# FastForward

> Don't waste time with compliance. Use FastForward to skip annoying URL "shorteners".

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `fastforwardteam`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** FastForward Team
- **Category:** privacy-security,tabs
- **Daily users:** 32,175
- **Weekly downloads:** 527
- **Rating:** 4.68 / 5 (198 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.2383
- **Last updated:** 2024-04-05
- **First published:** 2021-09-13
- **Size:** 471 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fastforwardteam/)
- **Website:** [https://fastforward.team/](https://fastforward.team/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fastforwardteam/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/fastforwardteam/privacy/)

## Description

FastForward is a powerful Chrome extension designed to instantly bypass frustrating URL shorteners and wait pages such as adf.ly, show.co, and sub2unlock.com. It helps you avoid completing tasks or waiting before reaching your desired content, saving you time and enhancing browsing efficiency.

Additionally, FastForward blocks popular tracking services like bit.ly and t.co, offering increased privacy by preventing sites from logging your IP address. With seamless integration and open-source support on GitHub, it is a reliable tool for users seeking a smoother, faster, and more private web navigation experience. Join their Discord community or visit their website to learn more.

## Rankings

- #407 — Overall
- #28 — Tabs
- #103 — Privacy & Security
- #2 — fart
- #5 — fast vpn
- #17 — waste

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `alarms`
- `storage`
- `webNavigation`
- `tabs`
- `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`

### Host permissions

- `<all_urls>`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has medium user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Users praise FastForward for quickly skipping intermediary/ad‑link wait pages and for being an effective, well‑liked bypass tool. However multiple reviews report the project is discontinued and that the extension can be broken or unreliable (including Google Images redirect problems). Reviewers note the nature of bypass tools makes them fragile over time, so functionality may be inconsistent.

### Pros

- Quickly skips intermediary/wait pages and redirects to the target site (bypasses ad‑link/wait pages).
- Effectively bypasses adfly‑type redirects (users report it removes waiting/extra pages).
- Well‑regarded by some users — several reviews praise it highly or call it one of the best add‑ons.

### Cons

- Development appears to have ceased / the project is discontinued, which alarms multiple users.
- Broken or unreliable for some users — several report it doesn’t work or fails to reach the target page.
- Causes navigation problems for some scenarios (notably Google Image search redirection/"Redirect Notice" blocking access).
- Inherently fragile: bypassing ad/redirect services is a "cat‑and‑mouse" task, so reliability can degrade over time.

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