# Redirector Firefox extension

24 Hacker News commenters recommended Redirector Firefox extension and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free Firefox extension that uses regular expressions to automatically redirect URLs, such as x.com links or YouTube Shorts.

## Why people recommend it

- Automatic redirects, set up once (5 comments): "I use the Redirector browser add-on to automatically take me from /shorts/{videoid} to /watch?v=$1." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49941104)) "I've got a simple redirect made in the redirector add-on for Firefox and Chrome" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49573654)) "I use Redirector in Firefox to rewrite URLs to the old Wikipedia" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49169190))
- Regex rules for path rewrites (3 comments): "Regular expressions allow translations of paths for the redirection, so it does not just happen at the top level." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46526010)) "I use the Redirector browser add-on to automatically take me from /shorts/{videoid} to /watch?v=$1." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49941104)) "write redirects for all sites" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46525706))
- Simple and does what's needed (5 comments): "just setup redirector extension and never think about it again" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47646334)) "it does exactly everything I need" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46525269)) "This is such a great extension." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46527260))
- Redirects sites like x.com and Slack (2 comments): "to easily automatically redirect x.com links to one of these alternatives" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49593569)) "Been using it for annoyances like Slack pushing you to their desktop app" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47021228))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Redirector Firefox extension", https://hackerapproved.com/p/redirector-browser-extension/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).