PG Reader

About

Reader mode for Paul Graham's essays at paulgraham.com.

The original site is unstyled HTML from the 90s. Readable, but not comfortable on a modern screen. PG Reader restyles every essay page into a focused, distraction-free layout without changing a word of the content.

Features:
• Typography tuned for long reads — generous line height, measured column width, Montserrat sans-serif.
• Light and dark themes. Remembers your choice.
• Click any footnote marker to open the note inline in a popover — no scrolling to the bottom and back.
• Reading progress bar + estimated time remaining on long essays.
• Drop cap on the first paragraph.
• Back-to-top button on scroll.
• Clean nav bar with links to Essays, H&P, Index, Bio, RSS, etc.
• One-click toggle to disable reader mode and see the original page.
• Works on every essay, the essay index, the articles list, and PG's other pages (bio, info, quotes, RAQs, Kedrosky responses).

Permissions:
• storage — remembers your theme (light/dark) and on/off toggle.
• activeTab — used only to inject the reader stylesheet on paulgraham.com.

No tracking. No analytics. No data leaves your browser. The extension only runs on paulgraham.com.

Source code: https://github.com/abdullah-alnahas/pg-reader