Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Minimal Reading Mode
Optimize websites for reading: font, contrast, night mode
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Minimal Reading Mode launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Reader Mode▲405Remove clutter and ads from any article. Instantly ⚡
2019 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
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Read, highlight and annotate the web without distractions
2020 · 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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Enable dark mode (night mode) on all websites
2018 · darkreader.org · its alternatives →
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Dark Reader▲299Dark theme for every website, care for your eyes
2018 · darkreader.org · its alternatives →
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2013 · beelinereader.com · its alternatives →
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Reader Mode is a powerful online reading toolkit that lets you read, highlight, annotate, bookmark and research better and without distractions
2019 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
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Hey everyone! In the last months I've been working on Unclutter, a modern reader mode browser extension. In contrast to all existing approaches, it unclutters articles by modifying their CSS instead of extracting the text content. This results in a more visually pleasing result that reuses the original article style. The idea is to remove friction so you use the reader mode more often. There are a few more features around saving articles automatically and taking highlights -- more details are on the website. The extension has about 400 active weekly users right now, mostly from organic web…
2022 · unclutter.it · its alternatives →
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Midnight▲133clutter-free, zero-blue light reading experience
2023 · midnight.sonnet.io · its alternatives →
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Customize the article view to your liking
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Chrome now supports vertical tabs and immersive reading mode
Apr 2026 · google.com · its alternatives →
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Read the web in your style.
2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Clearly▲177A simple, distraction free reader for Chrome
2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Neat reader mode extension for Google Chrome 📃
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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The Better Chrome Reading Mode Extension That Just Works!
Jun 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · 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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ReadPilot▲303Read any webpage in 1 minute, with only 1 click
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Jiffy Reader▲509Read anything on the internet faster and more clearly
2022 · jiffyreader.com · its alternatives →
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Hey! This is a reader mode browser extension I built that hides noisy page elements rather than extracting and re-rendering only the page text. The idea is to not make all articles look the same [0], have them still render graphs, and ideally to work in more cases. There are a few "tricks": patching the site CSSOM to apply simpler mobile styles even at desktop width, detecting the likely main text & removing its non-text siblings, blocklists for classnames that contain words like "sidebar", and testing this on a few hundred popular sites. I got carried away and also added a dark mode, page…
2022 · unclutter.lindylearn.io · its alternatives →
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Midnight Lizard▲124Clever night mode for all websites
2017 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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