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FastForward

Don't waste your time with compliance. FastForward automatically skips annoying link shorteners.

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Since FastForward has been removed from Chrome Web Store, you'll need to manually install the extension following the steps below.

Download unstable builds

Manually installing

This are the instructions for installing the extension on "unpacked" mode.

Chrome, Chromium, Kiwi, Opera, Opera GX, Vivaldi, Brave etc.

The steps are simple, just read carefully.

  1. REMOVE any previous versions of FastForward.

  2. Download the extension using this link. You'll end with a .ZIP file on your downloads, like on the screenshot below: 1

  3. Now unzip the file, using any software you prefer. On the screenshot below, I used 7-zip to unzip the file. 2

  4. Now you'll have a folder called "FastForward_chromium". Enter it and extract the file.

You can do this either using 7-zip: 3-1

Or renaming the file extension, like on the gif below: 3-2

  1. Open the extensions page on your browser (type chrome://extensions/ on the address bar) and turn on "Developer Mode", like on the image below. 4

  2. Now click in "Load unpacked", and select the folder where Fast Forward was extracted. 5

  3. If you got any errors, or a message like "You're using FastForward in development mode", see the Troubleshooting session.

CRX Install

You can also use auto-updating builds for Google Chrome (Windows, Linux & macOS), Brave (Windows, Linux & macOS), Kiwi (Android), Ungoogled Chromium and Edge. We do not recommend installing from this method if you aren't an experience user. If you're having trouble installing this way, please install the extension manually.

Click here for crx install instructions
Please follow https://github.com/FastForwardTeam/releases#installation-instructions to install the extension using CRX mode.

Firefox and Firefox based browsers

⚠️ This will only work in the nightly version of Firefox.

  1. REMOVE any previous versions of FastForward.

  2. Download the zip using this link.

  3. Unzip the downloaded file so that you have FastForward_firefox_X.XXXX.xpi.

  4. Open about:config

  5. Search for xpinstall.signatures.required

  6. Toggle xpinstall.signatures.required to false using the button on the right.

  7. Restart Firefox.

  8. Open about:addons

  9. Drag your FastForward_firefox_X.XXXX.xpi into Firefox, and click "add" when prompted.

Firefox for Android

  1. Click here and follow the steps.
  2. When you are on the step 5, place this number: 17352072 on Collection Owner.
  3. Write FastForward on Collection Name.
  4. Tap "Ok".
  5. Open Firefox.
  6. Tap on the 3 dots.
  7. Tap on Extensions.
  8. Find FastForward.
  9. Add FastForward.

Installing from web-stores

Currently, Fast Forward is present on Firefox and Edge store.

Firefox

Mozilla Add-on

Edge

Chrome

Sadly, we've been removed from Chrome Web Store. See issue 704.

Troubleshooting

"Manifest version 2 is deprecated, and support will be removed in 2023. See https://developer.chrome.com/blog/mv2-transition/ for more details."

Just click in "clear all", this is just an warning, not an error.

"You're using FastForward in development mode, which means that bypass definitions are loaded from your local injection_script.js and rules.json. If you would like to use the auto-updating system, delete those files and then check for updates."

Go to the folder where you extracted Fast Forward, and delete the two files below:

Then click "Download bypass definitions" on the settings page.

Infinite "Downloading bypass definitions...."

We have identified this issue and are working to fix this problem!

"Manifest file is missing or unreadable"
If you got this message:

It's because you forgot to extract again the file. Please re-read the step 3.

Linkvertise is not being bypassed
Copy and paste the contents of this page: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FastForwardTeam/FastForward/main/src/linkvertise.js

On Fast Forward settings, like on the screenshot below:

CRX_MISSING_PROOF error
Don't waste your time trying to install the .crx version of the install, just install the unpacked version on this guide.