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Txtdot

An HTTP proxy that parses only text, links and pictures from pages reducing internet bandwidth usage, removing ads and heavy scripts

Install / Use

/learn @TempoWorks/Txtdot
About this skill

Quality Score

0/100

Supported Platforms

Universal

README

[!WARNING] V1 version development is discontinued. Check current development on v2 branch

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txtdot logo

<a href="https://tempoworks.github.io/documentation"><img alt="Documentation" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Documentation-blue"></a> <a href="https://github.com/tempoworks/instances"><img alt="Instances" src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Instances-blue"></a> <br> <a href="https://github.com/tempoworks/txtdot/blob/main/LICENSE"><img alt="MIT license" src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/tempoworks/txtdot?color=blue"></a> <a href="https://github.com/tempoworks/txtdot/releases/latest"><img alt="Latest release" src="https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/tempoworks/txtdot?display_name=release"></a>

txtdot

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HTTP proxy that parses only text, links and pictures from pages reducing internet traffic, removing ads and heavy scripts. Mozilla's Readability library is used under the hood.

Features

  • Server-side page simplification
  • Media proxy
  • Image compression with Sharp
  • Rendering client-side apps (Vanilla, React, Vue, etc) with webder
  • Search with SearXNG
  • Handy API endpoints
  • No client JavaScript
  • Some kind of Material Design 3
  • Customization with plugins, see @txtdot/sdk and @txtdot/plugins

Running

Development

npm install
npm run dev

Production

npm install
npm run build
npm run start

Docker

docker compose up -d

Screenshots

<div align="center"> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tempoworks/.github/main/imgs/ui_url_input.png" alt="Main page with URL input field"> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tempoworks/.github/main/imgs/ui_search_page.png" alt="SearXNG search results page"> </div>

Performance tests

txtdot is a great tool in case of slow internet connection or weak signal. Here is the comparision of performance metrics from pagespeed.web.dev between original page and proxied one.

"Mobile" test includes "Slow 4G" artificial network throttling.

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| | Original page | Proxied through txtdot | | :------------------------------- | :-------------------: | :--------------------: | | Habr Desktop | 56% | 99% | | Habr Mobile | 21% | 100% | | Medium Desktop | 44% | 100% | | Medium Mobile | 36% | 100% | | Nginx Blog Desktop | 53% | 100% | | Nginx Blog Mobile | 26% | 100% |

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Credits

<a href="https://www.producthunt.com/posts/txtdot?utm_source=badge-featured&utm_medium=badge&utm_souce=badge-txtdot" target="_blank"><img src="https://api.producthunt.com/widgets/embed-image/v1/featured.svg?post_id=443317&theme=neutral" alt="txtdot - HTTP&#0032;proxy&#0032;that&#0032;saves&#0032;bandwidth&#0044;&#0032;removing&#0032;ads&#0032;and&#0032;scripts&#0046; | Product Hunt" style="width: 250px; height: 54px;" width="250" height="54" /></a>

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GitHub Stars206
CategoryDevelopment
Updated1d ago
Forks9

Languages

TypeScript

Security Score

100/100

Audited on Apr 2, 2026

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