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Dev tools · November 6, 2023

Ladder, open source alternative to 12ft.io and 1ft.io

Hey there I made a opensource alternative for these services. Although these worked very well, I was not so confident what they do. So I made my own and opensourced it. It is written in Golang and is fully customizable.

Ladder, open source alternative to 12ft.io and 1ft.io launched on November 6, 2023 with 377 votes, #72 of 4,332 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.

Visit github.com ↗Alternativestop 2% of November 2023

In plain words

Ladder is an open source tool that bypasses paywalls, similar to 12ft.io and 1ft.io. Built in Golang, it offers a customizable alternative for developers who want transparency into how the service works. The project targets users seeking a paywall removal solution they can inspect, modify, and self-host.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

Selfhosted alternative to 12ft.io. and 1ft.io. Proxy to remove CORS headers and modify HTML - everywall/ladder

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