Unpaywall

Legally get full text of scholarly articles as you browse.

Unpaywall is available to install from Chrome Web Store and for download from this page. It has 700,000+ active users The latest version is 3.98, and it was published 2 years ago.

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Total download count: 129 (Only count downloads from Chrome-Stats)

Install Unpaywall from Chrome Web Store

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You can find the current and older versions of Unpaywall here. You can download the archived versions or inspect their source codes.

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Version	Download	Size	Download count	Timestamp
3.98	Sign in to download	681.88K	38	2022-02-09
3.97	Upgrade to download older files	681.87K	15	2021-07-15
3.96	Upgrade to download older files	681.97K	15	2021-07-08
3.94	Upgrade to download older files	681.84K	16	2021-02-17
3.93	Upgrade to download older files	681.94K	15	2021-01-20
3.92	Upgrade to download older files	681.80K	15	2020-11-05
3.91	Upgrade to download older files	681.77K	15	2020-09-13

How to install Unpaywall from a CRX file

Option 1: The easy way (for Windows users only)

Download and run chrome-stats.exe file on your PC. This method will allow you to install Chrome extensions directly from chrome-stats.com in one click. You only need to do this once!
Type in chrome://restart in the URL bar to restart the browser for the changes to take effect.
Download and install the Unpaywall CRX file

Option 2: Advanced method

Download Unpaywall CRX file
NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to use option 1, or download the ZIP file instead.
In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
Enable Developer mode
Drag and drop the downloaded Unpaywall CRX file into the Extensions page
When prompted, click Add extension to install Unpaywall.

How to install Unpaywall from a ZIP file

Download and unpack the Unpaywall ZIP file to a directory of your choice.
In Chrome browser, go to chrome://extensions
Enable Developer mode.
Click on the Load Unpacked button.
Select the directory of with the unpacked Unpaywall ZIP file from step 1. Unpaywall is now installed on your browser.

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