Transform any article into a clean, distraction-free reading experience. Strip ads, clutter, and popups with one click.
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About Postlight Reader - Clean Article Mode
Postlight Reader - Clean Article Mode
Transform any article into a clean, distraction-free reading experience. Strip away ads, paywall nag banners, popups, and cluttered sidebars with a single click.
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Tired of modern web pages flooded with intrusive ads, video popups, cookie consent overlays, and cluttered sidebars?
Postlight Reader transforms messy web articles into an elegant, distraction-free reading view. Inspired by the classic Mercury and Postlight reading experience, it extracts only the essential content—headline, author, publication date, text, and photos—presenting it in a beautifully formatted reader view optimized for your eyes.
✨ One-Click Distraction-Free Reading
Instantly strip clutter, banner ads, floating videos, social share widgets, and newsletter popups from any blog post, news story, or article.
🎨 4 Beautiful Reading Themes
• Light: Crisp, clean background for daytime reading.
• Sepia: Warm paper parchment tone that reduces eye strain.
• Dark: Sleek slate dark mode for low-light environments.
• Night: Deep OLED black for midnight readers.
🔤 Fully Customizable Typography
• Choose between Classic Serif (book-style), Modern Sans-Serif, or Monospace fonts.
• Effortlessly adjust text size (from 13px to 32px) and column width (Narrow, Standard, Wide).
🔊 Text-to-Speech (Listen Mode)
Listen to any article read aloud with browser-native text-to-speech. Play, pause, or resume anytime.
⏱ Reading Time & Word Count
Know before you start: see instant estimates of reading time and total word counts on any web article.
🖨️ Clean Print & PDF Export
Print articles directly without wasting paper or ink on menus, sidebars, or advertisements.
📋 Copy as Clean Text or Markdown
Copy formatted article text or clean Markdown with one click—perfect for note-taking in Notion, Obsidian, Roam, or Bear.
⚡ Keyboard Shortcuts
• Toggle Reader Mode instantly: Alt + R (Windows/Linux) or Command + Shift + R (Mac).
• Press Esc anytime to return smoothly to the original website.
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100% PRIVATE & ON-DEVICE
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Your reading habits are nobody's business.
• Zero data collection: We do not track, log, or store your browsing history.
• 100% Local processing: Web pages are parsed directly in your browser. No article content is ever sent to remote servers.
• No account required: Works immediately upon installation.
Enjoy the web the way it was meant to be read—calm, focused, and distraction-free.