Firefox extension

Classic Reddit,
without leaving Reddit.

A compact, desktop-focused reader for subreddit listings and comment threads on www.reddit.com.

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Purpose

The dense reading experience, rebuilt as an extension.

Reddit Classic renders supported subreddit pages with compact rows, clear metadata, threaded discussions, and familiar pagination. It keeps navigation on Reddit and renders content from the normal page. Pagination and additional comments use the page's own HTML loaders, without requiring Reddit's JSON API for readable pages. Small initial feed batches are filled toward 25 posts rather than treated as complete pages. Hot uses the explicit Hot page, not a remembered default feed. Listing continuations must match the requested sort and time window, and Reddit's feed order is preserved. Available content depends on what Reddit delivers; its sign-in and security checks still apply.

01

Compact listings

Browse hot, new, rising, controversial, top, gilded, and search results without the oversized modern feed.

02

Readable discussions

Follow threaded comments, change sorting, collapse branches, and load additional comments in place.

03

Native navigation

Move between pages without blanking the current view, while preserving browser back and forward behavior.

04

Always classic

Loading, blocked-access, and error states stay in the classic interface. Retry without switching to modern Reddit.

Privacy by scope

No telemetry. No third-party service.

Install from source

Build an unsigned Firefox package.

  1. 1

    Build

    npm ci
npm run build
  2. 2

    Load temporarily

    Open about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox, choose Load Temporary Add-on, and select extension/manifest.json.

  3. 3

    Browse

    Open any supported subreddit listing or comment page.

Requires Node.js 20+ to build and Firefox 142+ to run. Permanent installation in release Firefox requires Mozilla signing.