Redirect Tracer
See every hop in a URL's redirect chain — status code, Location header, timing per hop. Spot inefficient redirect chains (301 → 302 → 301 → 200) that bleed SEO equity and slow crawls.
What powers the Redirect Tracer
Full redirect chain — every hop visualized
Status code per hop (301 / 302 / 303 / 307 / 308 / 200 / 404)
Location header for each redirect
Per-hop timing in ms
Total redirects and total time
Visual chain with arrows between hops
SEO warning when chain exceeds 2 hops
Why the Redirect Tracer is different
Browser-native
The Redirect Tracer runs entirely in your browser. Input is processed locally — never uploaded, never logged, never cached anywhere outside your device.
No artificial limits
No daily quotas, no character ceilings, no "upgrade for more" walls. Every feature is the complete feature — the same on the first use as the thousandth.
Production-grade quality
Built to the same engineering bar as paid SaaS tools — accurate algorithms, audited logic, responsive design and accessibility-tested interactions.
Common use contexts
- Auditing a shortlink (bit.ly, t.co) to see where it actually lands
- Diagnosing why a 301-redirected old URL is taking too many hops to reach the new URL
- Verifying HTTPS upgrade chain (http → https → www.https)
- Detecting unintended redirect loops on a migrated site
Private and secure
Zero upload
All processing happens in your browser. Input is never transmitted, logged or cached.
Works offline
Once the page loads, the tool runs without an internet connection. No network calls happen during use.
No tracking
No accounts, no cookies for tool state. Only aggregate analytics count visits at the page level.