Xatta-Trone/medium-parser-extension

Read medium.com and medium based articles using google web cache.

JavaScript

1,590

104 commits

updated Jun 30, 2026

See the code

README

Medium Parser

Medium parser is a web browser extension to help read the member-only articles on medium.com and medium.com-based sites (e.g. towards-data-science)

Upload Status

Date	Status
24th September 2023	Uploaded the first version to the Chrome Web Store
15th February 2024	Taken down by the Chrome Web Store (40k+ DAU)
25th February 2024	Uploaded a new version to the Chrome Web Store
8th September 2024	Taken down by the Chrome Web Store (30k+ DAU)
16th October 2024	Uploaded a new version to the Chrome Web Store

DAU: Daily Active Users

Installation Instructions

Google Chrome / Microsoft Edge / Chromium Browsers (Brave/Opera Mini/Thorium etc.)

Or, Install manually

Download this repo as a ZIP file from GitHub.
Unzip the file and you should have a folder named medium-parser-extension-main.
In Chrome/Edge go to the extensions page (chrome://extensions or edge://extensions).
Enable Developer Mode by clicking the toggle button on the top right side of the browser.
Drag the chrome folder anywhere on the page to import it (do not delete the folder afterward).

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Add-on Version Mozilla Add-on Users Mozilla Add-on Downloads

Troubleshooting

This extension pulls the data from webcache.googleusercontent.com; then removes all the scripts and sends back the html and css contents only. It might not work when there is no data from the request.
For archive.is, it simply redirects you with the data.

Credits / Ideas

This article on reddit.com

Support

Please consider a donation if you find this extension helps you daily. Your contribution allows me to spend more time making this kind of extension/project.

Preview

Star History

medium

medium-article

medium-com

Significant stargazers

Icebob

832 followers · starred Nov 2023

Zerbaliy3v

41 followers · starred Feb 2024

ZeeWanderer

15 followers · starred Jul 2024

Weichen Zhao

13 followers · starred Nov 2024

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Xatta-Trone/medium-parser-extension

Read medium.com and medium based articles using google web cache.

JavaScript

1,590

104 commits

updated Jun 30, 2026

See the code

README

Medium Parser

Medium parser is a web browser extension to help read the member-only articles on medium.com and medium.com-based sites (e.g. towards-data-science)

Upload Status

Date	Status
24th September 2023	Uploaded the first version to the Chrome Web Store
15th February 2024	Taken down by the Chrome Web Store (40k+ DAU)
25th February 2024	Uploaded a new version to the Chrome Web Store
8th September 2024	Taken down by the Chrome Web Store (30k+ DAU)
16th October 2024	Uploaded a new version to the Chrome Web Store

DAU: Daily Active Users

Installation Instructions

Google Chrome / Microsoft Edge / Chromium Browsers (Brave/Opera Mini/Thorium etc.)

Or, Install manually

Download this repo as a ZIP file from GitHub.
Unzip the file and you should have a folder named medium-parser-extension-main.
In Chrome/Edge go to the extensions page (chrome://extensions or edge://extensions).
Enable Developer Mode by clicking the toggle button on the top right side of the browser.
Drag the chrome folder anywhere on the page to import it (do not delete the folder afterward).

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Add-on Version Mozilla Add-on Users Mozilla Add-on Downloads

Troubleshooting

This extension pulls the data from webcache.googleusercontent.com; then removes all the scripts and sends back the html and css contents only. It might not work when there is no data from the request.
For archive.is, it simply redirects you with the data.

Credits / Ideas

This article on reddit.com

Support

Please consider a donation if you find this extension helps you daily. Your contribution allows me to spend more time making this kind of extension/project.

Preview

Star History

medium

medium-article

medium-com

Significant stargazers

Icebob

832 followers · starred Nov 2023

Zerbaliy3v

41 followers · starred Feb 2024

ZeeWanderer

15 followers · starred Jul 2024

Weichen Zhao

13 followers · starred Nov 2024

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