cameron/squirt
Speed read the web. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4565
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2139
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1226 stars · 204 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Squirt is a speed-reading bookmarklet that displays web article text one word at a time in a Spritz-style RSVP reader. It automatically extracts article content or reads manually selected text, with no external API dependencies.
Use cases
- speed read web articles one word at a time
- read blog posts faster with RSVP display
- extract article text from a page for speed reading
- read only a selected portion of a webpage quickly
- embed a speed reading button on my site
When to choose
- you want a lightweight, no-install speed reading tool via bookmarklet
- you read long articles in the browser and want to increase reading speed
- you want an open-source Spritz alternative with no external API calls
When to avoid
- you need a full browser extension with settings persistence
- you want speed reading on mobile or offline documents like ePubs
- you need actively developed software with recent updates
Facets
plugin · maturity maintenance
nlp browser-extension developer-tools web-development browser speed-reading bookmarklet spritz reading natural-language-processing javascript
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/cameron/squirt · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5ad248fa4e8b
- homepage: http://www.squirt.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · b26fa51b8751
- site_page: http://www.squirt.io/install.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 694b3c6186a8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| cameron/squirt | main | 32 |
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