redirect-to-abstract Firefox

redirect-to-abstract

By: stites
Redirect pdf links to their abstract for more than just arxiv.org
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Features & Capabilities

  • redirect-to-abstract - Firefox extension

Redirect all pdf links to their abstracts, and overwrite abstract pages to bypass the regex (by either appending an & or ? at the end of the url).

Trying to keep this codebase dead simple (turns out my last attempt was too ambitious). Should be chrome-compatible, but someone else will have to test.

Works for the following archives:

  • Building Requires browserify. Just run make.

  • Prior Art

User Growth & Download Statistics

Manifest V2 Add-on
By:
stites
Daily users:
5
Rating:
5.00
(1)
Version:
1.1.7 Last updated: 2023-08-04
Version code:
5604247
Creation date:
2021-10-18
Risk:
Moderate risk impact Low risk likelihood
Permissions:
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
  • *://arxiv.org/*
  • *://*.arxiv.org/*
  • *://*.mlr.press/*
  • *://*.neurips.cc/*
  • *://*.nips.cc/*
  • *://openreview.net/*
  • *://aclanthology.org/*
  • *://*.biorxiv.org/*
    • See more
Content scripts matches:
  • arxiv.org
  • *.mlr.press
  • *.neurips.cc
  • *.nips.cc
  • openreview.net
  • aclanthology.org
  • *.biorxiv.org
  • *.ijcai.org
Size:
36.38KB
Full description:
See detailed description
Source:
Firefox Add-ons Store
Data ingested on:
2026-07-10
Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 41,933 ▼ 12
Other rankings
#144 in redirect keyword 52 ▼ 3

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stites
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Permission Change History

2022-12-16: Version 1.1.5 → 1.1.6
Add Permissions: *://*.arxiv.org/* *://*.biorxiv.org/* *://*.icjai.org/*

User Reviews

Would be nice to explain more on why this addon needs those permission
by id*****, 2023-12-29
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Is redirect-to-abstract Safe?

Risk impact
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redirect-to-abstract requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details
  • High Allows the extension to observe and analyze traffic in flight for the selected hosts.
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redirect-to-abstract has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details
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