Dev tools · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Unclutter — A new approach to reader mode
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…
Unclutter is a browser extension that provides a reader mode by hiding distracting page elements rather than extracting and reformatting text, allowing articles to retain their original design and interactive content… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Unclutter — A new approach to reader mode launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
- 1UR
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 →
- 2
- 3
Reader Mode▲405Remove clutter and ads from any article. Instantly ⚡
2019 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
- 4
Reader Mode 2.0▲332Read, highlight and annotate the web without distractions
2025 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
- 5
Read, highlight and annotate the web without distractions
2020 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
- 6
Organize your clutter-free articles on mobile
2020 · readermode.io · its alternatives →
- 7WC
I recently observed that majority of my family members and friends are not using ad blockers and reader mode for reasons suck as lack of knowledge about plugins & laziness. So their online reading experience is not pleasant as a result very less amount of them read anything including what i share. Its an attempt to give them clutter, tracker & ad free reading experience right off the bat.
2023 · web0.cc · its alternatives →
- 8
Optimize websites for reading: font, contrast, night mode
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
- 9
Enable dark mode (night mode) on all websites
2018 · darkreader.org · its alternatives →
- 10
Strips any webpage down to just the article
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 11
- 12
Read articles + text blocks (any app) distraction free.
2022 · quietreader.app · its alternatives →
- 13
Clear This Page▲119Bypass the clutter from any web article
2019 · clearthis.page · its alternatives →
- 14
- 15
Clearly▲177A simple, distraction free reader for Chrome
2018 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
- 16
I've been working on and off on a Chrome Extension for Hacker News, the extension focusses on improved usability rather than design. I can almost guarantee that after a day you won't want to go back to regular Hacker News. Give it a try, features include: - Improved readability - Quick inline replies from comments page - Quick profiles with social network info when hovering over usernames - Filtering of stories based on terms and phrases / domain or user - Endless scrolling - Collapsible comment threads - Social sharing for Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Buffer Forks, improvements and comments…
2012 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
- 17
Neat reader mode extension for Google Chrome 📃
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
- 18HN
2020 · jgthms.com · its alternatives →
- 19
Disguise your internet browsing activities
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
- 20
Hi HN! here's a tool I just deployed that renders PDFs in dark mode without destroying the images. Internal and external links stay intact, and I decided to implement export since I'm not a fan of platform lock-in: you can view your dark PDF in your preferred reader, on any device. It's a side project born from a personal need first and foremost. When I was reading in the factory the books that eventually helped me get out of it, I had the problem that many study materials and books contained images and charts that forced me, with the dark readers available at the time, to always keep the…
Mar 2026 · veil.simoneamico.com · its alternatives →
- 21
Hide spoilers, profanity, politics, distractions by keywords
Nov 2025 · filter-everything-online.com · its alternatives →
- 22
Un-Clapping an article should be as simple as a click
2019 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
- 23
- 24
Turn any messy page or AI chat into a fully editable reader.
Jan 2026 · notionhighlights.com · its alternatives →
Also compare
Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →