readReddit, Readable text posts on reddit

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Status
Live on Store
Description from extension meta

Takes any text post and reformats it to a pleasant to read format.

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readReddit, Readable text posts on reddit
Description from store

readReddit adds a pleasant and clutter free reading mode for reddit text posts and comments.

I greatly enjoy reading stories that are posted on subreddits like /r/WritingPrompts and /r/HFY. What I like less is reading these stories on my computer. Both old and new reddit put too much clutter around text and the formatting itself always feels less than ideal for long pieces of text.

A while ago I had a realization "I can fix this!", which is what I promptly set out to do. I started out with a bit of custom css, then I realized I could do better with some scripting. That sort of spiraled out of control and before I knew it I had made it in a full blown browser extension.

The extension takes text posts or each top level comment and transforms the text from the cluttered reddit format into a nice clutter free and better formatted overlay (see the screenshots).

It is even somewhat "smart" about how it grabs the text, so when you encounter one of those authors who needed to continue in the comments it will also include the text from those comments!

Latest reviews

Celeste Diaz Ferraro 2025-07-15

This extension did not reformat text no matter what I did, and nothing in the extension's options or settings would get it to work.

Jelly Beans 2025-02-12

Thank you so much for making this extension, i've tried just about everything. Thank you!!!

Chris Whitton (CherryLax) 2019-08-29

Simple, Smart, Brilliant

Chris Whitton (CherryLax) 2019-08-29

Simple, Smart, Brilliant

Nishkam Khanna 2019-04-28

This is Amazing! It works as expected and I have not encountered any bugs since downloading it. It is a great way to read long posts on reddit without the distracting sidebars and stuff. I would totally recommend this

Josch 2019-02-17

Thank you for making this!

Josch 2019-02-17

Thank you for making this!

Carlo 2019-01-16

Works as advertised

Carlo 2019-01-16

Works as advertised

Jeremiah Paltridge 2019-01-10

Does exactly what it says it will. No fuss, no bugs.

Jeremiah Paltridge 2019-01-10

Does exactly what it says it will. No fuss, no bugs.

Statistics

Installs
462
Market
Chrome Web Store
Category
Rating
4.43 (7 votes)
Last update
2022-05-21
Version 0.15.0
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