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Life & fun · December 1, 2020

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text.fish: Get Only Text, Read Peacefully

text.fish is a fast, free alternative to other text converters—optimize, clean, and style your text in one place.

text.fish: Get Only Text, Read Peacefully launched on December 1, 2020 with 30 votes, #890 of 3,242 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.

In plain words

text.fish is a web tool that extracts text from web pages, removing ads, navigation elements, and other distractions. Designed for readers who want a cleaner browsing experience, it strips websites down to their core content. The service is useful for anyone tired of cluttered layouts or those seeking a more focused way to read articles and blog posts online.

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