A browser extension that automatically redirects Medium articles to Freedium, allowing you to read Medium articles without a paywall.
- Automatically redirects Medium articles to Freedium
- Tracks the number of articles you've read
- Simple and clean popup interface
- Dark mode support
- Toggle to enable/disable the extension
The extension recognizes and redirects the following Medium URL patterns:
- Author articles:
https://medium.com/@username/article-slug - Publication articles:
https://medium.com/publication-name/article-slug - Topic articles:
https://medium.com/topic/article-slug
- User-specific pages:
https://medium.com/me/* - Story creation:
https://medium.com/new-story - Settings:
https://medium.com/settings - Any other non-article pages
Note: This pattern set is not exhaustive. Medium may use additional URL patterns for articles that are not currently recognized. If you encounter a valid Medium article that isn't being redirected, please file a bug report with the URL pattern so I can add support for it.
- Download the latest release from Releases. Unzip it.
- Open Safari browser's extension management page
- Enable Developer mode
- Click "Load unpacked" and select the extension directory
- Enjoy!
- Install the extension
- Click the extension icon to open the popup
- Use the toggle to enable/disable the extension
- Visit any Medium article to automatically redirect to Freedium
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The extension is built using:
- HTML/CSS/JavaScript for the popup interface
- Browser extension APIs in Swift for functionality
- Chart.js for statistics visualization (in development - currently disabled)
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to file a bug report and/or submit a Pull Request.
This extension wouldn't be possible without Freedium, which provides the service to read Medium articles without a paywall. If you find this extension useful, please consider supporting Freedium by donating to help maintain their service