Never gonna
rickroll you.
Never gonna let you get rickrolled.
AntiRickRoll Reloaded is a browser extension that
blocks known RickRoll links before they get you.
Features
Small, simple, and dedicated to one important mission: stopping RickRolls.
RickRoll Blocking
Blocks links registered as known RickRolls.
YouTube Detection
Detects YouTube videos, Shorts, and youtu.be links.
Remote Database
The RickRoll database can be updated independently from the extension.
Lightweight Updates
Only a tiny version file is checked when pages open.
Statistics
Keeps track of how many RickRolls were blocked.
Local Caching
The database is stored locally for fast checking.
How it works
AntiRickRoll Reloaded uses a small remote database containing RickRoll rules.
β
version.json β {"v":1}
β
local version == remote version?
β YES
use local database
β NO
download links.json
β
save database locally
The remote database contains data only. It does not contain executable code.
Installation
AntiRickRoll Reloaded is currently distributed as an unpacked Chromium extension.
- Download the latest release from GitHub.
- Extract the ZIP archive.
- Open your browser's extensions page.
- Enable Developer Mode.
- Select Load unpacked.
- Select the extracted extension folder.
Service status
RickRoll database endpoints.
Credits
AntiRickRoll Reloaded is a modernized fork of AntiRickRoll by dnorhoj .
The original project is licensed under GNU GPL-3.0.
Source code is available on GitHub .