# Outline Reader

> Cleans web pages of all unnecessary visual elements, retains only the essential content: text, illustrations and images; layout and typography are customizable. In addition, this tool manages a bibliographic database, a persistent offline annotation.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `outline`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** \_korpus\_
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance,social-communication,other
- **Daily users:** 29
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 2020.11.10
- **Last updated:** 2020-11-11
- **First published:** 2020-03-16
- **Size:** 88 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/outline/)

## Description

Outline Reader is a Firefox add-on that cleans web pages of unnecessary visual elements, retains essential content, and allows customization of layout and typography. It also includes a bibliographic database and offline annotation management.

## Rankings

- #20,724 — Overall
- #106 — reader
- #220 — header

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `contextMenus`
- `http://*/*`
- `https://*/*`
- `storage`
- `downloads`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/outline)