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Just Read

by zachsaucier · justread.link · Functionality & UI
FeaturedEstablished publisherManifest V3 Free
View in Chrome Web Store Data as of 15 Oct 2026

A feature-packed, customizable reader extension.

Users
200K
0 in 30 days
Rating
4.5 / 5
−0.19 in 30 days
Ratings
910
+2 in 30 days
Store rank
#1,174
#1,058 among extensions
Version
7.1.4
updated 12 Oct 2026

Users

monthly, 3 years
30K115K200KAug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 200,000 usersMove the mouse over the chart for any month

Ratings count

monthly, 3 years
200555910Aug 2023Apr 2025Oct 2026
Latest, 15 Oct 2026: 910 ratingsMove the mouse over the chart for any month

The Chrome Web Store rounds user counts down to the leading digit, so the user line moves in steps. The ratings count is exact and is the better signal of real adoption.

About Just Read

Just Read is a feature-packed and customizable reader view. With one click (or less!), you can remove distractions like: - The page's styling - Ads - Popups - Comments And read the article in a customizable, simplified format - like a read mode but better! Users can: - Summarize the article using AI. - Use the default white and dark themes. - Modify their theme using a graphical editor or CSS. - Use a theme someone else has made (found at https://goo.gl/Z59SM4 ). - Use their very own custom styling. - Auto-run the reader format on specific sites. - Auto-run summarization. - Use a keyboard shortcut to run the reader. - Print the custom-styled version of the article. - Use the selection mode to choose exactly which text they want to select for reading. - Use the deletion mode to remove any unwanted content after selection. - Edit incorrect meta information generated. - Control which options the reader uses. - Go straight to the next chapter from the reader view. Just Read Premium has even more features! - Permanently save the reader version of pages. - Share the reader version of pages with others. - Link directly to a section of the page within the shared reader view. - Highlight and annotate pages. - Add comments. - Use a custom scrollbar. - Auto-scroll the article. - Apply domain-specific selectors, which give ultimate control to the content auto-selection. Just Read collects zero data from users by default. If you sign up for an account, only your email address is stored. No analytics are sent to anyone else. Any data that is stored is safely secured and private. Just Read is open source and can be found on GitHub here https://github.com/ZachSaucier/Just-Read Please read the README in the GitHub link above for more details!

Growth

WindowUsersChangeRatingsRating
7 days0+0.0%0−0.18
30 days0+0.0%+2−0.19
6 months0+0.0%+8−0.19
1 year0+0.0%+12−0.19

Chrome Web Store search rankings

Where Just Read appears when people search the store, with the 30 day change
Search phrasePosition30 days
article#3+2
reader#29+3
chrome extension#82new
like#85new
css editor#930

Version history

61 versions recorded
7.1.412 Oct 2026
7.1.25 Sep 2026
7.1.14 Sep 2026
7.1.01 Sep 2026
7.0.328 Aug 2026
7.0.228 Aug 2026
7.0.125 Aug 2026
7.0.014 Aug 2026

Details

Category
Functionality & UI
First seen
6 Jun 2020
Size
1.1 MB
Languages
de, en, tr, es, fr, it, pl, pt-BR
Pricing
Free
Privacy policy
github.com
Support
github.com
Extension ID
dgmanlpmmkibanfdgjocnabmcaclkmod

Permissions and risk

Minimal riskimpact 3, likelihood 0
Permissions
tabscontextMenusstoragescripting
Site access
*://*/*
Can read and change data on every website you visit.

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