yize/xswitch

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1074 stars · 144 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

XSwitch is a Chrome browser extension for redirecting and forwarding request URLs using browser-native APIs, with rule groups, CORS support, cache disabling, and a Monaco-based rule editor. It also ships a local stdio MCP server so AI clients like Claude Code can read and modify forwarding rules safely on the machine.

Use cases

• redirect production CDN assets to localhost during frontend development
• forward HTTPS URLs to a local dev server without security warnings
• enable CORS headers for specific domains while testing
• disable browser cache while debugging
• replace substrings or regex patterns in request URLs
• let an AI assistant manage redirect rules via MCP

When to choose

• you need request-level URL rewriting inside Chrome without a separate proxy server
• you want CORS or cache toggles per-site during development
• you prefer declarative JSONC rules with comments and autocomplete

When to avoid

• you need a system-wide or non-Chromium proxy solution
• you need to intercept or modify request/response bodies, not just URLs
• you use Windows for the MCP bridge, which only supports macOS and Linux

Facets

plugin · maturity active

proxy developer-tools plugin-system mcp developer-tools web-development browser-extensions browser-extension browser request-redirect url-forwarding chrome-extension cors rule-based-proxy ai-rule-configuration macos linux nodejs

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