Alternative Frontends

Alternative Frontends

This is a list of privacy-respecting frontends to popular services like social media. All of them are cross-plattform webapps and should work on your device no matter the OS and hardware.

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ⓘ You can suggest new frontends and modifications to the list here.

Thanks to 3nprob, aaferrari, heartlog, NxOne14, ZekXtreme, TimDaub, privacytime101, HexagonCDN, Odyssey346, gi-yt, Solomon1732 and lolcatw for their contributions!

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Youtube • YT Music • Reddit • Twitter • Imgur • Tiktok • Medium • Quora • GitHub • StackOverflow • IMDb • Genius • XVideos • Fandom • Translate • Search Engines • Instagram • Odysee • Wikipedia • Tools

☰ You can jump between sections via the little menu icon above to the left.

ⓘ Check out the tools section at the bottom to find out how to easily adopt and even self-host.

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YouTube

• Invidious

  • Lightweight YouTube frontend - no tracking, no ads and Javascript is optional.
  • Homepage | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | Guide
  • [x] Decentralized Options | I2P | Onion | Loki

• Piped

  • Alternative privacy-friendly YouTube frontend. Lightweight, no ads (Sponsorblock integrated), no tracking, 4K support and more.
  • Main Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances (scroll down)
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | Guide
  • [x] Decentralized Options | IPNS | Onion

• Cloudtube

  • Alternative Invidious frontend without Javascript.
  • Main Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances n/a
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | Guide

• Viewtube

  • Privacy-respecting frontend with subscription, watch-progress and recommendation features.
  • Main Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances n/a
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | Guide

YouTube Music

• BeatBump

  • Privacy-friendly YouTube Music frontend built with Svelte. Supports device sync.
  • Main Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances n/a
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | Guide

• Hyperpipe

  • A privacy-respecting frontend for YouTube Music, inspired by and built with the help of Piped
  • Main Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | Guide
  • [x] Decentralized Options | Onion

Reddit

• Teddit

  • Privacy-focused lightweight Reddit frontend. No ads, no javascript. Provides an unofficial API.
  • Main Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | Guide
  • [x] Decentralized Options | I2P

• Libreddit

  • Privacy-focused fast Reddit frontend without ads, javascript and tracking. All requests are proxied through the server.
  • Main Instance n/a | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | Guide

• Troddit

  • A significantly smaller Open Source frontend for Reddit, written in NextJS.
  • Main Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances n/a
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | Guide

  ⓘ Uses Javascript and Vercel's audience analytics. Connects directly to Reddit without a proxy.

Twitter

• Nitter

  • Lightweight Twitter frontend. No ads, no Javascript, no tracking. RSS support.
  • Main Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | Guide

  ⓘ The maintainer has declared Nitter abandoned because of X's/Twitter's actions, but it still works most of the time.

Imgur

• Rimgu

  • Lightweight Imgur frontend without Javascript and ads. Uses its own request implementation. Can use either API or scraping.
  • Main Instance n/a | Repo
  • Public Instances n/a
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | Guide

  ⓘ Rimgu's development has been paused and Rimgo is recommended instead

• Rimgo

  • Rewrite of Rimgu in Go. Works without JS and has several public instances, including an Onion one.
  • Main Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Pattern for Redirector: *imgur.com/* to https://i.bcow.xyz/$2
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | Guide
  • [x] Decentralized Options | Onion

• Imgin

  • Lightweight Imgur frontend without Javascript and ads. Uses its own request implementation.
  • Main Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances n/a
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable

Tiktok

• ProxiTok
  • Open-Source frontend for Tiktok that proxies users requests.
  • Main Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | Guide
  • [x] Decentralized Options | Onion

Medium

• Scribe

  • Tracking- and ad-free FOSS frontend for Medium
  • Main Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | Guide

• LibMedium

  • Minimalist proxy for Medium written in Rust
  • Main Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | Guide
  • [x] Decentralized Options | Onion | I2P

  ⓘ LibMedium is in early development

Quora

• Quetre
  • Alternative front-end to Quora. It enables you to see answers without ads, trackers, and popups. Has an unofficial API.
  • Main Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Pattern for Redirector: *quora.com/* to https://quetre.herokuapp.com/$2
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | Guide | Heroku Deploy

GitHub

• GotHub

  • Minimalist JS-free Github frontend in Go
  • Main Instance n/a | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | Guide

  ⓘ Gothub is in early development

StackOverflow

• AnonymousOverflow
  • View StackOverflow in privacy and without the clutter
  • Main Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • [x] Open-Source
  • [x] Self-Hostable | [Guide](https://github.com/httpjamesm/Ano