# Newspaper Free

> Articles on some newspaper pages can be read free

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/newspaper-free](https://chrome-stats.com/d/newspaper-free)

## Overview

- **ID:** `newspaper-free`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Lauchbauer
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,appearance
- **Daily users:** 61
- **Version:** 1.2.2
- **Last updated:** 2022-06-27
- **First published:** 2021-02-23
- **Size:** 24 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/newspaper-free/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/Lauchbauer/NewsPaperFree](https://github.com/Lauchbauer/NewsPaperFree)

## Description

**Newspaper Free** is a browser extension that allows users to access articles on selected German newspaper websites without any cost. It supports popular publications such as Hannoversche Allgemeine, Cellesche Zeitung, Neue Presse, and many more, providing easy and free reading of news content.

With Newspaper Free, you can bypass paywalls on several German newspapers including Leipziger Volkszeitung, Kieler Nachrichten, and Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten, making it a convenient tool for news readers who want unrestricted access to regional news articles. Compatible with multiple well-known newspaper sites, this extension aims to enhance your news reading experience by removing barriers to content.

## Rankings

- #14,666 — Overall
- #111 — free vpn
- #114 — free
- #142 — article
- #225 — news

## Permissions and access

### Content script matches

- `*.haz.de`
- `*.cz.de`
- `*.neuepresse.de`
- `*.goettinger-tageblatt.de`
- `*.waz-online.de`
- `*.paz-online.de`
- `*.kn-online.de`
- `*.ln-online.de`
- `*.ostsee-zeitung.de`
- `*.maz-online.de`
- `*.sn-online.de`
- `*.lvz.de`
- `*.dnn.de`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/newspaper-free)