# cameron/squirt

Speed read the web.

Repository: https://github.com/cameron/squirt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/squirt
Homepage: http://www.squirt.io
Language: JavaScript
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-10-24T19:48:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4565, "days_push": 2139, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1226, forks 204 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:03.153690+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: nlp, browser-extension
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: browser
- tags: speed-reading, bookmarklet, spritz, reading, natural-language-processing, javascript

## Member repositories
- cameron/squirt (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:03.153690+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:15:18.626495+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cameron/squirt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:03.153690+00:00, sha 5ad248fa4e8b)
  - homepage: http://www.squirt.io (fetched 2026-08-29T12:23:04.224339+00:00, sha b26fa51b8751)
  - site_page: http://www.squirt.io/install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:23:04.233255+00:00, sha 694b3c6186a8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.