How it works
Three ways in. No account, no extension required.
Paste the link
Drop any article URL into the box on the home page and hit Unlock.
We rank the tricks
Based on the site, we sort the methods most likely to work — reader mode, archives, Freedium and more.
Read it
Open the top method. If a wall's still up, the next one down almost always clears it.
The bookmarklet
On any paywalled page, click this to jump straight to PaywallFree for that URL. Drag it to your bookmarks bar:
Can't drag? Make a new bookmark and paste the code as the URL: javascript:(function(){var u=encodeURIComponent(location.href);location.href='https://paywall.theradicalparty.com/read?url='+u;})();
Or just edit the address bar
Put paywall.theradicalparty.com/ in front of any link:
What each method does
Radical Reader
Clean, distraction-free textWe fetch the page as a search engine crawler, extract the article, and rebuild it as plain readable text. Best first try for most soft paywalls.
Radical Proxy
Full page, paywall strippedLoads the original page (styles and images intact) through our server, spoofing a Googlebot fetch and stripping paywall overlays. Use when Reader misses the layout.
Archive.today
Community snapshotsCrowd-sourced permanent snapshots. Excellent for NYT, WSJ, FT, Bloomberg, The Atlantic and most hard paywalls.
Wayback Machine
Internet Archivearchive.org's public archive. Great fallback when a snapshot exists but Archive.today doesn't have one.
Google Referer
Arrive "from Google"Opens the article as though you clicked it from Google search results — many metered sites unlock the first click.
Freedium
Medium articlesPurpose-built reader for Medium and Medium-hosted publications.
12ft.io
Classic prependerLoads the Google-cached version of the page. Hit or miss lately, but free and worth a shot.
smry.ai
AI summary + textPulls the article text and adds an AI summary. Handy when you just want the gist.
PrintFriendly
Print layoutRenders the print-optimised version of the page, which frequently omits the paywall script.
Translate Trick
Google Translate proxyRoutes the page through Google Translate (EN→EN-ish), which acts as a lightweight proxy that dodges some scripts.