Redirector

Chrome, Safari, Edge, Firefox

What does Redirector do?

Redirector automatically redirects URLs from one site to another based on rules you set up. Once a rule is active, every time you visit a matching URL, you'll be instantly sent to the destination you configured — no extra clicks needed.

Common use cases:

• Always use Old Reddit instead of the redesign
• Switch Google search results to DuckDuckGo
• Skip tracking redirects (e.g. email click-tracking links) and go straight to the destination
• Redirect a deprecated internal tool URL to its replacement

Quick Start — Your first rule in 30 seconds

Let's set up a rule that automatically redirects reddit.com to old.reddit.com:

1. Click the Redirector icon in your browser toolbar — the options page will open
2. Click Add Rule
3. Fill in the two fields:
   • Match URL: ^https://www.reddit.com/(.*)
   • Redirect To: https://old.reddit.com/$1
4. (Optional) Paste a test URL like https://www.reddit.com/r/cats to verify the result — you should see it redirect to https://old.reddit.com/r/cats
5. Click Add — done!

Now visit any reddit.com page and you'll be automatically redirected to old.reddit.com.

How the pattern works

• ^https://www.reddit.com/ matches the beginning of any Reddit URL
• (.*) captures everything after the domain (e.g. r/cats)
• $1 in the Redirect To field inserts that captured part into the new URL

That's the basic idea: match a URL, capture the parts you need, and build a new URL with them.

Managing Rules

• Enable / Disable — Toggle individual rules on or off without deleting them
• Reorder — Rules are checked from top to bottom; drag to change priority
• Test — Paste any URL in the Test URL field to see which rule matches and where it redirects
• Import / Export — Back up your rules as a JSON file, or share them with others

More Examples

Redirect Google search to DuckDuckGo

• Match URL: ^https://www.google.com/search\?q=(.*?)&.*$
• Redirect To: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=$1

Skip email click-tracking redirects

• Match URL: https://click.redditmail.com/CL0/(.*)
• Redirect To: {{$1|decodeURIComponent}}

The {{$1|decodeURIComponent}} syntax decodes the URL-encoded destination so you go straight to the real link.

Decode base64-encoded redirect URLs

• Match URL: https://mail.yandex.ru/re.jsx\?.*&l=(.*)
• Redirect To: {{$1|atob}}

Advanced: URL Pattern Mode

In addition to regular expressions, Redirector supports URL Pattern mode — a more readable syntax for matching URLs. Select "URL Pattern" in the Mode dropdown when creating a rule.

• Redirect Google search to DuckDuckGo:

  • From: https://www.google.com/search?q=:id&(.*)
  • To: https://duckduckgo.com/?q={{search.groups.id|decodeURIComponent}}

• Decode URL parameters (e.g. Zhihu outbound links):

  • From: https://link.zhihu.com/?target=:url
  • To: {{search.groups.url|decodeURIComponent}}

Advanced: Pipeline Syntax

The {{}} syntax supports chaining transformations on captured values:

Pipeline	What it does
decodeURIComponent	Decode URL-encoded strings (%2F → /)
atob	Decode base64-encoded strings

Examples:

• Single: {{$1|decodeURIComponent}}
• Chained: {{$1|atob|decodeURIComponent}}

Note: The plain $1 syntax does not support pipelines. Use {{$1}} when you need transformations.

Privacy

This extension processes all redirection rules locally and does not collect or transmit any user data.

Contributions

Contributions are welcome! If you have any suggestions for improvements or have found a bug, please open an issue or submit a pull request.

License

MIT License

Contact

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us at rxliuli@gmail.com.