Open Access Helper
Effortless legal access to full text scholarly articles:
Open Access Helper will help you identify legal open access copies of academic articles, using unpaywall.org and core.ac.uk
Open Access Helper is available to install from Firefox Browser Add-ons and for download from this page. It has 276 daily users The latest version is 2025.3, and it was published a month ago.
Install from Firefox Browser Add-onsTotal download count: 0 (Only count downloads from Firefox-Stats)
All available versions
You can find the current and older versions of Open Access Helper here. You can download the archived versions or inspect their source codes.
As a free user, you can only download the latest version.
Upgrade to download older versions
| Version | Download | Size | Download count | Timestamp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025.3 | XPI · ZIP · Source code | 424.99K | 0 | 2025-02-01 |
| 2025.2.2 | Paid users only | 424.92K | 0 | 2025-01-07 |
| 2025.2.1 | Paid users only | 424.93K | 0 | 2025-01-05 |
| 2025.2 | Paid users only | 424.87K | 0 | 2025-01-05 |
| 2025.1 | Paid users only | 410.57K | 0 | 2024-12-22 |
| 2024.1 | Paid users only | 409.95K | 0 | 2024-08-10 |
| 2023.12 | Paid users only | 409.52K | 0 | 2023-12-09 |
| 2023.10 | Paid users only | 407.55K | 0 | 2023-10-06 |
| 2023.9.1 | Paid users only | 407.32K | 0 | 2023-09-10 |
| 2023.8.1 | Paid users only | 409.34K | 0 | 2023-07-29 |
| 2023.8 | Paid users only | 409.30K | 0 | 2023-07-28 |
| 2022.11 | Paid users only | 378.94K | 0 | 2022-11-26 |
| 2022.10 | Paid users only | 316.81K | 0 | 2022-10-02 |
| 2022.9 | Paid users only | 316.78K | 0 | 2022-09-25 |
| 2022.7 | Paid users only | 315.42K | 0 | 2022-07-30 |
Install XPI file
An XPI file, short for "XPInstall," is a compressed file format used primarily by Mozilla applications, like Firefox and Thunderbird, to distribute and install add-ons or extensions. These files are similar in function to CRX files for Chrome but cater to the Mozilla ecosystem.
- Simply drag-and-drop the XPI into Firefox to install the add-on.
Install ZIP file
- Download the Open Access Helper ZIP file
- In Firefox browser, go to
about:addonsto open Add-ons Manager - Click on , then select Install Add-on From File
- Select the Open Access Helper ZIP file from step 1. Open Access Helper is now installed on your browser.