# URL Rewriter

> Rewrites the current tab's URL based on your wildcard rules.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `url-rewriter`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** tacalan
- **Category:** web-development,privacy-security,tabs
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-23
- **First published:** 2026-07-20
- **Size:** 23 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-07
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/url-rewriter/)

## Description

URL Rewriter lets you transform URLs on the fly with wildcard rules. Define a pattern like <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/4b428e5ba14efc4c2e5750998529b6d0549fad61fc872cc5c6063aada3b0e3e7/https%3A//www.amazon.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.com/</a><em> and a target like <a href="https://prod.outgoing.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net/v1/f95320394b57ccd22d896aa3e44b83db1a7d61f1ca2ca68d72f7cbfe6f55c250/https%3A//www.amazon.de/" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.de/</a></em>, then click the toolbar icon to instantly reopen the current tab at the rewritten address — same path, same query, same page, different domain.

Features:
- Wildcard rules — at most one * per pattern/target, only at the end
- Works silently: no matching rule = gray icon; one match = instant redirect; multiple matches = picker popup
- Per-rule options: drop query parameters (strip tracking params) or open in a new tab
- Export/import rules as JSON
- No host permissions, no content scripts, no data collection — nothing leaves your browser

## Rankings

- #117,306 — Overall
- #58 — ai writer

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `tabs`
- `storage`
- `activeTab`
- `scripting`
- `contextMenus`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** High 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 low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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