chop.ax – strip sites down to just their content

Name: chop.ax – strip sites down to just their content
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Author: foax

by foax·Apr 9, 2026·6 points·5 comments

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AI Analysis

●MidCozySolve My Problem

Strips web pages for low-bandwidth networks, but Jina Reader already handles this universally.

Strengths

•Puppeteer support handles client-side rendered sites that basic Readability misses.
•Redis caching reduces load for repeated requests on constrained networks.
•Curated domain whitelist ensures reliability for specific news and reference sources.

Weaknesses

•Whitelist restriction limits utility compared to open proxies like Jina Reader.
•Manual URL pasting lacks API or bookmarklet integration for seamless workflow.

Post Description

I built web tool for accessing just the (usually text) content of sites. It handles news sites best, thanks to Mozilla's fantastic Readability library. It also supports sites that use client-side rendering, using Puppeteer. Stripped pages are cached in Redis.

My main use-case for this tool is for extreme bandwidth-constrained networks, eg Meshtastic (with an internet gateway).