Redirector Firefox extension
Hacker ApprovedRanked 17 of 70 browser extensions by recommenders
Free Firefox extension that uses regular expressions to automatically redirect URLs, such as x.com links or YouTube Shorts.
Free Firefox extension that uses regular expressions to automatically redirect URLs, such as x.com links or YouTube Shorts.
25 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 24
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 96%
Recommended in 9 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 24 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 24 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 9 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, 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
Automatic redirects, set up once
“I use the Redirector browser add-on to automatically take me from /shorts/{videoid} to /watch?v=$1.”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Everyone's Packing Up” “I've got a simple redirect made in the redirector add-on for Firefox and Chrome”
Comment from 5 Sep 2026 in “Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns” “I use Redirector in Firefox to rewrite URLs to the old Wikipedia”
Comment from 4 Aug 2026 in “How did Wikipedia layout become so bloated?” - Comment from 5 Apr 2026 in “Apple approves driver that lets Nvidia eGPUs work with Arm Macs”
- Comment from 7 Jan 2026 in “Firefox extension to redirect x.com to xcancel.com”
Regex rules for path rewrites
“Regular expressions allow translations of paths for the redirection, so it does not just happen at the top level.”
Comment from 7 Jan 2026 in “Firefox extension to redirect x.com to xcancel.com” “I use the Redirector browser add-on to automatically take me from /shorts/{videoid} to /watch?v=$1.”
Comment from 3 Oct 2026 in “Everyone's Packing Up” “write redirects for all sites”
Comment from 7 Jan 2026 in “Firefox extension to redirect x.com to xcancel.com” Simple and does what's needed
“just setup redirector extension and never think about it again”
Comment from 5 Apr 2026 in “Apple approves driver that lets Nvidia eGPUs work with Arm Macs” “it does exactly everything I need”
Comment from 7 Jan 2026 in “Firefox extension to redirect x.com to xcancel.com” “This is such a great extension.”
Comment from 7 Jan 2026 in “Firefox extension to redirect x.com to xcancel.com” - Comment from 7 Jan 2026 in “Firefox extension to redirect x.com to xcancel.com”
- Comment from 7 Jan 2026 in “Firefox extension to redirect x.com to xcancel.com”
Redirects sites like x.com and Slack
“to easily automatically redirect x.com links to one of these alternatives”
Comment from 7 Sep 2026 in “Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice” “Been using it for annoyances like Slack pushing you to their desktop app”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts”
Other browser extensions people recommend
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 | — | — |
| Redirector Firefox extensionThis page | 24 | 1 | 96% | 9 | — | Approved |
What people said
22 of the 25 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I use the Redirector browser add-on to automatically take me from /shorts/{videoid} to /watch?v=$1.”
“works well and also with Firefox Mobile”
“to easily automatically redirect x.com links to one of these alternatives”
“I've got a simple redirect made in the redirector add-on for Firefox and Chrome”
“Fortunately their URLs aren't obfuscated, so it works with Redirector”
“Of all the many ways to automate that redirect, https://einaregilsson.com/redirector/ isn't bad.”
“I use Redirector in Firefox to rewrite URLs to the old Wikipedia”
“A general one that covers xcancel:”
“just setup redirector extension and never think about it again”
“You can do the latter automatically with”
“Been using it for annoyances like Slack pushing you to their desktop app”
“Thanks for improving my web experience.”
“It's quite simple but unusable on Firefox Mobile”
“That looks rather useful.”
“Use this extension to setup a redirect”
“This is such a great extension.”
“Regular expressions allow translations of paths for the redirection, so it does not just happen at the top level.”
“write redirects for all sites”
“Excellent tool/extension.”
“it does exactly everything I need”
“There are lots of SaaS solutions out there, but no FOSS selfhosting ones.”
“Privacy: No analytics, no tracking, MIT licensed.”
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