https://github.com/vinc/readable-browser

The web, without the bullshit.
https://github.com/vinc/readable-browser

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The web, without the bullshit.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/vinc/readable-browser
• Owner: vinc
• License: mit
• Created: 2018-08-06T07:22:13.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2021-08-02T04:16:11.000Z (over 3 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-01T19:35:37.901Z (about 2 months ago)
• Language: CSS
• Homepage: https://readable.vinc.cc
• Size: 187 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 17
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
Readable Browser

================

[Readable Browser](https://github.com/vinc/readable-browser) is a web server

leveraging the [readability library](https://github.com/mozilla/readability)

to display any web page in a light and distraction free form.

1. Nowadays most websites ask you to download megabytes of stuff to view a few

   kilobytes of useful content. That's the equivalent of printing a whole book

   just to read a single page. With Readable Browser you skip all that and

   fetch only the text that you want to read. It's much faster, and better for

   the environment.

2. When you are reading a page, what you want is focus your attention on the

   text, but most websites are optimized to maximize user engagement by

   tracking and manipulating them to increase their advertising revenues.

   With Readable Browser you only see the content, not the bullshit.

3. Finally, if a content producer respects you, you'll see a box at the end

   of their articles explaining how you can help them produce their content.

   Usually that'll be a link to their subscription or donation page.

Usage

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You can try a [online demo](https://readable.vinc.cc) of Readable Browser but

for your privacy and improved security it's much better to run the server

yourself:

```bash

git clone https://github.com/vinc/readable-browser

cd readable-browser

yarn install

yarn start

```

You can then visit http://localhost:8080 with your favorite browser.

License

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Copyright (c) 2018 Vincent Ollivier. Released under MIT.