Medium Unlocked

ShrekBytes
2025-08-06T17:35:48Z

Adds alternate reading links (RemovePaywalls, Freedium, Archive.today & ReadMedium) to Medium paywalled articles with improved reliability.

Medium Unlocked

A userscript that adds alternate reading links (RemovePaywalls, Freedium, Archive.today & ReadMedium) for paywalled Medium articles.

Features

Detects Medium paywalls automatically

Adds RemovePaywalls, Freedium, Archive.today & ReadMedium buttons

Works on both mobile and desktop

Simple, fast, and privacy-respecting

Supported Domains

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 inefficient and unnecessary. If you want a Medium-powered custom domain added, open an issue and I'll add it.

RemovePaywalls - Supports all domains listed below

Freedium - Supports all domains listed below

Archive.today - Supports all domains listed below

ReadMedium - Supports only Medium.com and *.medium.com subdomains

All Supported Domains List

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)

Notes

This script does not bypass paywalls directly

It only links to third-party services

Use at your own discretion