Reddit Faster

Reddit Faster lets you open a subreddit just by typing its name, search Reddit straight from your address bar, and more.
What is Reddit Faster?
Reddit Faster is a Chrome extension that allows you to quickly open subreddits by typing their names, search Reddit directly from your address bar, and access subreddit sections with simple commands. It also enables sorting posts, accessing wikis, and viewing Imgur albums associated with subreddits. With a one-step navigation feature, Reddit Faster makes browsing Reddit faster and more efficient.

Extension stats

By: dimaba
Users: 191 ▼ -14
Rating: 4.33 (6)
Version: 1.1 (Last updated: 2022-10-01)
Creation date: 2015-05-12
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 20.96K

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Extension summary

Reddit Faster lets you open a subreddit just by typing its name. To use, type 'rdd' in the address bar to activate Reddit Faster. Then, simply type the subreddit's name and press enter. That's all!

Main features:

  • One-step navigation to any subreddit or multireddit
  • Search all of Reddit straight from your address bar
  • Sort posts and access subreddit sections with simple commands

Search functions Searching Reddit is easy: you simply type 'search', followed by the words you want to search for, and press enter. Do you want to search for a subreddit? Type 'search subreddits', followed by your search words. You can even search within a specific subreddit by typing the name of the subreddit, followed by 'search', followed by the words you want to search for. (In previous versions this functionality was handled using short prefixes. These will continue to work. For a list of prefixes see the full Readme at https://github.com/dimaba/redditfaster)

Sorting posts in a subreddit Posts in a subreddit can be sorted by any of Reddit's available sorting methods ('top', 'new', 'hot', 'rising' & 'controversial'). All you have to do is type the subreddit's name, followed by the name of the sorting method.

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User reviews

Not working anymore - feelsbadman
by Brian Saturnino, 2022-06-04

Exactly what I needed. Thank you!
by Nicole Sung, 2019-09-23

Where have you been all my life? THANK YOUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Xedd MrC, 2016-11-26
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Reddit Faster does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

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