# FastForwardTeam/FastForward

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

Repository: https://github.com/FastForwardTeam/FastForward
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/fastforward
Homepage: https://fastforward.team/
Language: JavaScript
License: Unlicense
License Family: permissive
Topics: extension, chrome-extension, firefox-extension, chromium-extension, addon, hacktoberfest, universal-bypass
Last push: 2026-08-09T12:53:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 66/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 96, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1820, "days_push": 24, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3773, forks 281 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:18.182663+00:00)

## What it is
FastForward is a browser extension for Chromium, Edge, and Firefox that automatically skips link shorteners and wait-for-ad interstitial pages. It is the successor to Universal Bypass and includes a crowd-bypass feature that shares destination links among users.

## Use cases
- skip annoying link shorteners automatically
- bypass 5-60 second ad wait pages like adf.ly
- get past subscribe-to-continue gates like sub2unlock
- avoid link tracker redirects from bit.ly and t.co
- prevent IP logging by shortener sites
- share bypassed shortener destinations with other users

## When to choose
- you frequently encounter link shorteners and want automatic skipping
- you want an open-source alternative to Universal Bypass
- you want community-shared bypasses via crowd bypass

## When to avoid
- you need actively maintained software - the project is discontinued
- you want a userscript instead of a browser extension
- you need bypasses for shorteners requiring CAPTCHAs that crowd bypass cannot handle

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: browser-extension, privacy, security
- domain: browser-extensions, privacy, web-development
- platform: browser, browser-extension, cross-platform
- tags: link-shortener-bypass, ad-blocking, crowd-bypass, universal-bypass, userscript-alternative, discontinued

## Member repositories
- FastForwardTeam/FastForward (main) score 66

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.182663+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:27:51.432071+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/FastForwardTeam/FastForward (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:18.182663+00:00, sha 58b892bc2ed6)
  - homepage: https://fastforward.team/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:22:49.439070+00:00, sha cabe930d48c9)
  - site_page: https://fastforward.team/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:22:49.447872+00:00, sha 9cfea199afde)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.