# FOSS Redirect

> Redirects various sites to their alternative free and open source frontends.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `foss-redirect`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** kelo
- **Category:** privacy-security,social-communication
- **Version:** 1.2
- **Last updated:** 2022-09-20
- **First published:** 2022-07-28
- **Size:** 1.13 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/foss-redirect/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/kelo221/FOSS-Redirect-Extension](https://github.com/kelo221/FOSS-Redirect-Extension)

## Description

FOSS Redirect is a Firefox add-on that redirects various sites to their alternative free and open source frontends. Instagram is currently disabled. Icons provided by Icons8.

## Rankings

- #147,637 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `*://reddit.com/*`
- `*://www.reddit.com/*`
- `*://np.reddit.com/*`
- `*://amp.reddit.com/*`
- `*://i.reddit.com/*`
- `*://old.reddit.com/*`
- `*://www.old.reddit.com/*`
- `*://www.youtube.com/*`
- `*://www.twitter.com/*`
- `*://twitter.com/*`
- `*://www.instagram.com/*`
- `*://instagram.com/*`
- `*://youtube.com/*`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Very high risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: reddit.com, youtube.com, twitter.com, instagram.com
- 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/foss-redirect)