A userscript that adds alternate reading links (Freedium & Medium Free) for paywalled Medium articles.
Medium Unlocked is a lightweight userscript that detects paywalled ("member-only") articles on Medium and provides alternate reading links using Freedium and Medium Free so you can read the content without the paywall.
This script supports all Medium domains, subdomains, and some custom domains. While it's technically possible to match every site with
*://*/*, doing so would run the script on all websites, which is not advisable for performance and security reasons. The list below covers all the default enabled domains and popular Medium-powered publications.
- Freedium - Supports all domains listed below
- Medium Free - Supports all domains listed below
- Medium domains (
medium.com) - Medium subdomains (
*.medium.com) - Medium Profiles (
medium.com/@*) - Medium Link Shortener (
link.medium.com) - Medium Stories (
stories.medium.com) - Muzli on Medium (
medium.muz.li) - DataDrivenInvestor on Medium (
medium.datadriveninvestor.com) - FreeCodeCamp on Medium (
medium.freecodecamp.org) - AWS in Plain English (
aws.plainenglish.io) - Better Humans (
betterhumans.pub) - Better Marketing (
bettermarketing.pub) - Better Programming (
betterprogramming.pub) - Bits and Pieces Blog (
blog.bitsrc.io) - Dev Genius Blog (
blog.devgenius.io) - Prototypr Blog (
blog.prototypr.io) - The Startup (UseJournal) (
blog.usejournal.com) - BYRSLF (
byrslf.co) - Chatbots Life (
chatbotslife.com) - Code Like A Girl (
code.likeagirl.io) - CodeBurst (
codeburst.io) - Entrepreneur's Handbook (
entrepreneurshandbook.co) - Entrepreneurship (
entrepreneurship.com) - HackerNoon (
hackernoon.com) - InfoSec Write-ups (
infosecwriteups.com) - ITNEXT (
itnext.io) - JavaScript in Plain English (
javascript.plainenglish.io) - Level Up Coding (
levelup.gitconnected.com) - Plain English (
plainenglish.io) - ProAndroidDev (
proandroiddev.com) - Python in Plain English (
python.plainenglish.io) - The Belladonna Comedy (
thebelladonnacomedy.com) - The Bold Italic (
thebolditalic.com) - Towards Data Science (
towardsdatascience.com) - UX Collective (
uxdesign.cc) - UX Planet (
uxplanet.org) - The Writing Cooperative (
writingcooperative.com) - Towards AI (
pub.towardsai.net) - Generative AI Pub (
generativeai.pub) - FAUN (
faun.pub)
- Install a userscript manager like Tampermonkey or Violentmonkey
- Click here to install the script
- Done! Visit Medium and enjoy unrestricted reading
- Detects Medium paywalls automatically
- Adds Freedium & Medium Free buttons
- Works on both mobile and desktop
- Simple, fast, and privacy-respecting
- Supports Medium's dynamic page loads (SPA)
- This script does not bypass paywalls directly
- It only links to third-party services
- Use at your own discretion
Found a bug or have a feature request? Open an issue or submit a pull request.