Unclutter — Modern Reader Mode

Read, bookmark, and highlight articles with style.

What is Unclutter — Modern Reader Mode?

Unclutter — Modern Reader Mode is a Chrome extension designed for a seamless reading experience. It eliminates all the non-textual items from a page, allowing you to focus solely on the content. The extension also offers customization options such as text size adjustment and enabling dark mode. Unclutter features an in-built reading queue management system and lets you highlight texts which you can search later. Plus, it is an open-source project welcoming suggestions and contributions.

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Extension stats

By: https://lindylearn.io

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 7,000+

Rating: 4.80 (40)

Version: 1.7.5 (Last updated: 2023-02-28)

Creation date: 2022-03-09

Risk impact: Moderate risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

storage
scripting

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size: 2.42M

Email: co*****@lindylearn.io

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Ranking

# 12260 ▼ 29

Other rankings

#781 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 4 #203 in reader keyword 90 ▼ 7

Other platforms

Unclutter — Modern Reader Mode (v1.7.10)

4.86

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Extension summary

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Unclutter is a new kind of reader mode that keeps the visual style of articles intact. Plus it automatically saves articles for you. Instantly in your browser.

➤ Focus: Remove remove everything that's not text from a page. ➤ Customise: Change the text size or enable dark mode everywhere. ➤ Save for later: Manage your reading queue directly in your browser. ➤ Highlight: Select any text to save it. Then search across it later.

This project is Open-Source! Follow the development, suggest features, or contribute at github.com/lindylearn/unclutter

User reviews

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Very effective at improving readability by eliminating distractions.
Keeps the original styling and formatting of articles.
Offers customization options for reading space and font size.
Provides a table of contents for easy navigation.
Open-source and crowd-sourced, working well even on niche websites.

Cons

Highlighting feature has errors and could be improved.
Issues with accessing the article gallery.
Some users experience excessive network requests under certain conditions.

Most mentioned

Overall usability and effectiveness as a reader mode.
Customization options for user convenience.
Open-source nature and community-driven improvements.

Recent reviews

This is a very polished tool. It's hands down one of the best reader modes , putting things in a clear and readable view , with good font choices, dark mode, allowing basic annotation , and having sync to back up the annotations. It can also work as simple "read it later" solution with its "unfinished" queue , as long as it's only a handful of articles , as this isn't Readwise. Any more and that would make management a messy heap of undifferentiable thumbnails. Other than that , this extension serves its purposes very well.

Adam Smith, 2024-11-11

GREAT!

Jaishankar TS, 2024-09-26

Really lovely. Feels like a fellow friend making an app for other friends. One wish: the option to turn off the auto highlight when selecting text. I'm one of those that highlights as I read to keep track of where I am on the page. EDIT: The developer already coded it in. What a boss.