AHahazred8ta·Jan 7, 2026
> https://github.com/textonly/news
NPR's thin is now 'text'.
https://github.com/mdibaiee/awesome-lite-websites?tab=readme...
In Ask HN: Help me crowd source this directory of text-only news sitesmdibaiee
awesome-lite-websites
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mdibaiee / awesome-lite-websites
awesome-lite-websites
A list of awesome lightweight websites without all the bloat
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| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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18 sourcesthis is more a hygiene and habits question . sit down weekly and review your habits like where you are spending your time and what apps you are wasting time on . then prune the low quality experiences .
you’ll also have to be willing to cut some good things out . like uninstalling twitter which is probably 90% unhealthy and 10% constructive content
you don’t need to read news or politics more than once a month . most of it is drama and regurgitation rather than developments and trends
as for tools you can use adblock custom filters to hide political banners but the ROI is low . install pihole and you can blacklist domains . the awesome lightweight list links to text only news which can help reduce news cravings
https://github.com/mdibaiee/awesome-lite-websites
when you do a review ask yourself “is this edifying “ and if not delete it
In Ask HN: How to block all political content from showing up online?https://github.com/mdibaiee/awesome-lite-websites
But at least yours is not dead. Wish there was a wiki site instead of github, seems a waste to keep a history when all you want is the latest version.
In Tell HN: News sites may have a “lite” version for low-bandwidth usersA list of lightweight websites without bloat
123 points · Open discussionI found a list: https://github.com/mdibaiee/awesome-lite-websites
In Tell HN: News sites may have a “lite” version for low-bandwidth usersgithub repo with small lite websites https://github.com/mdibaiee/awesome-lite-websites
In When tracking your period lets companies track youI don't think there is a web search for that (would be an awesome project), but I do know this list: https://github.com/mdibaiee/awesome-lite-websites
Has like 40 popular sites that have lite versions.
In Ask HN: Web search for small footprint sites?A list of lightweight websites without all the bloat
5 points · Open discussionHere's a compilation of other lightweight news websites as well as other services.
https://github.com/mdibaiee/awesome-lite-websites#news
In Text-Only CNNSome of the sites listed here are good: https://github.com/mdibaiee/awesome-lite-websites
In Ask HN: Favorite HTML/CSS only website?Here's what I understood:
"I'm a web developer using 'Lantern' (a global satellite data radio) for internet access, but it is too slow. I would like to constantly look up things, such as in websites listed in the title, but these speeds are unbearable. Since I'm new to this, could you give me any useful suggestions that could help my ultra-slow speeds problem?"
lofayo, this list was posted recently here. Maybe it helps. Maybe it does not help. https://github.com/mdibaiee/awesome-lite-websites/blob/maste...
Here is a previous discussion about Lantern https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10126667
In How to visit foreign website? like stackOverflow.com/fackbook.com/twitter.comSubmitted a few I found fitting: https://github.com/mdibaiee/awesome-lite-websites/compare/ma...
There is no section for individual blogs.
In Lightweight versions of websites without all the bloatLightweight versions of websites without all the bloat
184 points · Open discussionA list of lightweight [versions of] websites without all the bloat
2 points · Open discussionJust found this: https://github.com/mdibaiee/awesome-lite-websites
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