Just Read

A feature-packed, customizable reader extension.

What is Just Read?

Just Read is a robust Chrome extension providing a distraction-free online reading setting. It eliminates page styles, ads, popups and comments, letting users focus solely on the content. Just Read features AI summarization, flexible themes and modes, keyboard accessibility, AI meta data editing and provision for user-specific styling. It even allows auto-run on specific domains. Premium users enjoy advanced features like permanent saves, sharing, annotations, auto-scrolling, and more. This extension strictly adheres to privacy standards.

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By: https://justread.link

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 240,733 ▲ 10.12K

Rating: 4.67 (863)

Version: 5.3.6 (Last updated: 2023-12-02)

Creation date: 2020-06-06

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

tabs
contextMenus
storage
scripting

Host permissions:

*://*/*

Size: 1.08M

Email: Click to see

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 1255 ▲ 9

Other rankings

#101 in Functionality & UI ▼ 5

#40 in article keyword 35

#101 in css editor keyword 31 ▼ 1

#190 in selection keyword 87 ▼ 1

#210 in modify keyword 48 ▼ 1

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Other platforms

Not available on Firefox

Just Read (v5.3.5)

4.00 (5) 33,009

Summary

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Just Read is a feature-packed and customizable reader view.

With one click (or less!), you can remove distractions like:

The page's styling
Ads
Popups
Comments

And read the article in a customizable, simplified format - like a read mode but better!

Users can:

Summarize the article using AI.
Use the default white and dark themes.
Modify your theme using a graphical editor or CSS.
Use a theme someone else has made (found at https://goo.gl/Z59SM4 ).

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Saves time
Makes reading easier and less distracting
Customizable themes and colors
Lightweight and fast
Premium features are worthwhile

Cons

Not very user friendly for those not familiar with GitHub
Some users reported it as slow to load pages
Does not work properly on some websites (e.g., Medium, NYTimes, translated websites)
Requires knowledge of code to customize
Consumes too much RAM

Most mentioned

Makes online reading less distracting
Can set to dark mode
Problems with certain websites
Not the most user friendly
Customizable

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Safety

Risk impact

Just Read is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Just Read if you trust the publisher.