LibRedirect
Browser extension that redirects popular sites to privacy-friendly alternative frontends.
Recommended for automatically redirecting Twitter/X, YouTube, Reddit and other links to privacy-respecting alternative frontends1234, with a choice of instances and built-in defaults like Nitter, Invidious and Redlib.56 The main caveats are that these frontends are read-only7 and that any single public instance isn't guaranteed to stay up, though switching to another is quick.89
Why people recommend it
Automatic redirects · 3
Redirects links to alternative frontends without conscious effort.
“The browser extension LibRedirect[1] makes these easy to use without conscious thought.”
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“Check out LibRedirect or Predirect (MV3), it automatically redirects youtube, X, etc links to privacy-respecting frontends.”
Broad site coverage · 3
Works for Twitter/X, Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, Fandom and many other sites.
“I highly recommend the extension libredirect, which will redirect you to instances of your choice”
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“Check out LibRedirect or Predirect (MV3), it automatically redirects youtube, X, etc links to privacy-respecting frontends.”
Instance choice · 2
Lets you pick your own instances or stick with the defaults.
“I highly recommend the extension libredirect, which will redirect you to instances of your choice”
“I rely on public instances on the list [1] and libredirect [2].”
Sensible defaults · 2
Ships with defaults like Nitter for Twitter, Invidious for YouTube and Redlib for Reddit.
“I highly recommend the extension libredirect, which will redirect you to instances of your choice”
Less YouTube use · 1
One commenter cut YouTube use to minutes a day by using it with Invidious.
“using libredirect for invidious. my usage went to just a few minutes or 0 per day.”
Caveats and dissent
Read-only frontends · 1
The proxy frontends it redirects to are read-only, so posting requires signing in.
“The browser extension LibRedirect[1] makes these easy to use without conscious thought.”
Instance reliability · 1
Service from a single public instance isn't guaranteed, so you may need to switch.
“I rely on public instances on the list [1] and libredirect [2].”
Chromium install · 1
Chromium users install it by following instructions on GitHub.
“I highly recommend the extension libredirect, which will redirect you to instances of your choice”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- I am done with this shit 1 mention
- Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns 1 mention
- AnkiDroid: Google Play no longer allowing Open Collective donation link 1 mention
- Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices 1 mention
- The service XCancel is stopped until further notice 1 mention
- XCancel also down, at least for time being 1 mention
Data: libredirect.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 11
“I use https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/”
“I highly recommend the extension libredirect, which will redirect you to instances of your choice”
“I use redlib https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib and librediret instead.”
“You may want to check out Libredirect”
“The browser extension LibRedirect[1] makes these easy to use without conscious thought.”
“Would highly recommend”
“Check out LibRedirect or Predirect (MV3), it automatically redirects youtube, X, etc links to privacy-respecting frontends.”
“I rely on public instances on the list [1] and libredirect [2].”
“using libredirect for invidious. my usage went to just a few minutes or 0 per day.”
“https://libredirect.github.io/”
“I recommend libredirect to make it more convenient to use.”