Lean Library

A library-approved tool to unlock access to academic papers.

Lean Library is available to install from Edge Add-on Store and for download from this page. It has 122,332 active users The latest version is 2024.26.1, and it was published 4 days ago.

Install from Edge Add-on Store

View source code

Total download count: 23 (Only count downloads from Edge-Stats)

All available versions

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

As a free user, you can only download the latest version.

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52 versions available for download.

Install 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 edge-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 Lean Library CRX file

Option 2: Advanced method

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

Install ZIP file

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