Do y’all know about textise? I don’t see mention of it come up in a quick search. https://www.textise.net/

It can be used with the duckduckgo bang !textise

It also works over Tor, where I can use it as a proxy to avoid Cloudflare checkpoints.

I don’t think that it is open source but not completely sure.

Copy from the site intro:

Textise is a new way of looking at the Web. It’s an internet tool that removes everything from a web page except for its text. In practice, this means that images, forms, scripts, adverts, they all go, leaving plain text. Find out more here… (https://textise.wordpress.com/about-textise/)

How to use this page

  1. Type or paste the URL of a web page into the box below and click “Textise”. A text only version of the web page will be displayed.
  2. Type a search term into the box, select a search engine from the drop-down list, and click “Search”. You will be taken to a text only version of the search results.
  • Most Auspicious@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    17·
    2 years ago

    Sounds like Firefox text mode with extra steps. Granted, it might be good for other browsers, but I personally am doing fine so far with a reader plugin on Palemoon.

    Also, as other users have mentioned already, it’s sus as heck.

  • Crul@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    I prefer Tranquility Reader add-on (no need for a 3rd party service). Very similar to Firefox’ native Reader Mode, but more configurable and compatible with other addons (like translation).

    • syzizeky@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      My use case is to access text and link content on a web page anonymously over Tor without getting blocked by Cloudflare (such as when browsing warez sites).