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Say goodbye to 1000+ unread; auto-archive your reading lists

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    123Read70

    Distraction free reading for every website

    2019

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    ReadHere146

    Lightweight PDF & EPUB reader in your browser

    Jun 2026

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    A read-it-later service where items disappear after 7 days.

    2020

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    Let your ears do the reading.

    2019

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    7reads119

    A minimal mindful reading list for Google Chrome.

    2020

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    Zero knowledge self destructing notes

    Jan 2026

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    Clearly177

    A simple, distraction free reader for Chrome

    2018

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    Free Mac App that deletes your "read later" backlog

    2015

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    Verblr147

    Listen to what you read online

    2020

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    Text Fish139

    Skip Paywalls, Read Peacefully

    2020

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    Readstack145

    Zero-stress app to save the articles you want to read later

    2021

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    Readsy155

    Auto-highlighted text for faster reading

    2022

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    A simpler alternative to Goodreads

    2015

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    A secure place for the articles that you want to read 🔒📑

    2019

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    A simple article reader for the web

    Feb 2026

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    Strips any webpage down to just the article

    Mar 2026

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    Readit100

    Organize your content. Save, read and share articles

    2020

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    Recently i stumbled on too many clickgates on the Medium blog Towards Data science. Considering that most people publish to share knowledge on Medium and are driven into putting their content behind a paywall, without actually getting paid for it, including myself. I felt like Medium is running the academic publishing scheme. Get free content and get paid for it. So I decided to create a small script to bypass the paywall on Medium, it turns out it also works on other newssites. Heres the website: https://sugoidesune.github.io/readium/ For the curious I will explain the…

    2019

  20. 20IM

    Hey HN, the full story is on the page, but here's the TL;DR: I'm 35 and somewhere along the way I lost the ability to finish reading articles. I'd open them, read 2-3 paragraphs, get distracted, and close the tab feeling like a failure. My "Read Later" list became a graveyard of 2,000+ unread articles. I tried everything – focus apps, reader modes, blocking extensions. Nothing worked. Then I realized. 'maybe the problem isn't me'. Modern web articles are designed for engagement metrics, not comprehension. Sidebars, popups, related articles, comment sections – everything is optimized to pull…

    Jan 2026 · parsely.obasic.app

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    Hey HN crowd! Two days ago I realized I'm almost unable to read a book or a long article without getting distracted by Twitter/HN/Reddit/Work. The situation is so terrible, I'm even getting afraid of big articles, and my ReadItLater list is getting pretty long (shameful I know) ... and I'm pretty sure most of you are in this situation :) Being used to TL;DRs on long reddit posts, I thought it would be great to have these for everything, so I quickly hacked this website: http://www.too-long-didnt-read.com/ Here is an example of TL;DR: http://www.too-long-didnt-read.com/5tropy I would love to…

    2011

  22. 22IB

    I built Read Fast after realising I was saving hundreds of things to read and reading almost none of them. It automatically turns saved content into a scheduled briefing and sends it to my inbox at whatever time I choose. New version since last post actually allows you to bulk upload URLs. So you can just dump links here and Read Fast will scrape and brief for you. Great for actually reading the things I want to. Curious if that resonates with people?

    Dec 2025 · read-fast.replit.app

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    Hey everyone! I wanted to share a project that I've been working on the last few days that I finally finished last night: https://50books.org This is a simple site designed to track your reading list into 2015. My personal goal is to read 50 books this year, and I wanted to hold myself accountable. Major sites like Goodreads are great, but were too much of a social network for my personal taste; on the other hand, using a text file (which was my 2014 solution) was too difficult to track and share. I built https://50books.org using Sinatra, sqlite3 (via datamapper), and…

    2015

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