# boom! – Declutter pages, improve readability

> Declutter webpages and improve readability with boom! This add-on lets you declutter busy pages and make them readable again. It also lets you knock down annoying paywalls, so you can use sites without signing up or logging in. Point, click, boom!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/boom-readability](https://chrome-stats.com/d/boom-readability)

## Overview

- **ID:** `boom-readability`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** rileyjshaw
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance
- **Daily users:** 26
- **Rating:** 2.50 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.1.2resigned1
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-26
- **First published:** 2019-03-13
- **Size:** 6.18 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/boom-readability/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/rileyjshaw/boom/issues](https://github.com/rileyjshaw/boom/issues)

## Description

boom! – Declutter pages, improve readability is a Firefox add-on that helps you declutter busy webpages, improve readability, and knock down paywalls. Clear away useless ads, images, suggestions, and banners with a simple point-and-click interface.

## Rankings

- #21,788 — Overall
- #24 — improve

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/boom-readability)