Header Editor

Manage browser's requests, include modify the request headers and response headers, redirect requests, cancel requests

What is Header Editor?

"Header Editor" is a Chrome extension specifically designed to manage and assist in customization of browser’s request and response headers. With this, you can redirect and cancel requests with ease. The extension also supports importing rules from 'Redirector' and allows the users to contribute to translating the extension with their preferred languages via 'Transifex'. It's a critical tool for any individual who wants complete control over their browsing experience.

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By: ShuangYa

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Users: 200,000+

Rating: 4.65 (57)

Version: 4.1.1 (Last updated: 2020-01-05)

Creation date: 2019-12-25

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
contextMenus
storage
downloads
*://*/*
unlimitedStorage

Size: 459.78K

Email: i*****@sylingd.com

URLs: Website

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 1643 ▼ 34

Other rankings

#1499 in Developer Tools ▲ 1 #2 in header keyword 45 #5 in editor keyword 78 #204 in request keyword 28

Other platforms

Header Editor (v4.1.1)

4.69 (167) 12,445+

Header Editor (v4.1.1)

4.20 (27) 574,628+

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Summary

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Modify the request, include request headers, response headers, redirect requests, and cancel requests. If this extension does not have the language you want, you can help us translate this extension on Transifex: https://www.transifex.com/sytec/header-editor/ You can aslo import rules from Redirector: http://redirector.team.firefoxcn.net/

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Works without spam and ads; open source
Able to modify headers and block requests
Functionalities for redirecting requests and modifying user-agents

Cons

Features not working as expected like overwriting body response or editing response headers, especially on non-Firefox browsers
Unintuitive user interface and not user-friendly for quick tasks
Problems with the extension becoming nonfunctional or failing occasionally

Most mentioned

Ability to change headers and block/redirect requests
Issues with specific features not working as intended
Difference in extension capabilities between Chrome and Firefox

Recent reviews

Works as expected and actually is spam-ad-free, it's open source on Github. Thx. I am coming from "ModHeader", which nowadays is contaminated with spam, ads and silly decision, just a crapware now.

Roland Eigelsreiter (BrainFooLong), 2024-02-05

This does exactly what I needed it to do, I force some mobile website on desktop

Nghia Truong Trong, 2023-10-17

Only feature I was looking for in this add-on was to overwrite the body response. However, and even though it's only supported in Firefox, that doesn't even work there with the current version of it (102.14). Submitted a support request in their add-on's github and got no reply after a full month of a wait. May work well for other features the add-on offers, but then there are plenty others which I'm sure would be easier to use as the UI of this add-on is not the most intuitive anyway.

Pascal Collard, 2023-08-28

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Safety

Risk impact

Header Editor is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Header Editor if you trust the publisher.