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Browser extension (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Edge) to redirect urls based on regex patterns, like a client side mod_rewrite.

25 mentions on Hacker News by 21 people: 2 stories, 23 comments · first 2016-07-10 · latest 2026-10-29

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  1. https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector
    comment by iagiagiag · 2026-10-29 · in Binance-hacker-1029 – $5.6B stolen from Binance
  2. …spent on psych profiling for shorts to get that first click. We are just meat puppets to them. Ref: https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector
    comment by bounding12 · 2026-10-03 · in Everyone's Packing Up
  3. …make an account or replace x in the url with xcancel. You can do the latter automatically with https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector
    comment by snackerblues · 2026-03-07 · in Tech employment now significantly worse than the 2008 or 2020 recessions
  4. …one option it does not in its default config-- a non-dead way to redirect Instagram links. [0] https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector - has links to addon sites [1] https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector/issues/329
    comment by Baljhin · 2026-02-28 · in Redirector Privacy Alternatives: forward links to privacy aware front ends
  5. …with a couple custom rules. Unfortunately, it appears the author has died ( https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector#tribute ), and the project is in a maintenance state. But it does exactly everything I need, and I disabled the au
    comment by dmit · 2026-01-07 · in Firefox extension to redirect x.com to xcancel.com
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    Browser extension (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Edge) to redirect URLs based on regex
    story by Bluestein · 2025-06-01 · 46 comments
  7. …(and old.reddit.com, and away from whatever other hostile websites there are these days...) * https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector
    comment by yoavm · 2025-03-01 · in A DOGE staffer appears to be posting DOGE work on his public GitHub
  8. …similar results, without having Kagi, and converting all links, not just search results [1]. [1]: https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector
    comment by teroshan · 2024-06-18 · in “Attention assault” on Fandom
  9. Redirector is great, but unfortunately is no longer maintained because the author passed away[0]. [0] https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector/issues/329
    comment by shoaki · 2024-04-16 · in Show HN: YouTube Shorts Redirector
  10. …the device level is probably easiest. I've used Redirector [0] in the past and it works well. [0]: https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector
    comment by shepherdjerred · 2024-04-01 · in Ask HN: What is the current (Apr. 2024) gold standard of running an LLM locally?
  11. …computers -- maybe my work just has weird defaults, but I'm not confident that is the case 1 - https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector
    comment by csydas · 2024-02-12 · in Should toggle button show its current state or the state to which it'll change? (2010)
  12. …instance in case I end up clicking on a link. The Nitter UI is nicer too and works fine without JS. https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector
    comment by donio · 2023-03-06 · in Twitter was down
  13. …for me. Pick an instance (or selfhost) and set your browser up to automatically redirect to it. https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector and https://libredirect.codeberg.page/source_code are good options.
    comment by watashiato · 2022-10-16 · in Poll: Is there a negative stigma toward articles written in Medium?
  14. …I could search for browser extensions to redirect links to another link, and I found Redirector: https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector I cannot sing the praises of this tool enough, and it saves me tons of clicking and waiting by…
    comment by csydas · 2022-10-09 · in Magic Leap 2
  15. …with regex patterns. It doesn't work on Firefox mobile, but then neither does OP's extension. 0: https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector
    comment by monopoliessuck · 2022-09-20 · in LibRedirect: Redirect YouTube, Twitter, Instagram to privacy friendly services
  16. https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector - I prefer it over Libredirect too as it can replace other Addons. Alternative frontends is not a surprising development, as the "web today" has gotten quite user hostile. Last I checked it…
    comment by flas9sd · 2022-07-30 · in Libredirect – Redirect social media and websites to privacy friendly front ends
  17. I just use a custom regex with the Redirector extension for searching in any subreddit. https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector
    comment by yewenjie · 2022-04-07 · in Show HN: Redditle.com – For those of us who add 'Reddit' to every Google search
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    Redirector – Browser extension to redirect to privacy respecting front-ends
    story by robertheadley · 2021-12-23 · 36 comments
  19. …with a clean and fast interface. You can also automate this with the Redirector browser extension: https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector
    comment by dschuessler · 2021-09-12 · in Ask HN: Alternative Twitter Frontends?
  20. Probably the most underrated software I use daily are some of my Firefox extensions. https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector redirects my YouTube, Google, Twitter and Reddit links to privacy friendly frontends (i.e. Invidious,…
    comment by dschuessler · 2021-05-27 · in Ask HN: What underrated GitHub / Gitlab project has helped you a lot?
  21. …already with other hacks, just stuck to having + signs instead of spaces :) My ridiculous way: - https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector - some local-host open-search plugin meant for self hosted searx. Adds a bunch of junk parameters…
    comment by anotheryou · 2021-04-27 · in Show HN: Jumprope – Terminal-like commands for the Chrome search bar
  22. …using Redirector [2] - the potentials are infinite! [1] https://duckduckgo.com/bang [2] https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector
    comment by yewenjie · 2021-04-27 · in Show HN: Jumprope – Terminal-like commands for the Chrome search bar
  23. …also a general purpose regex based redirector if there are other sites you'd like to redirect: https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector
    comment by nathcd · 2021-02-09 · in Fueling Reddit’s Future
  24. I do it with this extension: https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector/
    comment by hackernews2000 · 2016-09-01 · in The Dropbox hack is real
  25. Redirector ( https://github.com/einaregilsson/Redirector/ ) lets you create your own rules for all kinds of purposes and have complete control over them (including by testing them against different URLs). The subject of this thread seems…
    comment by hackernews2000 · 2016-07-10 · in Clean Links – Converts obfuscated or nested links to genuine clean links