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Hi! Our project addresses the limitations of existing paywall bypass tools by implementing a dynamic, community-driven approach. Key features include: Real-tim
by francocanzani 2y ago
Hi! Our project addresses the limitations of existing paywall bypass tools by implementing a dynamic, community-driven approach. Key features include:
Real-time Adaptive Blacklist:
Constantly updated database of paywalled sites and effective bypass methods
User-driven reporting system for quick adaptation to paywall changes
Significantly faster response to new paywalls compared to static solutions
Multi-Method Bypass Arsenal:
Unlike single-method solutions (e.g., 12ft.io's cache access), we employ various techniques
Methods include: User-Agent spoofing, Referer header manipulation, JS disabling post-load, and web archive fallbacks (Wayback Machine, archive.is, Google cache)
Our blacklist determines the most effective method per site, improving success rates
Site-Specific Solutions:
Tracking individual websites allows for custom bypass methods when general approaches fail
Parsed and validated HTML output ensures content integrity
We believe this approach offers a more robust and adaptable solution to paywall bypassing. We're eager to hear the community's thoughts and potential improvements.
- Ancapistani 2y agoIs this open or shared source? Need help?
- francocanzani 2y agoI'm really doubtful on this because most of these open source apps get banned from Github. Probably will make a dummy account to open issues and always have a copy local and in Gitlab. Should be able to clean the code a bit and share it soon.
- bj-rn 2y agoMaybe put it on codeberg. https://codeberg.org https://codeberg.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codeberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codeberg
- francocanzani 2y agoWill have a look. Thanks
- Ancapistani 2y agoEven if you can’t host it on a web-based platform, a git repo accessible over SSH would be sufficient. I’m happy to submit patches via email :)
- foobarqux 2y agoDoesn’t seem to work on wsj, which is the only site archive.is doesn’t work on consistently anymore. So why not just use archive.is?
- francocanzani 2y agoWill have a look. It worked earlier today.
- ventegus 2y agowsj has easy-to-bypass paywall but hard-to-bypass antibot/antiscraping solution, so the browser extensions work better than hosted bypassers
- foobarqux 2y agoThat bypass paywalls chrome extension has never worked for me on wsj, even on a fresh chromium install. What extension is supposed to work?