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Best alternatives to Outliner | Improving your reading experience (2026)

10 Chrome extensions that do a similar job to Outliner, closest first. Each shows real store users, its rating, how recently it was updated and how many permissions it asks for.

Outliner | Improving your reading experience today

≈10K users4.2★ from 53 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago2 permissions

Outliner alternatives, compared

  1. 1

    Readline

    Unleash the Power of Distraction-Free Reading: Simplified Layout, Consistent Formatting, Image & Ad Removal, High Customizability!

    ≈20K users4.0★ from 23 ratingsUpdated 21 months ago7 permissions
    • About 2.0× more users than Outliner
    • Rated 0.2 stars lower
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 2)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  2. 2

    boom! – Declutter pages, improve readability

    Declutter webpages and improve readability... Point, click, boom!

    ≈1K users3.4★ from 24 ratingsUpdated 2 months agoNo special permissions
    • About 10× fewer users than Outliner
    • Rated 0.8 stars lower
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for fewer permissions (0 vs 2)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  3. 3

    Enhance YouTube & Remove Shorts - ProdYouTivity

    Enhance YouTube, remove distractions and shorts. Fight procrastination and maximize YouTube potential.

    ≈5K users4.9★ from 151 ratingsUpdated 9 months ago9 permissions
    • About 2.0× fewer users than Outliner
    • Rated 0.7 stars higher
    • Asks for more permissions (9 vs 2)
  4. 4

    YouTube Detox — Block Shorts, Hide Recommendations & Stay Focused

    A complete toolkit to help you use YouTube with purpose. Block Shorts, remove distractions, and stay focused on what truly matters.

    ≈5K users4.7★ from 63 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago5 permissions
    • About 2.0× fewer users than Outliner
    • Rated 0.4 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
    • Listed under Workflow & Planning
  5. 5

    UnHook YouTube

    Use UnHook YouTube tool to hide shorts, comments, remove recommendations, related videos. Get distraction free and focusing youtube.

    ≈10K users4.6★ from 58 ratingsUpdated 7 months ago2 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Outliner
    • Rated 0.4 stars higher
  6. 6

    MinimalTube - Productive Minimal YouTube

    Boost focus with a clean, distraction-free YouTube experience.

    ≈1K users2.8★ from 4 ratingsUpdated 4 days ago3 permissions
    • About 10× fewer users than Outliner
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (3 vs 2)
  7. 7

    MindPane

    Turn any web page into a mind map with clean, distraction-free reading mode

    ≈10K users4.6★ from 11 ratingsUpdated 17 months ago5 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Outliner
    • Updated less recently
    • Asks for more permissions (5 vs 2)
  8. 8

    FocusTube: Block YouTube Shorts, Hide Recommendations & Distractions

    Reclaim your attention on YouTube. Remove shorts, comments, thumbnails, sidebar & feeds. One toggle for distraction-free focus.

    ≈7K users4.7★ from 145 ratingsUpdated 4 months ago7 permissions
    • A similar number of users to Outliner
    • Rated 0.4 stars higher
    • Updated more recently
    • Asks for more permissions (7 vs 2)
  9. 9

    HRS Plug-in: Hotel Booking Experience

    This plug-in was designed to improve the corporate travel search and book experience in your company's Online Booking Tool.

    ≈200K users3.8★ from 9 ratingsUpdated 8 days ago2 permissions
    • About 20× more users than Outliner
    • Updated more recently
  10. 10

    Hide Shorts

    A Chrome extension that filters out YouTube Shorts content to provide a distraction-free browsing experience.

    ≈1K users4.3★ from 19 ratings1 permissions
    • About 10× fewer users than Outliner
    • Asks for fewer permissions (1 vs 2)

Outliner alternatives: questions

What is the best alternative to Outliner?

By users, the most popular alternative is HRS Plug-in: Hotel Booking Experience with ≈200K users and a 3.8-star rating. The closest match by what it does is Readline.

Which Outliner alternative has the best rating?

Enhance YouTube & Remove Shorts - ProdYouTivity has the highest rating of these alternatives with 50+ ratings: 4.9 out of 5 from 151 ratings.

Is there a Outliner alternative that asks for fewer permissions?

boom! – Declutter pages, improve readability asks for 0 permissions, against 2 for Outliner.

How many alternatives to Outliner are there?

We list 10 close alternatives to Outliner on the Chrome Web Store, picked by what they do and ranked by how close they are.

Users and ratings are the figures shown on the Chrome Web Store, re-checked continuously. Alternatives are matched on name, description, category and topic. Browse best-of lists by niche.