FastForward Alternatives

FastForward is described as 'circumvents sites which make you wait (like adf.ly), make you do something (e.g., show.co and sub2unlock.com) and even trackers (such as bit.ly and t.co)!' and is an app in the web browsers category. There are more than 10 alternatives to FastForward for a variety of platforms, including Online / Web-based, Google Chrome, Firefox, SaaS and Mac. The best alternative is Unshort.link, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FastForward are Skip Redirect, Unshorten.link, LongURL and CheckShortURL.

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FastForward

Free • Open Source

Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Opera
Firefox
Vivaldi Browser

FastForward circumvents sites which make you wait (like adf.ly), make you do something (e.g., show.co and sub2unlock.com)...

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Unshort.link
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Free • Open Source
URL Shortener
Online
Self-Hosted
Google Chrome
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Firefox
15 alternatives to Unshort.link
Unshort.link protects your privacy by preventing short link services from tracking you.

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Discontinued
From the GitHub repo: "This project is archived. I decided to not continue working on it. All code is FOSS so you can take it and host your own servers. Also possible to configure your own server in the web extension. Thanks for all the years."
Skip Redirect
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Free • Open Source
Online
Firefox
1 alternatives to Skip Redirect
If you hate those obnoxious and very annoying redirects, then this is the tool for you. Skip Redirect is an add-on for Firefox that skips redirects. It works flawlessly!.

Skip Redirect has no features, suggest some!
Unshorten.link
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Freemium • Proprietary
Online
Google Chrome
14 alternatives to Unshorten.link
If a shortened link is detected, Unshorten will expand the link and inform you of the destination.

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LongURL
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Free • Open Source
URL Shortener
Mac
Windows
Linux
Online
Firefox
15 alternatives to LongURL
LongURL provides a standard API for expanding URLs which have been shortened with a service like TinyURL.

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Discontinued
Site/service inaccessible.
CheckShortURL
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Free • Proprietary
Online
15 alternatives to CheckShortURL
Check the real URLs before you visit | CheckShortURL reveals the destination of shortened URLs.

CheckShortURL has no features, suggest some!
Universal Bypass
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Free • Open Source
Microsoft Edge
Google Chrome
Firefox
15 alternatives to Universal Bypass
Universal Bypass circumvents sites which make you wait (like adf.ly), make you do something (e.g., show.co and sub2unlock.com) and even trackers (such as bit.ly and t.co)!
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Universal Bypass Features
WebExtension
Discontinued
Universal Bypass is unmaintained. Check out FastForward, which is a continuation of this project.
Redirect Detective
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Free • Proprietary
Online
14 alternatives to Redirect Detective
Short-URL unshortener.

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expandurl
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Free • Proprietary
URL Shortener
Online
10 alternatives to expandurl
expandurl.com provides a preview of short URLs from shortening services: it reveals and examine their destination before visiting them.

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Discontinued
On 2013-02-23 http://expandurl.com/ is a dead link
Joo.gl - URL Expander
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Free • Proprietary
Online
15 alternatives to Joo.gl - URL Expander
Expand URL from Joo.gl, Bitly, Goo.gl, Is.gd, Gg.gg, TinyURL and etc.

Joo.gl - URL Expander has no features, suggest some!
Link Unshortener App
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
15 alternatives to Link Unshortener App
Link Unshortener expands shortened web links, following redirects until it reveals the destination URL. Never again click a link before you know where it's going!

Link Unshortener App has no features, suggest some!

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