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Dev tools · March 10, 2026

Brutal Reader

Strips any webpage down to just the article

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What it does

Tired of ads, popups, and sidebars hijacking every article you try to read? Brutal Reader is a free Chrome extension that strips any webpage down to just the article — clean text, warm paper, zero distractions. One click. Works on Substack, news sites, blogs, Twitter articles. Free and open source, always.

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