Redirect Inspector — Link & Redirect Checker

Redirect checker & tracer: follow 301/302 chains live, expand short links, catch loops and errors. Local analysis, zero tracking.

See where every link really goes. Redirect Inspector is a free redirect checker and link tracer that shows every HTTP redirect chain in real time — 301, 302, 303, 307, 308, HSTS upgrades, meta-refresh and JavaScript redirects. Check any URL without opening it, expand shortened links, audit redirect chains for SEO, and catch loops, ping-pong hops and broken destinations before your visitors do. WHY REDIRECT INSPECTOR ▸ Live capture — every redirect is recorded as you browse; no manual trigger, no page reload ▸ Check any URL — paste it into the bottom dock and get the full chain without visiting the page yourself ▸ Readable chains — status codes, hop count and total duration on every card; same-host hops show exactly what changed (http:// → https://, /page → /page/) ▸ Short link expander — see the real target of shortened or masked links before you trust them ▸ Search & noise filter — filter chains by URL; tracking pixels, analytics beacons and media requests are hidden by default ▸ Side panel first — the toolbar icon opens a persistent panel next to the page; undo-able Clear, keyboard shortcuts and a built-in help screen ▸ Powerful export — copy a clean summary or a full analysis report, download the raw chain as JSON, or copy a ready cURL command that reproduces the chain in your terminal ▸ Dark & light themes, fully translated into 7 languages BUILT-IN REDIRECT ANALYSIS — 9 LOCAL CHECKS Run one-click analysis on any chain to detect: • Redirect loops and ping-pong patterns (www/non-www, http/https flip-flops) • Long redirect chains that waste crawl budget and dilute link equity • Mixed 301/302 types that confuse search engines • 4xx/5xx errors and dead ends at the final URL • OAuth/login bounces, locale and cookie-consent hops • Tracking noise and CDN intermediaries (Cloudflare, CloudFront, Akamai, Fastly) Every issue gets a severity level, per-hop annotations with timings, and a copyable report. WHO IT'S FOR • SEO specialists — audit 301/302 redirect chains, fix canonicalization, protect link equity after site migrations • Developers — debug navigation logic, unexpected intermediaries and client-side redirects; export JSON or reproduce any chain with one cURL command • QA engineers — verify landing flows, login redirects and campaign parameter handling • Affiliate and ads managers — check that cloaked and shortened links resolve where they should • Everyone — know where a link takes you before it takes you there PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything runs locally in your browser. No accounts, no analytics, no telemetry, zero network requests by default. Even the manual URL check makes no extension requests — it is an ordinary browser navigation in a background tab that closes itself once the chain is recorded. The only optional network activity is the 301.sh news feed: opt in to get a browser notification when we publish new redirect, DNS and HTTP deep-dives — off by default, and the notifications permission is requested only when you enable it. Open source: https://github.com/investblog/redirect-inspector Crafted at 301.st — Smart Traffic.