View focuses on accessing paywalled online articles without subscribing to each publication. It is catalogued under Website firewall, bot & spam protection on PulseGate.

View is an open-source project built for firefox users who want to read paywalled articles.

Yes — View is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.

What platforms does View run on?

View runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.

Is View still active?

Unverified. View has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

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View

Name: View
Author: ukuw

github.comWebsite firewall, bot & spam protection

View is an open-source Firefox browser extension for bypassing paywalls on online publications. It modifies article access in the browser so users can read content that would otherwise require a subscription.

Open SourceWebEmbeddable

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Overview

4 features

View sits in PulseGate's Website firewall, bot & spam protection category. It focuses on accessing paywalled online articles without subscribing to each publication. It is built as an open-source project for firefox users who want to read paywalled articles. View is open source under the Open Source license. View is available on the web and embeddable surfaces.

ukuw builds and maintains View, and it first shipped in 2024. Among its 4 catalogued features are paywall removal, firefox extension, and article access.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Paywall removal
Firefox extension
Article access
Browser integration

Built with & integrations

Runs on

BrowserEmbeddable

Trust & compliance

License

Open Source

Verified signals

HTTPSPrivacy Policy Terms of ServiceOpen SourceFree tierStore-verified publisher

Legal

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed8 Sept · 06:11 UTC
view - Bypass Paywalls verified via Firefox Add-ons
Source: Firefox Add-ons · Open

Frequently asked questions about View

What is View?: View focuses on accessing paywalled online articles without subscribing to each publication. It is catalogued under Website firewall, bot & spam protection on PulseGate.
Who should use View?: View is an open-source project built for firefox users who want to read paywalled articles.
Is View free?: Yes — View is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
What platforms does View run on?: View runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.
Is View still active?: Unverified. View has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
Who makes View?: View is developed by ukuw.
How long has View been around?: View first shipped in 2024.
Is View open source?: Yes — View is open source under the Open Source license.

At a glance

Pricing: Open Source
Platforms: Web
Languages: English
License: Open Source
Built for: Firefox users who want to read paywalled articles
Model: Open source
Solves: Accessing paywalled online articles without subscribing to each publication.

Registered as

Firefox Add-ons: viewfirefox

Developer

ukuw

Index record

Indexed: 8 Sept 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 8 Sept 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: view-bypass-paywalls-github-com
Lifecycle state recorded: 8 Sept 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 8 Sept 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 8 Sept 2026
Canonical URL: https://github.com/ukuw/view

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