Minimal Reading Mode

Optimize any website for legibility and reading: clear spaced font, nice contrast, zen focus & night dark mode. Simple & lightweight

Minimal Reading Mode is available to install from Chrome Web Store and for download from this page. It has 5,000+ active users The latest version is 1.7.3, and it was published 3 years ago.

Install from Chrome Web Store
View source code
Total download count: 54 (Only count downloads from Chrome-Stats)

All available versions

You can find the current and older versions of Minimal Reading Mode here. You can download the archived versions or inspect their source codes.

As a free user, you can only download the latest version.

Upgrade to download older versions
 7 versions available for download.

Install CRX file

Option 1: The easy way (for Windows users only)

  1. Download and run chrome-stats.exe file on your PC. This method will allow you to install Chrome extensions directly from chrome-stats.com in one click. You only need to do this once!
  2. Type in chrome://restart in the URL bar to restart the browser for the changes to take effect.
  3. Download and install the Minimal Reading Mode CRX file

Option 2: Advanced method

  1. Download Minimal Reading Mode CRX file
  2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to use option 1, or download the ZIP file instead.
  3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
  4. Enable Developer mode
  5. Drag and drop the downloaded Minimal Reading Mode CRX file into the Extensions page
  6. When prompted, click Add extension to install Minimal Reading Mode.

Install ZIP file

  1. Download and unpack the Minimal Reading Mode ZIP file to a directory of your choice.
  2. In Chrome browser, go to chrome://extensions
  3. Enable Developer mode.
  4. Click on the Load Unpacked button.
  5. Select the directory of with the unpacked Minimal Reading Mode ZIP file from step 1. Minimal Reading Mode is now installed on your browser.

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