Overview
Strip articles to a clean, distraction-free reading view. Mercury Reader successor.
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
Details
- Version1.0.0
- UpdatedMay 8, 2026
- Size37.52KiB
- LanguagesEnglish (United States)
- DeveloperWebsite
Email
fred@tytoholdings.com - Non-traderThis developer has not identified itself as a trader. For consumers in the European Union, please note that consumer rights do not apply to contracts between you and this developer.
Privacy
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- Not being sold to third parties, outside of the approved use cases
- Not being used or transferred for purposes that are unrelated to the item's core functionality
- Not being used or transferred to determine creditworthiness or for lending purposes
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