Bypass Medium Paywall - Working April 2026 - Tested with Firefox+Violentmonkey, Vivaldi+Tampermonkey, and with Safari+Userscripts - Click "Raw" to install

medium.user.js

// ==UserScript==
// @name        Medium Paywall Bypass
// @namespace   Violentmonkey Scripts
// @run-at      document-end
// @match       *://*.medium.com/*
// @match       *://medium.com/*
// @grant       none
// @version     3.1
// @icon        https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fill:152:152/10fd5c419ac61637245384e7099e131627900034828f4f386bdaa47a74eae156
// @updateURL   https://gist.githubusercontent.com/atnbueno/169a521dcb335639619da4e93c3939ee/raw/medium.user.js
// @downloadURL https://gist.githubusercontent.com/atnbueno/169a521dcb335639619da4e93c3939ee/raw/medium.user.js
// @website     https://gist.githubusercontent.com/atnbueno/169a521dcb335639619da4e93c3939ee
// @author      Mathix420, ZhymabekRoman, atnbueno
// ==/UserScript==

function mediumRedirecter() {
  // Extract 12-char post ID from URL
  const idMatch = location.pathname.match(/-([a-f0-9]{12})$/);
  const id = idMatch && idMatch[1];
  const isLocked = id && __APOLLO_STATE__?.[`Post:${id}`]?.isLocked;

  // Only redirect locked Medium articles that aren't already on Freedium
  if (
    !location.hostname.includes('freedium') &&
    !location.href.includes("/edit?source=") &&
    document.head?.querySelector('meta[property="al:android:url"]')?.content?.includes('medium://p/') &&
    isLocked
  ) {
    location.href = 'https://freedium-mirror.cfd/' + location.href;
  }
}

// Run redirect check immediately
mediumRedirecter();

// Set up a MutationObserver to handle SPA navigation / title changes
const title = document.querySelector('title');
if (title) {
  new MutationObserver(mediumRedirecter).observe(title, {
    subtree: true,
    characterData: true,
    childList: true,
  });
}