DashBuster

Replace em dashes on any website. Pick your replacement character and see which sites overuse them the most.

Tired of writers who think a 2-em-dash sentence like this makes them sound smarter? DashBuster silently replaces every em dash on any website with the character of your choice. One toggle. Zero tolerance. What It Does Instant replacement em dashes become hyphens, spaces, robot emojis 🤖, or poop emojis 💩 Real-time counter see how many dashes you've busted on the current page Hall of Shame lifetime leaderboard of which sites abuse em dashes the most. Screenshot it. Share it. Shame them. Persistent settings your choice survives browser restarts SPA-safe works on React, Next.js, Vue, and any dynamically loaded content Why Install It Em dashes break reading flow. Hyphens don't. Writers overuse them now you have the receipts (Hall of Shame) Zero performance impact: chunked scanning, idle-callback scheduling, no infinite loops No data collection. No analytics. No BS. How to Use Click the DashBuster icon Toggle ON Pick your weapon (hyphen, space, robot, or poop) Watch the counter climb and the leaderboard fill Built for readers who value clarity over pretension.