Read the web.
Without the noise.
Distill strips any article down to words, images, and nothing else. One click. One shortcut. No clutter.
Or press Ctrl+Shift+D on any article after installing.
The Article You Actually Came to Read
Just the text. Just the images that matter. No sidebar, no newsletter wall, no autoplay video in the corner. Read it the way it was meant to be read.
Your settings — font, size, theme, column width — are saved. Every article remembers where you left off.
Everything you want. Nothing you don't.
Built feature by feature around actual reading. No account. No subscription. No upsell.
Powerful Extraction
Powered by Mozilla Readability — the same engine behind Firefox Reader View. Headings, lists, code blocks, blockquotes, and figures all come through with structure intact. Works on news sites, blogs, Substack, Medium, Wikipedia.
Three Thoughtful Themes
Light, sepia, and a refined dark mode (no harsh pure black). Cycle through them with a single keypress. Your choice sticks.
Typography You Control
Three font families including a dyslexia-friendly option. Four sizes. Three column widths. Three line heights. Dial it in once and it stays across every article.
Read Aloud, Properly
Sentence-level highlighting follows as it speaks. Pick any system voice. Speed slider from 0.5x to 2x. Hands-free reading that actually tracks where you are.
Reading Library
Bookmark articles to a local library. Read them back from the popup, even offline. Up to 100 articles, capped automatically — no clutter building up.
Reading Position Memory
Come back to an article tomorrow and Distill drops you right where you left off. Per article, automatically.
Markdown Export
Copy or download the cleaned article as Markdown or plain text. Perfect for Obsidian, Notion, Bear, or any note-taking app that understands Markdown.
Print-Ready
Hit P (or the print icon) and you get a clean, paper-friendly page. No ads, no nav, no garbage bleeding into the margins.
Mouse optional.
Everything has a key. Hit ? in reader view for the full list.
| Open / close reader | Ctrl/⌘+Shift+D |
| Close reader | Esc |
| Cycle theme | T |
| Read aloud | S |
| Save to library | B |
| Export (Markdown / text) | E |
| P | |
| Font size | ← / → |
| Open settings | , |
| Full shortcut list | ? |
Works entirely on your device
Distill doesn't send page content anywhere. It doesn't track you. It doesn't talk to any servers. Your settings and saved articles live in your browser's local storage — no account required, nothing leaves your machine.
Permissions used: activeTab (read current page when you trigger it), storage (save settings and library locally), scripting (inject the reader). No host permissions. No background tracking. Full privacy policy →
Try it on the next article you open.
Free. No account. Works immediately after install.
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