Calm Reader

👥 58 users

📦 v1.0.0

💾 37.52KiB

📅 2026-05-08

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Overview

Calm Reader — Mercury Reader successor. Pure, distraction-free reading.
Strip away ads, navigation, sidebars, and popups. Enjoy clean, comfortable article reading — just like the original Mercury Reader.
Click the toolbar icon or press Alt + R on any article page to instantly activate Calm Reader.
Features

Clean, elegant reader view powered by Mozilla’s Readability parser (same engine as Firefox Reader View)
Three beautiful themes: Light, Sepia, and Dark (saved across sessions)
Adjustable typography: Serif, Sans-serif, or Monospace fonts with size control (12–28px)
Simple keyboard shortcut: Alt + R to toggle
Minimal sticky toolbar that never gets in the way
Zero clutter — the content is the product

Privacy First
Calm Reader collects no data.
No analytics, no telemetry, no ads, no affiliate links, and no backend.
Your theme, font, and size preferences are saved locally in Chrome storage and synced only to your Google account.
Permissions

activeTab — to reformat the current article
scripting — to run the locally bundled Readability parser
storage — to save your reading preferences

No host permissions, no browsing history access, and no background tab access.
Open Source
MIT licensed. Fully open source on GitHub:
https://github.com/fredgaiotti/calm-reader
Readability.js is Apache 2.0 (Mozilla Foundation).

Category: Productivity
Language: English
Homepage: https://fredgaiotti.github.io/calm-reader/
Support: https://github.com/fredgaiotti/calm-reader/issues