Userscript for Reddit
Reddit, the way RIF did it.
The dense post list, the vote gutter, the inline actions, and the comment trees — back on reddit.com. One userscript, no account, no API, no data.
Free and open source (MIT) · works in Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari, iPhone and iPad
Already have a userscript manager? Install the script directly
Install
Two steps. One script.
Add a userscript manager once, then install Throwback Reader. Works in Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari.
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Add a userscript manager
Tampermonkey for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox, or Userscripts for Safari.
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Install Throwback Reader
Open the userscript and confirm the install prompt.
Then open reddit.com — the skin is applied before the page paints.
Prefer a browser extension?
The extension is the same build, packaged for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox. It is unsigned, so it uses the developer “load unpacked” flow.
- Download the zip and unzip it into a folder.
- Chrome or Edge: open
chrome://extensions, enable Developer mode, choose Load unpacked, and select the folder. - Firefox: open
about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox, choose Load Temporary Add-on, and selectmanifest.json.
Themes
Three palettes, sampled from RIF
Dark, Light, and Night. Switch from the ⋮ menu, or per URL with ?rif=light, ?rif=dark, or ?rif=night.
What changes
The density and controls you remember
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Dense post list
Title, domain, comments, subreddit, byline, and thumbnail in a row under 110px.
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Vote gutter
▲ score ▼ sits where RIF put it. Tapping an arrow clicks Reddit's native vote control.
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Inline action bar
Tap a row to share, save, hide, open the comments, or reach more actions.
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Comment trees
Indented replies, tap-to-collapse, and load-more with RIF's byline and score treatment.
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Subreddit drawer
Search, front page, all, random, subscriptions, profile, and saved in one slide-out drawer.
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Theme anywhere
Dark, Light, and Night, with a per-URL override and a one-tap off switch.
Not a third-party client. Throwback Reader never calls the Reddit API and makes no network requests of its own. Voting, saving, hiding, and sharing click Reddit's own controls, so your normal logged-in session does the work. Preferences stay in the page's localStorage; no account data is read or stored.