txtdot

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

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
Habr Mobile
Medium Desktop
Medium Mobile
Nginx Blog Desktop
Nginx Blog Mobile

Credits

• Readability.js
• 🔗 LinkeDOM
• Fastify web framework
• EJS
• Axios
• DOMPurify
• Sharp
• MicroMatch
• RouteParser
• IconvLite