LibRedirect
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A web extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, Instagram... requests to alternative privacy friendly frontends and backends.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
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Platforms
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
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Privacy Services (WIP)
some privacy services. mostly taken from https://github.com/pluja/awesome-privacy, but I also take other suggestions.
Peertube Apps
some of these programs even let you subscribe without an account
SAY GOODBYE TO BIG COMPANIES WITH THESE ALTERNATIVES
Throughout the years, we have been relying on big companies like Google, Microsoft, Meta and others to give us access to their products to use our computers and phones, communicate on the online web, and store our files. However, as things have gotten worse with the years and the rise of gen-AI only making things worse, people are starting to question if they can even move to new services. However, the journey can be hard and there are so many options that non-tech savvy people are going lose patience and give up.
That is why I made this long and comprehensive list of mostly open-source alternatives to different things from computer OS, social media, to even TV. Many things are easy to move to, others are for more tech-savvy people, and this list doesn't even have all of the available options in any category! However, this is a great first step into trying new things and to slowly move away from big tech. You don't need to do it all at once, go step by step, decide if there are some services you can't stop using and which ones could use a switch and have fun!
















Comments and Reviews
Forked from Privacy Redirect to allow for more regulare updates, LibRedirect is currently the best All-in-one solution for url forwarding from popular social media websites towards privacy-friendly frontends. A fantastly BIG chunk of them is covered, and the list of instances is regularly updated so you don't have to worry about instances going offline or being unavailable.
I admitidly had some struggle with the setup, but i believe these issues will soon be resolved - if they haven't been alreaydy!
It's not particularly good at selecting instances.
Privacy frontends do not add any privacy in general compared to using the official websites and you're trusting the instance maintainer who may or may not malicious. My recommendation would be to stick with the official websites and apps unless your threat model calls for disabling JavaScript or not logging into services.
Even then, accessing these frontends can be done without an extensions as you can manually type in the url of the instance you wish to use. A browser extension has privileged access in your browser and requires you to trust the developers (LibRedirect developers in this case). Using extensions also makes you stand out thus worsening privacy and weakens site isolation, which is necessary for safe browsing.
That said, LibRedirect does have some useful features like randomly switching instances, but this does not make up for the fact you're trusting a privileged extension and reducing security and possibly privacy.
Also, LibRedirect isn't recommended by Mozilla, so it's not a trusted extension and I would never use this.
Free and open source extension which redirects links from a number of services to privacy-friendly front-ends. Supports instance switching from the extension menu, toggling instances on and off, and adding your own instances. It is the best available extension for this purpose.
Easily Redirects Invasive Social Networks to privacy-friendly frontends.
Updated: Now the extensions works flawlessly, now it is rare to get offline instances, and the extension stopped throwing you directly into the original website.
OUTDATED: Cool concept, but sadly this extension does not work most of the time, most front-end alternatives are offline, and sometimes the extension does not even try to redirect you to other frontend it just lets you enter the website directly. I really wish that this extension gets fixed, the concept is really good, but the execution is not good.
Instead of Privacy Redirect, the instance lists get updates frequently. And the browser extension, is depending on the instances. (It's not the extensions fault) I would recommand you to try it again. 😉