Alternative Front-ends

This is a list of privacy-respecting front-ends to popular online services, including social media, streaming and information services. All of them are cross-platform webapps and should work on your device no matter the OS and hardware.

ⓘ Redirector rules based on services provided in this list can be found here

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Thanks to shaedrich for contributing to the expansion of this list!

Thanks to 3nprob, aaferrari, heartlog, NxOne14, ZekXtreme, TimDaub, privacytime101, HexagonCDN, Odyssey346, gi-yt and Solomon1732 for their contributions to https://github.com/digitalblossom/alternative-frontends on which this fork is based!

ⓘ You can suggest new front-ends and modifications to the list here.

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A to Z + Tools

Chefkoch • Fandom • Genius • GitHub • Goodreads • IMDb • Imgur • Instagram • Medium • Odysee • Quora • Reddit • Search Engines • StackOverflow • Tiktok • Translate • Tumblr • Twitch • Twitter • Urban Dictionary • Youtube • YT Music • 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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Chefkoch

• gocook 🇩🇪

  • An alternative frontend to Chefkoch, a German-language food recipe portal, with a focus on privacy.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide

Fandom

• BreezeWiki

  • A privacy-friendly, decluttered front-end for Fandom wikis.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | Onion

Genius

• Dumb

  • Dumb tries to make reading lyrics from Genius a pleasant experience and as lightweight as possible.
  • Official Instance (N/A) | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

• Intellectual

  • Intellectual is an alternative frontend for Genius focused on privacy and simplicity. Written in Rust, Intellectual is incredibly lightweight, not requiring JavaScript and proxying all requests through the server, including images.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

GitHub

• GotHub

  • Minimalist JS-free Github front-end in Go.
  • Official Instance (N/A) | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | Onion

Goodreads

• BiblioReads

  • BiblioReads is a free and open source alternative Goodreads front-end focused on privacy. Scrapes content from Goodreads and presents the results without any of the bloat.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

IMDb

• Libremdb

  • A lightweight, ad-free and js-free alternative front-end to IMDb.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

Imgur

• Rimgu

  • Lightweight Imgur front-end without Javascript and ads. Uses its own request implementation. Can use either API or scraping.
  • Official Instance (N/A) | Repo
  • Public Instances (N/A)
  • Open-Source
  • 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.
  • Official Instance (N/A) | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

• Imgin

  • Lightweight Imgur front-end without Javascript and ads. Uses its own request implementation.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances (N/A)
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable

Instagram

• Imgsed

  • Imgsed is an online Instagram backup tool that helps users save Instagram photos through the Instagram public API.
  • Official Instance | Repo (N/A)
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable

• Bibliogram [Deprecated]

  • Alternative Instagram front-end without Javascript, tracking, ads and signup prompts. Currently unstable due to Instagram's server blocking.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide

  ⓘ Bibliogram's development has stopped as Instagram is continuing to block servers (if you want to pick up the development of Bibliogram, check this blog post by the original maintainer). There currently is no working open source front-end for Instagram. For some reason, closed source proxy sites like this one continue working despite doing the exact same thing Bibliogram did.

Medium

• Scribe

  • Tracking- and ad-free FOSS front-end for Medium.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

• LibMedium

  • Minimalist proxy for Medium written in Rust.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

Odysee

• Librarian

  • Open-Source, lightweight and privacy-respecting frontened for Odysee.
  • Official Instance (N/A) | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

  ⓘ Librarian's repo has been archived as at May 2023 and no further updates are expected, as per https://bcow.xyz/posts/archiving-librarian/.

Quora

• Quetre

  • Alternative front-end to Quora. It enables you to see answers without ads, trackers, and popups. Has an unofficial API.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

Reddit

ⓘ Most Reddit alternative front-ends will no longer work due to the 2023 Reddit API controversy. Mutiple public instances of Libreddit, in addition to self-hosted instances of Troddit and Troddit+ are mostly functional however it seems.

• Redlib

  • An alternative private front-end to Reddit, with its origins in Libreddit.
  • Official Instance (N/A) | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide

• Libreddit

  • Privacy-focused fast Reddit front-end without ads, javascript and tracking. All requests are proxied through the server.
  • Official Instance (N/A) | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

  ⓘ The maintainer has shutdown the official instance and ceased development due to Reddit's API changes. Development has continued at the previously mentioned Libreddit fork, Redlib.

• Troddit

  • A significantly smaller Open Source front-end for Reddit, written in NextJS.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances (N/A)
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide

  ⓘ Troddit uses Javascript and their official instance uses Vercel's audience analytics. Connects directly to Reddit without a proxy using Reddit's API.

• Teddit

  • Privacy-focused lightweight Reddit front-end. No ads, no javascript. Provides an unofficial API.
  • Official Instance (N/A) | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

Search Engines

• Whoogle

  • Google search result front-end without Javascript, ads, cookies and tracking. Tor and HTTP/SOCKS proxy support.
  • Official Instance (N/A) | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

• LibreX

  • A privacy respecting meta search engine for Google and popular torrent sites which can redirect to privacy-respecting front-ends.
  • Official Instance (N/A) | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

• SearX

  • Privacy-respecting, self-hostable metasearch engine. Acts as front-end for more than 70 search services.
  • Homepage | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | Onion

  ⓘ SearX's repo has been archived as at September 2023 and will no longer be maintained, as per this last commit before the repo was archived.

• SearXNG

  • Fork of SearX with UI improvements (including to the settings page) and updates to the selfhosting procedure.
  • Homepage | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | Onion

StackOverflow

• AnonymousOverflow

  • View StackOverflow threads without the cluttered interface and exposing your IP address, browsing habits and other browser fingerprint data to StackOverflow.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

Tiktok

• ProxiTok

  • Open-Source front-end for Tiktok that proxies users requests.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

Translate

• Mozhi

  • Mozhi (spelt moḻi) is an alternative-frontend for many translation engines. It is a fork of SimplyTranslate.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

• Lingva

  • Tracking-free Google Translate front-end.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide

• LibreTranslate

  • Free and Open Source Machine Translation API, entirely self-hosted. Unlike other APIs, it doesn't rely on proprietary providers such as Google or Azure to perform translations. Instead, its translation engine is powered by the open source Argos Translate library.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

Tumblr

• PriviBlur

  • A privacy-focused alternative frontend to Tumblr with a touch of modern design.
  • Official Instance (N/A) | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide

Twitch

• SafeTwitch

  • SafeTwitch is a privacy respecting frontend for Twitch. The main advantages of SafeTwitch are every request is proxied through the server, no logs are kept, and compared to Twitch, SafeTwitch is optimized for speed and usability.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

Twitter

• Nitter

  • Lightweight Twitter front-end. No ads, no Javascript, no tracking. RSS support.
  • Official Instance (N/A) | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion | Loki

  ⓘ The maintainer has declared Nitter abandoned because of X's/Twitter's actions. The official instance has been discontinued and very few instances still work.

Urban Dictionary

• Rural Dictionary

  • Rural Dictionary scrapes Urban Dictionary for data and then displays it in HTML.
  • Official Instance (N/A) | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

YouTube

• Invidious

  • Lightweight YouTube front-end - no tracking, no ads and Javascript is optional.
  • Homepage | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

• Piped

  • Alternative privacy-friendly YouTube front-end. Lightweight, no ads (Sponsorblock integrated), no tracking, 4K support and more.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances (scroll down)
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | IPNS | Onion

• Cloudtube

  • Alternative Invidious front-end without Javascript.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances (N/A)
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide

• Viewtube

  • Privacy-respecting front-end with subscription, watch-progress and recommendation features.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances (N/A)
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide

YouTube Music

• BeatBump

  • Privacy-friendly YouTube Music front-end built with Svelte. Supports device sync.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | I2P | Onion

• Hyperpipe

  • A privacy-respecting front-end for YouTube Music, inspired by and built with the help of Piped.
  • Official Instance | Repo
  • Public Instances
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide
  • Decentralised Options | Onion

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Tools

• Fastside

  • A smart redirecting gateway for various frontend services. Faster and compatible alternative to farside. Also adds Tor and I2P support.
  • Homepage | Repo
  • Open-Source

• Farside

  • Automatically redirects to working instances of alternative front-ends. Helps prevent performance bottlenecks by distributing across instances.
  • Homepage | Repo
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide

• Privacy Redirect

  • Browser extension that automatically redirects to the alternative front-ends of several services. Available for Chromium browsers and Firefox.
  • Download & Repo
  • Open-Source

  ⓘ Development of Privacy Redirect has ended/paused, consider using LibRedirect instead

• LibRedirect

  • Maintained fork of Privacy Redirect with new services added and a refreshed UI.
  • Homepage & Download | Repo
  • Open-Source

• Redirector

  • If a service you want to redirect to is not supported by LibRedirect, this extension lets you manually define redirects.
  • Homepage & Download | Repo
  • Open-Source

  ⓘ Redirector rules based on services provided in this list can be found here

• SSL Labs

  • Free tool by Qualys that does a deep analysis to check the SSL implementation of a server. Helpful to check public instances. You'll find this on the Piped page for instance.
  • Homepage
  • Open-Source

  ⓘ Not Open Source, but made by a trustworthy company and operates with a good privacy policy.

• Translate You Libre

  • FOSS Android front-end for LibreTranslate and Lingva. Uses Material You design.
  • Download | Repo
  • Open-Source

• UntrackMe

  • FOSS Android app that redirects to the alternative front-ends of several services. Can also clean tracking parameters.
  • Download & Homepage | Repo
  • Open-Source

• YunoHost

  • Novice-friendly server OS. Easily host multiple of the listed services on your own hardware (e. g. a Raspberry Pi) using templates.
  • Download & Homepage | Repo
  • Open-Source
  • Self-Hostable | Guide

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