About this extension
r/Redirect (r-slash-redirect) redirects searches for a subreddit to the respective subreddit on Reddit. For example, a search for
Supported Search Engines
LibRedirect
This add-on pairs well with LibRedirect. If you install LibRedirect and enable Reddit redirection, you'll be redirected to your preferred privacy-friendly Reddit frontend, like Redlib.
Alternatives
You can instead use DuckDuckGo as your default search engine. DuckDuckGo features Bangs which can achieve a similar result, no add-on required.
r/memes
will be redirected to the subreddit instead of search results.
- Override searches for
r/…
in popular search engines to redirect immediately to the respective subreddit. - Registers a search keyword, so that when you enter
r/
, you search with the r/Redirect add-on which takes you to the respective subreddit.
Supported Search Engines
- Baidu
- Bing
- DuckDuckGo
- Ecosia
- OneSearch
- Startpage
- Yahoo
- Yandex
LibRedirect
This add-on pairs well with LibRedirect. If you install LibRedirect and enable Reddit redirection, you'll be redirected to your preferred privacy-friendly Reddit frontend, like Redlib.
Alternatives
You can instead use DuckDuckGo as your default search engine. DuckDuckGo features Bangs which can achieve a similar result, no add-on required.
- Set DuckDuckGo as your default search engine.
- In the URL bar or DuckDuckGo search page, use the
sr
bang, short for subreddit. Searches like!sr …
will perform the same behavior as this add-on.