alternative-front-ends

Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms (e.g. YouTube, Twitter, etc.)

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Overview

YouTube

• Invidious: Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube

  • Invidious instances
  • Official instance: https://invidio.us, will be moved to: https://invidious.io
  • Example: Troy Hunt on Youtube and Invidious

• CloudTube: A front-end for Invidious

  • Instance: https://tube.cadence.moe

• Invuedious: An alternative frontend for invidious built with vue.js

  • Official instance: https://bocchilorenzo.github.io/invuedious/

• Youtube-viewer: Lightweight YouTube client for Linux

• Straw-viewer: A lightweight YouTube client for Linux, using the API of Invidious

• Invidious-viewer: Python application to watch YouTube videos through the Invidious API, in the terminal (requires MPV player and libmpv.so, provided by Linux distro)

• NewPipe: A libre lightweight streaming front-end for Android

• Piped: An alternative privacy-friendly YouTube frontend which is efficient by design.

• Youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites

• Youtube-dl-gui: A cross-platform GUI for youtube-dl made in Electron and node.js

• ytdl-gui: A simple-to-use, cross-platform graphical interface for youtube-dl.

• Alltube: Web GUI for youtube-dl

• Vividl: Modern Windows GUI for youtube-dl

• Tartube: A GUI front-end for youtube-dl, partly based on youtube-dl-gui and written in Python 3 / Gtk 3

• Plumber: Local and remote video trimmer, can trim parts of video without downloading whole video, utilizes youtube-dl, allows conversion to GIFs

• ViewTube: An alternative front-end for YouTube, written in Vue.js, uses Plyr video player; supports SponsorBlock, multiple Invidious instances support, chapters

• Yotter: Youtube and Twitter with privacy

  • Yotter instances
  • Official instance: yotter.xyz

Twitter

• Nitter: Alternative Twitter front-end

  • Nitter instances
  • Official instance: nitter.net
  • Example: Troy Hunt on Twitter and Nitter

• Shitter: Android, alternative front-end for Twitter, built with Java

• Harpy: Android, alternative front-end for Twitter, built with Flutter/Dart

• Twidere X: Android, alternative front-end for Twitter, built mostly with Kotlin, in early stage

• Tweeterr: A tool to use Twitter from the command line on the fly

• Tweet-app: Desktop Twitter client only for tweeting. Timeline never shows up

• Tweepy: Twitter for Python

Instagram

• Bibliogram: Bibliogram is an alternative front-end for Instagram
  • Originally on Github
  • Bibliogram instances (Old)
  • Official instance: https://bibliogram.art
  • Example: Troy Hunt on Instagram and Bibliogram

Reddit

• Libreddit: Alternative front-end for Reddit. Themed around Reddit redesign

  • Official instance: libredd.it

• Teddit: Alternative Reddit front-end focused on privacy

  • Github mirror repo
  • Official instance: teddit.net
  • Example: /r/Privacy on Reddit and Teddit

• Xeddit: A Xamarin.Forms app for Reddit

  • Official instance: xeddit.com
  • Example: /r/Privacy on Reddit and Xeddit

• RedditClient: Alternative front-end for Reddit, built with Angular

• Updoot: Android, alternative front-end for Reddit

• Eddrit: Alternative front-end for Reddit, inspired by Nitter, built with Python & Starlette

• Top of Reddit: Top Reddit posts every day

Search

• Whoogle Search: A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine for Google

• Searx: Privacy-respecting metasearch engine

  • Searx instances

Facebook

• Fb-messenger-cli: Use Facebook Messenger from command line

• SlimSocial: Android, alternative front-end for Facebook, built with Java

• Frost: An extensive and functional third party app for Facebook (Android app)

Other

• MediathekViewWeb: Video content of German public-service television broadcasters (e.g. ARD, ZDF)

  • Official instance: mediathekviewweb.de

• PrivateBin: Alternative to Pastebin. A minimalist, open source online pastebin where the server has zero knowledge of pasted data. Data is encrypted/decrypted in the browser using 256 bits AES.

• HN-search: Algolia Hacker News search

  • Example: Highest rated submissions of the past 24 hours

• HNTopLinks: Top Links on Hacker News

  • Official instance: hntoplinks.com
  • Example: HNTopLinks of past month

• vaultwarden: Password manager. Unofficial Bitwarden compatible server written in Rust, formerly known as bitwarden_rs.

• snapdrop: Similar to Apple's Airdrop but in your browser. A Progressive Web App for local file sharing.

Related

• Privacy-redirect: A simple web extension that redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram & Google Maps requests to privacy friendly alternatives

  • Firefox Add-On: Privacy Redirect
  • Chrome Extension: Privacy Redirect

• uBlock Origin: An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean

  • Firefox Add-On: uBlock Origin
  • Chrome Extension: uBlock Origin

• StreetComplete: Easy to use OpenStreetMap editor for Android

• Matrix.org: Synapse: Matrix reference homeserver. See also matrix.org.