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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.
ⓘ You can suggest new frontends here.
Youtube • Reddit • Translate • Search Engines • Medium • Twitter • Imgur • Instagram • 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.
YouTube
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Invidious
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Piped
- Alternative privacy-friendly YouTube frontend. Lightweight, no ads (Sponsorblock integrated), no tracking, 4K support and more.
- Main Instance | Repo
- Public Instances (scroll down)
- Open-Source
- Self-Hostable | Guide
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Cloudtube
- Alternative Invidious frontend without Javascript.
- Main Instance | Repo
- Public Instances n/a
- Open-Source
- Self-Hostable | Guide
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Teddit
- Privacy-focused lightweight Reddit frontend. No ads, no javascript. Provides an unofficial API.
- Main Instance | Repo
- Public Instances
- Open-Source
- Self-Hostable | Guide
- Decentralized Options | I2P
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Libreddit
- Privacy-focused fast Reddit frontend without ads, javascript and tracking. All requests are proxied through the server.
- Main Instance | Repo
- Public Instances
- Open-Source
- Self-Hostable | Guide
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Troddit
- A significantly smaller Open Source frontend for Reddit, written in NextJS.
- Main Instance | Repo
- Public Instances n/a
- Open-Source
- Self-Hostable | Guide
ⓘ Uses Javascript and Vercel's audience analytics.
Translate
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Lingva
- Tracking-free Google Translate frontend
- Main Instance | Repo
- Public Instances
- Open-Source
- Self-Hostable | Guide
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SimplyTranslate
- FOSS Javascript-free frontend for multiple translators, including Google Translate and DeepL
- Homepage | Main Instance | Repo
- Public Instances
- Open-Source
- Self-Hostable
Search Engines
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Whoogle
- Google search result frontend without Javascript, ads, cookies and tracking. Tor and HTTP/SOCKS proxy support
- Main Instance n/a | Repo
- Public Instances
- Open-Source
- Self-Hostable | Guide
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SearX
- Privacy-respecting, self-hostable metasearch engine. Acts as frontend for more than 70 search services.
- Homepage | Repo
- Public Instances
- Open-Source
- Self-Hostable
- Decentralized Options | Onion
Medium
- Scribe
- Tracking- and ad-free FOSS frontend for Medium
- Main Instance | Repo
- Public Instances n/a
- Open-Source
- Self-Hostable | Guide
- Nitter
- Lightweight Twitter frontend. No ads, no Javascript, no tracking. RSS support.
- Main Instance | Repo
- Public Instances
- Open-Source
- Self-Hostable | Guide
Imgur
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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
- Open-Source
- Self-Hostable
ⓘ Rimgu is currently in early development
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Imgin
- Lightweight Imgur frontend without Javascript and ads. Uses its own request implementation.
- Main Instance | Repo
- Public Instances n/a
- Open-Source
- Self-Hostable
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Bibliogram
- Alternative Instagram frontend without Javascript, tracking, ads and signup prompts. Currently unstable due to Instagram's server blocking.
- Main Instance | Repo
- Public Instances
- Open-Source
- Self-Hostable | Guide
ⓘ Bibliogram is currently not working due to Instagram blacklisting servers.
Wikipedia
- Wikiless
- A Javascript-free Wikipedia frontend. Should work in countries where Wikipedia is censored.
- Main Instance | Repo
- Public Instances
- Open-Source
- Self-Hostable | Guide
Tools
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Farside
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Privacy Redirect
- Browser extension that automatically redirects to the alternative frontends of several services. Available for Chromium browsers and Firefox.
- Download & Repo
- Open-Source
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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.
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UntrackMe
- FOSS Android app that redirects to the alternative frontends of several services. Can also clean tracking parameters.
- Download & Homepage | Repo
- Open-Source
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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
If you find this project useful, feel free to 
Credit to mendel5 for the idea. While his awesome project served as inspiration, this repo is not a fork and uses a different approach with different projects listed.
This repository is not affiliated with any of the mentioned companies. Trademarks belong to their respective owners. YouTube is a trademark of Google LLC. Google is a trademark of Google LLC. Reddit is a trademark of Reddit Inc. Twitter is a trademark of Twitter Inc. Imgur is a trademark of Imgur LLC. Instagram is a trademark of Instagram LLC. Medium is a trademark of A Medium Corporation.