# Dev Redirector

> Redirect certain requests to custom URL. It's mostly useful for developers when they want to debug backend with the deployed frontend, they can redirect the deployed backend requests to localhost (reverse proxied e.g. using ngrok)

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/dev-redirector](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dev-redirector)

## Overview

- **ID:** `dev-redirector`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** sanket143
- **Category:** web-development
- **Daily users:** 5
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (1 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.1
- **Last updated:** 2022-08-14
- **First published:** 2022-08-13
- **Size:** 76 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/dev-redirector/)

## Description

Dev Redirector is a Firefox add-on that allows developers to redirect specific requests to custom URLs. It is especially useful when testing backend changes with a deployed frontend.

## Rankings

- #44,123 — Overall
- #245 — direct link

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `<all_urls>`
- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/dev-redirector)