Shreds modern Reddit's visual clutter into a permanent, full-width, square-edged, text-first speedreader.
Shreddit is an unofficial Violentmonkey/Tampermonkey userscript that shreds modern Reddit's visual clutter into a flat, fast, full-width reading interface.
It is deliberately a local presentation layer:
Reddit loads and renders the page normally. Shreddit observes only the DOM already present in the browser tab. Shreddit does not call Reddit APIs or internal JSON endpoints. Shreddit does not proxy, cache, archive, index, export, or redistribute Reddit content. Shreddit does not intercept authentication, cookies, CAPTCHA, telemetry, or network traffic. Promoted posts remain visible and clearly labeled. Unofficial project. Not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Reddit, Inc. Inspired by https://www.cole-k.com/2026/07/21/reddit/ discussion here - https://lobste.rs/s/gqdvdt/so_reddit_has_decided_plain_html_is_unsafe
What it changes Removes the left and right rails. Forces the central feed and comments to use the full viewport width. Removes rounded cards, shadows, large gutters, app prompts, chat buttons, award controls, footer clutter, and recommendation modules. Flattens posts into compact, Old Reddit-inspired rows. Uses a permanent speedreader layout while the userscript is enabled. Defaults to text-only reading while preserving links and metadata. Supports compact-media and normal-media modes. Dark mode with an old-reddit-night-mode-inspired palette. Compacts nested comment threads and limits runaway indentation. Installation Violentmonkey Install Violentmonkey in your browser. Open the Violentmonkey dashboard. Choose New. Replace the template with shreddit.user.js. Save and reload https://www.reddit.com/. Tampermonkey Install Tampermonkey in your browser. Open the Tampermonkey dashboard. Choose Create a new script. Replace the template with shreddit.user.js. Save and reload Reddit. On a phone Firefox + Tampermonkey works directly on Android. iOS needs Safari plus a userscript app (Firefox can't run extensions on iOS at all). See docs/MOBILE.md for both, with screenshots.
Controls Control Action Toolbar media button Cycles text-only → compact media → normal media Alt+Shift+M Cycles media modes Toolbar dark mode button Toggles the dark theme Alt+Shift+D Toggles the dark theme Alt+Shift+T Hides or restores the Shreddit toolbar Disable userscript Returns to Reddit's original interface Dark mode defaults to your OS's prefers-color-scheme on first run, then remembers your choice.
There is intentionally no “modern view” toggle inside the script. Earlier prototypes included one, but Reddit's client-side navigation could leave the page in an inconsistent state after switching. The userscript itself is now the single on/off boundary.
Shreddit is intended to remain closer to a browser stylesheet than to an alternate Reddit client. See docs/PRIVACY-BOUNDARIES.md before adding features.
Project status Public release 5:00PM EST, 7/31/2026. Reddit's frontend markup changes frequently, so selectors may need maintenance.
