# Clean Reader

> Clean Reader by Laurent Gaucheron | Clean reader make for a clean, simpler, greener web. This extension enables a server-side reader-mode that makes webpages less bloated and more secure.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/clean-reader](https://chrome-stats.com/d/clean-reader)

## Overview

- **ID:** `clean-reader`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Laurent Gaucheron
- **Category:** privacy-security
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2021-11-22
- **First published:** 2021-11-21
- **Size:** 15 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/clean-reader/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/ccgauche/clean\_reader](https://github.com/ccgauche/clean_reader)

## Description

Clean Reader is a Firefox add-on designed to make webpages less bloated and more secure. It enables a server-side reader-mode and allows users to change the target server.

## Rankings

- #100,357 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `contextMenus`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- 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/clean-reader)