# alternative-front-ends Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms (YouTube, Twitter, etc.) ## Call to Action - Do you know any other projects that are not included in the overview yet? - It could be about front ends or alternatives to websites, apps, etc. - Just create an [issue](https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends/issues) and let me know. I'm always looking for new projects to add ## Overview ### YouTube - [Invidious](https://github.com/iv-org/invidious): Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube - [Invidious instances](https://github.com/iv-org/documentation/blob/master/Invidious-Instances.md) - Official instance: [https://invidio.us](https://invidio.us) - Example: Troy Hunt on [Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/user/troyhuntdotcom/videos) and [Invidious](https://invidio.us/channel/troyhuntdotcom) - [Youtube-viewer](https://github.com/trizen/youtube-viewer): Lightweight YouTube client for Linux - [CloudTube](https://git.sr.ht/~cadence/cloudtube): a beautiful front-end for Invidious. If search doesn't work, change instance in settings. Right now, for me https://au.ytprivate.com works well - [Invuedious](https://github.com/bocchilorenzo/invuedious): another beautiful front-end for Invidious, built with Vue.js - [Straw-viewer](https://github.com/trizen/straw-viewer): a fork of, and created by the same author of, youtube-viewer. Uses Invidious API - [Invidious-viewer](https://github.com/git-bruh/invidious-viewer): similar to straw-viewer. Requires MPV player and libmpv.so, provided by Linux distro - [Youtube-dl](https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl): Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites - [Alltube](https://github.com/Rudloff/alltube): Web GUI for youtube-dl - [Vividl](https://github.com/Bluegrams/Vividl): Modern Windows GUI for youtube-dl - [Youtube-dl-gui](https://github.com/jely2002/youtube-dl-gui): A cross-platform GUI for youtube-dl made in Electron and node.js - [Tartube](https://github.com/axcore/tartube): A GUI front-end for youtube-dl, partly based on youtube-dl-gui and written in Python 3 / Gtk 3 - [Yotter](https://github.com/ytorg/Yotter): Youtube and Twitter with privacy - [Yotter instances](https://github.com/ytorg/Yotter#public-instances) - Official instance: [yotter.xyz](https://yotter.xyz) ### Twitter - [Nitter](https://github.com/zedeus/nitter): Alternative Twitter front-end - [Nitter instances](https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances) - Official instance: [nitter.net](https://nitter.net/) - Example: Troy Hunt on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/troyhunt) and [Nitter](https://nitter.net/troyhunt) - [Shitter](https://github.com/nuclearfog/Shitter): Android, alternative front-end for Twitter, built with Java - [Harpy](https://github.com/robertodoering/harpy): Android, alternative front-end for Twitter, built with Flutter/Dart - [Twidere X](https://github.com/TwidereProject/TwidereX-Android): Android, alternative front-end for Twitter, built mostly with Kotlin, in early stage - [Tweeterr](https://github.com/sherwyn11/Tweeterr): tweet from command line - [Tweet-app](https://github.com/rhysd/tweet-app): desktop Twitter client that only lets one tweet and they can't see timeline so they can be more productive - [Tweepy](https://github.com/tweepy/tweepy): Twitter for Python ### Instagram - [Bibliogram](https://sr.ht/~cadence/bibliogram/): Bibliogram is an alternative front-end for Instagram - Originally on [Github](https://github.com/cloudrac3r/bibliogram) - [Bibliogram instances](https://git.sr.ht/~cadence/bibliogram-docs/tree/master/docs/Instances.md) ([Old](https://github.com/cloudrac3r/bibliogram/wiki/Instances)) - Official instance: [https://bibliogram.art](https://bibliogram.art) - Example: Troy Hunt on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/troyhunt/) and [Bibliogram](https://bibliogram.art/u/troyhunt) ### Reddit - [Teddit](https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit): Alternative Reddit front-end focused on privacy - [Github mirror repo](https://github.com/teddit-net/teddit) - Official instance: [teddit.net](https://teddit.net/) - Example: /r/Privacy on [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/) and [Teddit](https://teddit.net/r/privacy) - [Xeddit](https://github.com/ErlingMK/Xeddit): A Xamarin.Forms app for Reddit - Official instance: [xeddit.com](https://www.xeddit.com/) - Example: /r/Privacy on [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/) and [Xeddit](https://www.xeddit.com/r/privacy/) - [RedditClient](https://github.com/grey-r/RedditSharp): alternative front-end for Reddit, built with Angular - [Libreddit](https://libredd.it/): an alternative front-end for Reddit. Themed around Reddit redesign - [Updoot](https://github.com/adityam49/Updoot): Android, alternative front-end for Reddit - [Eddrit](https://github.com/corenting/eddrit): alternative front-end for Reddit, inspired by Nitter, built with Python & Starlette - [Top of Reddit](https://github.com/mgerb/top-of-reddit): like HNTopLinks but for Reddit ### Search - [Whoogle Search](https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search): A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine for Google - [Searx](https://github.com/searx/searx): Privacy-respecting metasearch engine - [Searx instances](https://searx.space/) ### Facebook - [Fb-messenger-cli](https://github.com/Alex-Rose/fb-messenger-cli): use Facebook Messenger from command line - [SlimSocial](https://github.com/rignaneseleo/SlimSocial-for-Facebook): Android, alternative front-end for Facebook, built with Java - [Frost](https://github.com/AllanWang/Frost-for-Facebook): An extensive and functional third party app for Facebook (Android app) ### Other - [MediathekViewWeb](https://github.com/mediathekview/mediathekviewweb): Video content of German public-service television broadcasters (e.g. ARD, ZDF) - Official instance: [mediathekviewweb.de](https://mediathekviewweb.de/) - [HN-search](https://github.com/algolia/hn-search) for Hacker News search - Example: [Highest rated submissions of the past 24 hours](https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byPopularity&page=0&dateRange=last24h&type=all) - [HNTopLinks](https://github.com/eguller/hntoplinks): Top Links on Hacker News - Official instance: [hntoplinks.com](http://www.hntoplinks.com/) - Example: [HNTopLinks of past month](http://www.hntoplinks.com/month) --OLD-- --NEW-- --To-do-- ## Related - [Privacy-redirect](https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect) - [Firefox Add-On: Privacy Redirect](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/) - [Chrome Extension: Privacy Redirect](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-redirect/pmcmeagblkinmogikoikkdjiligflglb) - [uBlock Origin](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock) - [Firefox Add-On: uBlock Origin](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/) - [Chrome Extension: uBlock Origin](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm)