# FastRead Tweaked

> Enhanced text readability using Bionic Reading.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/fastread-tweaked](https://chrome-stats.com/d/fastread-tweaked)

## Overview

- **ID:** `fastread-tweaked`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** ZtereoHYPE
- **Category:** other
- **Daily users:** 4
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1
- **Last updated:** 2022-06-05
- **First published:** 2022-06-04
- **Size:** 31 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fastread-tweaked/)

## Description

FastRead Tweaked is a Firefox add-on that applies the Bionic Reading algorithm to web pages, increasing reading speed for some users. It is a fork of the FastRead addon, tweaked for Firefox's default styling and under ongoing development for new features.

## Rankings

- #47,789 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `activeTab`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low 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/fastread-tweaked)