Redirector AlternativesPrivacy Tools and other similar apps like Redirector

Redirector is described as 'Browser add-on for Firefox, Chrome, Edge and Opera. The add-on lets you create redirects for specific webpages, e.g. always redirect http://bing.com to http://google.com. It was originally done by request for someone on the Mozillazine forums' and is a Privacy Tool in the security & privacy category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Redirector for a variety of platforms, including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Web-based, Mac and Linux apps. The best Redirector alternative is LibRedirect, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Redirector are Privacy Redirect, Predirect, Trackless Links Pro and Neat URL.

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  1. LibRedirect icon
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    A web extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, Instagram... requests to alternative privacy friendly frontends and backends.

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    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Brave
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
  2. A simple web extension that redirects requests to privacy friendly alternatives. The successor fork is LibRedirect.

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Vivaldi Browser
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  3. Predirect icon
     8 likes

    A open source manifest v3 web extension with minimal permissions that automatically redirects popular sites to privacy friendly frontends and backends

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    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  4. Take back control of your browsing experience. Trackless Links Pro is the universal Safari extension for iPhone, iPad, and Mac that removes tracking parameters, enables custom redirects, and gives you control over website behaviors.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Safari
     
  5. Neat URL icon
     4 likes

    Neat URL cleans URLs, removing parameters such as Google Analytics' utm parameters.

    20 Neat URL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Vivaldi Browser
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  6. Clean Links icon
     16 likes

    This add-on can be used to convert "obfuscated" and/or nested links to genuine/normal plain clean links,

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Haiku
    • Firefox
     
  7. Redirect Instagram and TikTok URLs to anonymous viewers. Access any profile, posts, tagged posts, stories profile or tags on Instagram or any profile on TikTok and the extension will redirect...

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    • Google Chrome
    • Brave
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  8. Pure URL icon
     5 likes

    This add-on automatically removes all garbage like "utm_source=*" from URLs. These fields are provided for the Google Analytics and they are not a necessity.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Google Chrome
    • Haiku
    • Opera
    • Firefox
     
  9. Dislike Reddit's redesign? Old Reddit Redirect will ensure that you always load the old (old.reddit.com) design instead.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  10. Tarnhelm icon
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    Tarnhelm can help you clean the tracking parameters in the links shared from the apps and keep the process natural.

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    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
  11. Link Cleaner icon
     3 likes

    Clean URLs that are about to be visited.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Firefox
     
  12. Farside icon
     2 likes

    Farside provides links that automatically redirect to working instances of privacy-oriented alternative frontends, such as Nitter, Libreddit, etc. This allows for users to have more reliable access to the available public instances for a particular service, while also helping to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
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