# Redirectify

> Redirects requests for PDFs of papers at some popular sites to their corresponding HTML index pages.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `redirectify`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Iain
- **Category:** download-management,appearance
- **Daily users:** 51
- **Rating:** 4.00 / 5 (2 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.3.2
- **Last updated:** 2021-03-13
- **First published:** 2018-03-04
- **Size:** 10.00 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/redirectify/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/imurray/redirectify](https://github.com/imurray/redirectify)

## Description

Redirectify is a Chrome extension designed to enhance your browsing experience by automatically redirecting requests for PDFs of academic papers on popular websites to their corresponding HTML index pages. This tool helps users seamlessly access readable and searchable HTML content instead of directly downloading or viewing PDFs, making research and reading more efficient.

With Redirectify, you no longer need to manually navigate to the HTML version of papers; the extension handles it for you, saving time and improving accessibility. Ideal for academics, students, and researchers, Redirectify simplifies access to scholarly articles by redirecting you to the preferred format on supported platforms.

## Rankings

- #15,887 — Overall
- #74 — direct link
- #118 — redirect

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://*.arxiv.org/pdf/*`
- `*://*.inspirehep.net/*`
- `*://xxx.lanl.gov/*`
- `*://arxiv-export-lb.library.cornell.edu/pdf/*`
- `*://arxiv.org/ftp/*pdf`
- `*://*.openreview.net/pdf*`
- `*://proceedings.mlr.press/*.pdf`
- `*://*.jmlr.org/papers/*.pdf`
- `*://jmlr.csail.mit.edu/papers/*.pdf`
- `*://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/*`
- `*://*.acm.org/*`
- `*://papers.nips.cc/*.pdf`
- `*://papers.neurips.cc/*.pdf`
- `*://proceedings.nips.cc/*.pdf`
- `*://proceedings.neurips.cc/*.pdf`
- `*://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/*`
- `*://*.semanticscholar.org/*`
- `*://*.biorxiv.org/content*`
- `*://indico.cern.ch/event/*/attachments/*.pdf`
- `*://indico.fnal.gov/event/*/attachments/*.pdf`
- `*://cds.cern.ch/record/*/files/*.pdf`
- `*://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/*`
- `*://*.projecteuclid.org/download/pdf*`
- `*://*.projecteuclid.org/*/Download*`
- `*://*.projecteuclid.org/getRecord?id=euclid.*`
- `*://www.researchgate.net/profile/*pdf`
- `*://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download*type=pdf`
- `*://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download*type=pdf`
- `*://www.aclweb.org/anthology/*.pdf`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: arxiv.org, inspirehep.net, lanl.gov, cornell.edu, openreview.net, mlr.press, jmlr.org, mit.edu, acm.org, nips.cc, neurips.cc, semanticscholar.org, biorxiv.org, cern.ch, fnal.gov, jstor.org, projecteuclid.org, researchgate.net, psu.edu, aclweb.org
- 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/redirectify)