# Youtube Piped redirect

> Open source and minimal permissions addon that redirects from Youtube to piped.video or any other URL that you can set.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `youtube-redirect`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** tushisvet
- **Category:** privacy-security,search-tools
- **Daily users:** 40
- **Weekly downloads:** 3
- **Rating:** 5.00 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.2.1
- **Last updated:** 2024-01-28
- **First published:** 2022-09-27
- **Size:** 13 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/youtube-redirect/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/ts213/youtube-redirect](https://github.com/ts213/youtube-redirect)

## Description

The "Youtube Piped Redirect" Chrome extension offers a simple, open source solution to enhance your Youtube browsing experience by redirecting Youtube main, watch, and channel pages to piped.video — a fast, privacy-friendly Youtube frontend. Users can also customize the redirect destination to any URL of their choice, enabling flexibility and control over their video viewing platform. This minimal-permissions addon promotes user privacy and improved performance without compromising usability.

Designed to work seamlessly on the main Youtube page, individual watch pages, and channel pages, this extension ensures you access video content through a lightweight and privacy-conscious interface. Its open source nature invites transparency and potential contributions from the community, making it a trustworthy choice for privacy-conscious users seeking an alternative Youtube experience.

## Rankings

- #17,815 — Overall
- #64 — redirect
- #117 — direct link
- #170 — permission

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://www.youtube.com/*`
- `*://m.youtube.com/*`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `storage`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: youtube.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/youtube-redirect)