/ https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/wiki-journey/lehenb... It's open source, feel free to contribute! https://github.com/demegire/wiki-journey
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Summarize web articles and save time
2023 · glasp.co · its alternatives →
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Save articles for reading later
2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Qikipedia▲107Instant Wikipedia summary cards on any web page
2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Learn by typing the webpage text in the browser itself
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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The Reader Wiki, Reader View of Wikipedia
2018 · thereaderwiki.com · its alternatives →
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THIS IS PRIMARILY A DESKTOP EXPERIENCE. It kinda works on mobile, but it's not nearly as thought through. https://encyclopedia.marginalia.nu/article/Hacker_News This is a re-implementation of a thing I was experimenting with a few years ago earlier. I find the blue links of Wikipedia very distracting, and my attention starts skipping around when I read text that is busy like that. Gone are inline links, footnotes, most references, many tables, all images. I removed all the distractions on a what-if basis. I've also experimented with designing the encyclopedia around…
2023 · its alternatives →
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NoBrowseForYou▲135Turn tasks into browsing rewards
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Rabbit Hole▲72A Firefox extension to map your Wikipedia Journeys
2020 · addons.mozilla.org · its alternatives →
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Reading Time▲69Tells you how long an article takes to read
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Side Portal▲63Browse Wikipedia spatially, with a contextual sidebar/graph
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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