4chan: redirect 404s to archive

Redirect dead 4chan threads to their respective board archives

K instalaci tototo skriptu si budete muset nainstalovat rozšíření jako Tampermonkey, Greasemonkey nebo Violentmonkey.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

K instalaci tohoto skriptu si budete muset nainstalovat rozšíření jako Tampermonkey nebo Violentmonkey.

K instalaci tohoto skriptu si budete muset nainstalovat rozšíření jako Tampermonkey nebo Userscripts.

You will need to install an extension such as Tampermonkey to install this script.

K instalaci tohoto skriptu si budete muset nainstalovat manažer uživatelských skriptů.

(Už mám manažer uživatelských skriptů, nechte mě ho nainstalovat!)

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install an extension such as Stylus to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

You will need to install a user style manager extension to install this style.

(Už mám manažer uživatelských stylů, nechte mě ho nainstalovat!)

// ==UserScript==
// @name        4chan: redirect 404s to archive
// @namespace   user@user
// @match       *://boards.4chan.org/*/thread/*
// @version     1.3.0
// @date        2025-09-21
// @description Redirect dead 4chan threads to their respective board archives
// @grant       none
// @author      the pie stealer
// @run-at      document-end
// @license Apache 2.0
// ==/UserScript==

(() => {
    'use strict';

    const archives = {
      'archived.moe': ['a','an','biz','c','co','diy','fit','gd','gif','i','jp','k','m','mlp','out','po','r9k','s4s','tg','tv','u','v','vg','vp','vr','wsg', 'asp','b','cm','h','hc','hm','n','p','r','s','soc','toy','y'],
      'archive.palanq.win': ['bant'],
      '4plebs.org':       ['adv','f','hr','o','pol','trv','x'],
      'desuarchive.org': ['int', 'g', 'qa'],
      'warosu.org':       ['3','cgl','ck','fa','ic','lit','sci'],
      'archive.rebeccablacktech.com': ['mu','w'],
      'archive.loveisover.me': ['d','e','lgbt','t'],
      'archive.nyafuu.org': ['wg'],
      'totally.not4plebs.org': ['sp']
    };

    const boardToHost = Object.entries(archives).reduce((map, [host, boards]) => {
      boards.forEach(b => map.set(b, host));
      return map;
    }, new Map());

    const parts = location.pathname.split('/').filter(Boolean);
    if (parts.length < 3) {
      alert('4chan-redirect: unexpected path structure:', location.pathname);
      return;
    }

    const board = parts[0].toLowerCase();
    const threadIndex = parts.indexOf('thread');
    const threadId = (threadIndex >= 0 && parts.length > threadIndex + 1) ? parts[threadIndex + 1] : null;

    if (!threadId) {
      alert('4chan-redirect: could not determine thread id from', location.pathname);
      return;
    }

    const isDead = (() => {
      const title = (document.title || '').toLowerCase();
      if (title.includes('404') || title.includes('not found')) return true;

      try {
        const bodyText = (document.body && document.body.textContent) ? document.body.textContent.toLowerCase() : '';
        if (bodyText.includes('404 not found') || bodyText.includes('not found') || bodyText.includes('page not found')) return true;
      } catch (e) {

      }
      return false;
    })();

    if (!isDead) {
      return;
    }

    const host = boardToHost.get(board);
    if (!host) {
      alert(`4chan-redirect: no archive specified for board /${board}/`);
      return;
    }

    const archiveUrl = `https://${host}/${encodeURIComponent(board)}/thread/${encodeURIComponent(threadId)}`;

    //use the code below for debugging purpose
    //
    //alert(`4chan-redirect: redirecting /${board}/thread/${threadId} → ${archiveUrl}`);
    location.replace(archiveUrl);
})();