alternative-front-ends
by mendel5
Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms (e.g. YouTube, Twitter, etc.)
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Provides a curated list of alternative front-end projects for various internet platforms.
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Overview / YouTube
- https://invidious.io
Home page:
- https://docs.invidious.io/instances/
Invidious instances:
- https://api.invidious.io
Invidious instances API:
- https://docs.invidious.io/installation/
Installation guide for self-hosting:
- https://piped.video
Official instance:
https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped/wiki/Instances
Public instances:
Installation guide for self-hosting:
- https://poketube.fun
Official instance:
- https://tube.cadence.moe
Official instance:
- https://git.sr.ht/~cadence/tube-docs/tree/main/item/docs/cloudtube/Installing%20CloudTube.md
Installation guide for self-hosting:
- https://freetubeapp.io/
Official Instance:
- https://bocchilorenzo.github.io/invuedious
Official instance:
- https://www.smtube.org
Website:
- https://www.smplayer.info
SMPlayer website:
https://github.com/smplayer-dev/smplayer
SMPlayer repository:
Overview / YouTube Music
- https://beatbump.ml/
Official instance:
Overview / Twitter
- nitter.net
Official instance:
https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
Public instances:
- Twitter
Example: Troy Hunt on and
Overview / Reddit
- https://teddit.net
Official instance:
https://github.com/teddit-net/teddit#instances
Public instances:
- Reddit
Example: /r/Privacy on and
- xeddit.com
Official instance:
- Reddit
Example: /r/Privacy on and
- F-Droid
Available on
- F-Droid
Available on
- F-Droid
Available on
https://github.com/saket/Dank
Forked from Dank:
- F-Droid
Available on
- https://jpf-reddit.netlify.app
Official instance:
- https://kddit.kalli.st
Official instance:
- https://www.troddit.com
Official instance:
https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit-instances/blob/master/instances.mdOverview / TikTok
ProxiTok
: Open source alternative frontend for TikTok made with PHP
Overview / TikTok / ProxiTok
- https://proxitok.pabloferreiro.es/
Official instance:
Overview / Imgur
- https://codeberg.org/video-prize-ranch/rimgo#instances
Public instances:
- https://imgin.voidnet.tech
Official instance:
- https://imgur.com/a/GD6p5Fi
Example album on Imgur.com:
- https://imgin.voidnet.tech/a/GD6p5Fi
Same album on Imgin:
Overview / Apple Music
Cider
: Cross-platform Apple Music experience based on Electron and Vue.js written from scratch with performance in mind
Overview / Bandcamp
- Tent
: A simple alternative front-end for Bandcamp that does not require JavaScript and proxies all requests
Overview / Discord
gtkcord4
openasarOverview / Google Search
https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search#public-instances
Public instances:
- https://searx.space
Public instances:
Overview / Google Translate
- lingva.ml
Official instance:
https://github.com/TheDavidDelta/lingva-translate#instances
Public instances:
- https://simple-web.org/projects/simplytranslate.html
Home page and public instances:
- F-Droid
Available on
- F-Droid
Available on
- F-Droid
Available on
Overview / Facebook Messenger
Caprine
: Unofficial and privacy-focused Facebook Messenger app with many useful features
Overview / Medium
- https://scribe.rip
Official website:
- https://libmedium.batsense.net
Official website:
Overview / IMDb
libremdb
: A FOSS alternative front-end to IMDb
Overview / IMDb / libremdb
- https://libremdb.iket.me/
Official instance:
Public Instances:
Overview / Quora
: A libre front-end for Quora
Overview / Quora / Quetre
- https://quetre.iket.me/
Official website:
Public instances:
Overview / Reuters
Neuters
: An alternative front-end to Reuters.com. It is intented to be lightweight and fast, and was heavily inspired by Nitter
Overview / Reuters / Neuters
- https://neuters.de
Official instance:
Overview / Shazam
SongRec
: Open-source Shazam client for Linux, written in Rust
Overview / Telegram
Telegram-FOSS
: Unofficial, FOSS-friendly fork of the original Telegram client for Android
Overview / Hacker News
- https://hackerweb.app
Official instance:
- https://hackerwebapp.com
About Hackerweb:
- https://www.hckrnws.com
Official instance:
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hackers-for-hacker-news/id603503901
Available to download on the Apple AppStore:
Overview / Other services
- mediathekviewweb.de
Official instance:
- https://wikiless.org/
Official instance:
https://github.com/Metastem/wikiless
Public instances:
- https://codeberg.org/librarian/librarian#instances
Public instances:
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Related projects
- https://vancedapp.com
Official website with install instructions:
- https://old.reddit.com/r/Vanced/comments/o3xm9m/if_youtube_vanced_isnt_open_source_and_doesnt/h2ec7wf/
For an explanation about the origin of Youtube Vanced see here:
- https://github.com/revanced
Vanced was forced to shut down by Google due to legal reasons. The project tries to continue its legacy
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