Predirect AlternativesPrivacy Tools and other similar apps like Predirect

Predirect is described as 'A open source manifest v3 web extension with minimal permissions that automatically redirects popular sites to privacy friendly frontends and backends' and is a Privacy Tool in the web browsers category. There are more than 10 alternatives to Predirect for a variety of platforms, including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Web-based, Vivaldi and Linux apps. The best Predirect alternative is LibRedirect, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Predirect are Privacy Redirect, Redirector, Anonymous Redirect Links and YT Siphon.

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  1. LibRedirect icon
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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Brave
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • Linux
    • Flathub
     
    • LibRedirect is the most popular Linux alternative to Predirect.

    • LibRedirect is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Predirect.

    • LibRedirect is Free and Open SourcePredirect is also Free and Open Source
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    A simple web extension that redirects requests to privacy friendly alternatives. The successor fork is LibRedirect.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Vivaldi Browser
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
    • Privacy Redirect is the most popular Windows & Mac alternative to Predirect.

    • Privacy Redirect is Free and Open SourcePredirect is also Free and Open Source
  3. Redirector icon
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    Redirector is a browser add-on for Firefox, Chrome, Edge and Opera. The add-on lets you create redirects for specific webpages, e.g. always redirect http://bing.com to http://google.com. It was originally done by request for someone on the Mozillazine forums.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Vivaldi Browser
    • Google Chrome
    • Opera
    • Firefox
     
    • Redirector is the most popular Web-based alternative to Predirect.

    • Redirector is Free and Open SourcePredirect is also Free and Open Source
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    Generate anonymous redirect links with a strict no-referrer policy. Protect privacy, hide referrer information, and keep your visitors safe online.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. YT Siphon icon
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    YT Siphon is a browser extension that lets you choose to open YouTube videos in alternative frontends. Instead of auto-redirecting, it gives you the power to decide with simple shortcuts.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Firefox
     
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    A browser extension that redirects Twitter links to Nitter instead.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox
     
  7. Linkahest icon
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    A privacy-focused Android app written in Kotlin that transforms social media links to selfhostable alternative frontends before sharing them.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
    • Linkahest is the most popular Android alternative to Predirect.

    • Linkahest is Free and Open SourcePredirect is also Free and Open Source
  8. UntrackMe icon
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    UntrackMe once set by default to open Twitter and YouTube links will transform them into Nitter and Invidious links and delegate the action to another app. It also supports Google Maps links to transform them into OpenStreetMap links or Geo URI.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
     
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    Redirect Instagram and TikTok URLs to anonymous viewers. Access any profile, posts, tagged posts, stories profile or tags on Instagram or any profile on TikTok and the extension will redirect...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Google Chrome
    • Brave
    • Mozilla Firefox
     
  10. Farside icon
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    Farside provides links that automatically redirect to working instances of privacy-oriented alternative frontends, such as Nitter, Libreddit, etc. This allows for users to have more reliable access to the available public instances for a particular service, while also helping to...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
    • Farside is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Predirect.

    • Farside is Free and Open SourcePredirect is also Free and Open Source
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    Redirects all YouTube links to Invidious. Previously hooktube-redirect, but changed since Hooktube is no longer allowed to use the YouTube API, apparently.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Firefox
     
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    PeerTube Companion is an experimental WebExtension aiming to improve user experience with PeerTube. Right now, the extension redirects to a PeerTube version of a video, when trying to reach it from YouTube, if it's available on PeerTube.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mozilla Firefox
    • PeerTube
     
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