Indie Wiki Buddy
Shares rank 55 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
Redirects Fandom search results to independent wiki alternatives and shows Fandom pages through a free frontend.
Redirects Fandom search results to independent wiki alternatives and shows Fandom pages through a free frontend.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Redirects Fandom links to indie wikis
“redirects search results from Fandom and other such terrible hosts to their higher quality indie alternatives”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis” “It uses a Free frontend to display Fandom pages, and suggests an alternative non-Fandom wiki when available.”
Comment from 27 Nov 2025 in “Orion 1.0” “I'm really enjoying a plugin (Indie Wiki Buddy) for replacing fandom links in search results”
Comment from 8 Sep 2026 in “There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis”
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The four most recommended other browser extensions, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| SponsorBlock | 137 | 4 | 97% | 13 | — | Approved |
| Firefox Multi-Account Containers | 76 | 13 | 85% | 10 | 7.5 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| NoScript | 61 | 11 | 85% | 12 | 10 yrs4 owners | Approved |
| Claude in Chrome | 53 | 42 | 56% | 9 | — | — |
| Indie Wiki BuddyThis page | 6 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I'm really enjoying a plugin (Indie Wiki Buddy) for replacing fandom links in search results”
“the extension does things a lot better than it used to!”
“it's terrible for the SEO of those independent wikis”
“redirects search results from Fandom and other such terrible hosts to their higher quality indie alternatives”
“It uses a Free frontend to display Fandom pages, and suggests an alternative non-Fandom wiki when available.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.