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Products that do what Bypass, a chrome extension to read articles behind paywalls does

1. 1AC
   A Chrome extension to get around the WSJ paywall▲28

   2014 · wsjwalljump.weebly.com

2. 2
   Bypass Paywalls▲272

   A chrome extension that unlocks content

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3. 3
   Bypass Paywall▲95

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   2021

4. 4
   Remove Paywall Chrome Extension▲86

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5. 5
   Text Fish▲139

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   2020

6. 6CE
   Chrome extension to avoid noisy domains in the Hacker News feed▲27

   2016 · github.com

7. 7OS
   Open-source isolated browser, free for journalists etc.▲66

   2020 · github.com

8. 8
   Brutal Reader▲98

   Strips any webpage down to just the article

   Mar 2026

9. 9RA
   RTFA, a Chrome extension to hide HN comments until you read the article▲44

   2014 · chrome.google.com

10. 10AC
    A Chrome extension to block users on Hacker News▲37

    2015 · github.com

11. 11FT
    Filter the web by Hacker News▲146

    2016 · hackernewsfilter.com

12. 12SH
    Show HN An open source chrome extension to read medium.com paid article for free▲10

    2018 · github.com

13. 13HA
    HackerNews as default tab (chrome extension)▲54

    2014 · chrome.google.com

14. 14
    Paywall Removers▲132

    Remove paywalls on any article for free

    2024

15. 15
    RemovePaywall▲170

    Read articles without annoying paywalls

    2022

16. 16UH
    Updated Hacker News Chrome Extension▲59

    2013 · blog.tommoor.com

17. 17CE
    Chrome extension that hides Medium.com articles on HN and DN▲22

    2014 · chrome.google.com

18. 18TD
    "tl;dr" Chrome extension for Hacker News▲9

    2012 · chrome.google.com

19. 19HF
    HackerNew for Chrome▲150

    I've been working on and off on a Chrome Extension for Hacker News, the extension focusses on improved usability rather than design. I can almost guarantee that after a day you won't want to go back to regular Hacker News. Give it a try, features include: - Improved readability - Quick inline replies from comments page - Quick profiles with social network info when hovering over usernames - Filtering of stories based on terms and phrases / domain or user - Endless scrolling - Collapsible comment threads - Social sharing for Twitter, Facebook, Google+, Buffer Forks, improvements and comments…

    2012 · chrome.google.com

20. 20IM
    I made a browser extension that fixes Hacker News' block formatting▲18

    2019 · github.com

21. 21HN
    Hacker News Talk, a Chrome extension for real-time commentary▲48

    2013 · chrome.google.com

22. 22AB
    A bookmarklet to remove clickgates on New York Times, Medium, etc.▲71

    Recently i stumbled on too many clickgates on the Medium blog Towards Data science. Considering that most people publish to share knowledge on Medium and are driven into putting their content behind a paywall, without actually getting paid for it, including myself. I felt like Medium is running the academic publishing scheme. Get free content and get paid for it. So I decided to create a small script to bypass the paywall on Medium, it turns out it also works on other newssites. Heres the website: https://sugoidesune.github.io/readium/ For the curious I will explain the…

    2019

23. 23BA
    Baitblock – A free Chrome extension like Adblock but for distractions▲34

    2020 · baitblock.app

24. 24HN
    Hacker News Articles Subscription and Notification Chrome Plugin▲9

    2017 · github.com

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