Distracted Reader

Name: Distracted Reader
Rating: 4.3333 (3 reviews)
Author: Patrick Juchli

By: Patrick Juchli Add-on

Fast, versatile search on Wikipedia

Overview

Firefox Add-ons Store

Daily users

Data as of 2026-08-16

Rating:

4.33

(3)

Version:

1.5.2

Last updated: 2021-07-12

Features & Capabilities

Distracted Reader is a Firefox add-on that enables users to quickly search and read full articles on Wikipedia without any context-switching. It provides fast and versatile search capabilities, supports multiple languages, and allows exploration of related articles. The add-on ensures privacy and does not track or store any user data.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Patrick Juchli

Daily users:

Rating:

4.33

(3)

Version:

1.5.2 Last updated: 2021-07-12

Version code:

5264291

Creation date:

2021-05-24

Risk:

Permissions:

Content scripts matches:

<all_urls>
*.m.wikipedia.org
*.m.wiktionary.org

Size:

26.62KB

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-16

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 41,940 ▼ 118

Other rankings

#186 in wikipedia keyword 24 ▲ 1#200 in reader keyword 62 ▼ 6

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Developed by:

Patrick Juchli

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/distracted-reader/

User Reviews

Absolutely essential. Along with TreeTabs and LeechBlock this is one of my most-used addons. Love it. I can't find a way to contact the developer so I'll ask here: Is there any way to get this to work within pdfs in the browser? Additionally, do you know of any similar modification for standalone pdf readers? Thank you so much! Edit: I would like to note that it is possible to convert a pdf to html and then browse it but this is less than ideal.

by Br*****, 2024-06-04

I was highly skeptical that you're DDoS-ing Wikipedia. Since you don't allow user to set triggering key, instead making requests every time selecting on every length of text. But after I saw the download/users amount, I dispelled my concerns. To be fair, it is a little bit annoying.

by te*****, 2024-04-02

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Is Distracted Reader Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Distracted Reader requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
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Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Add-ons Store, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

Distracted Reader has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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