Work · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Reader Mode
Neat reader mode extension for Google Chrome 📃
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Reader Mode launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Reader Mode 2.0â–²347Read, highlight and annotate the web without distractions
2025 · its alternatives →
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Reader Mode Premiumâ–²324Read, highlight and annotate the web without distractions
2020 · its alternatives →
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Minimal Reading Mode â–²91Optimize websites for reading: font, contrast, night mode
2019 · 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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Chrome now supports vertical tabs and immersive reading mode
Apr 2026 · 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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2018 · darkreader.org · its alternatives →
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The Reader Extensionâ–²80A Chrome extension that makes you read what you save
2018 · its alternatives →
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Brutal Readerâ–²98Strips any webpage down to just the article
Mar 2026 · github.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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Edit Modeâ–²92Update website texts in real-time and get a sharable link.
2020 · its alternatives →
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Reader Styleâ–²11A Chrome plugin for comfortable reading with eye protection.
2024 · its alternatives →
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Reader Mode for Mobileâ–²213Organize your clutter-free articles on mobile
2020 · its alternatives →
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READRâ–²9The reader mode Chrome forgot to build
Feb 2026 · wushu75.github.io · its alternatives →
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Read articles with style, literally
2022 · its alternatives →
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