The developer wrote a good post on Reddit, which I will mainly quote here:
10 second pitch: Libreddit is a portmanteau of “libre” (meaning freedom) and “Reddit”. It is a private front-end like Invidious but for Reddit. Browse the coldest takes of r/unpopularopinion without being tracked.
🚀 Fast: written in Rust for blazing fast speeds and memory safety
☁️ Light: no JavaScript, no ads, no tracking, no bloat
🕵 Private: all requests are proxied through the server, including media
🔒 Secure: strong Content Security Policy prevents browser requests to Reddit
How does Libreddit enhance my privacy?
Reddit tracks a lot of data but Libreddit logs nothing and uses no JavaScript by default so client-side monitoring isn’t possible. There are 35 community-hosted instances that can be used to access Libreddit; one can spread their traffic across multiple for even more privacy. 7 of our instances are .onion hidden services so you can browse Libreddit using Tor.
Can I use it to login to Reddit?
Libreddit doesn’t currently support logins but using cookies, users can subscribe to subreddits, follow users, and import their subscriptions from Reddit.
Does Libreddit have any features not offered by Reddit?
On top of the minimalist design, Libreddit is very customizable with:
- 10 themes to choose from
- A toggle to enable Wide UI (for those of you who like to maximize your screen space)
- Filters so you can hide certain subreddits or users from your feeds
Instances: up-to-date table of instances -> https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit-instances/blob/master/instances.md
Not every instance is equally fast for you, similar to Lemmy. Try out a few.
GitHub: https://github.com/spikecodes/libreddit
For PC, I recommend the add-on LibRedirect, which automatically converts a Reddit link to a Libreddit link. This way, Reddit doesn’t get any traffic from you, even if you want to access the page via a Google search.
Libreddit is great !
There is also Teddit that you can easily selfhost too and import your followed subs to. Example using docker
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version: "3.8"
services:
teddit:
container_name: teddit
image: teddit/teddit:latest
environment:
# uncomment if behind reverse proxy
# - DOMAIN=yourdomain.tld
# - USE_HELMET=true
# - USE_HELMET_HSTS=true
# - TRUST_PROXY=true
- REDIS_HOST=teddit-redis
ports:
- "8080:8080"
networks:
- teddit_net
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "wget" ,"--no-verbose", "--tries=1", "--spider", "http://localhost:8080/about"]
interval: 1m
timeout: 3s
depends_on:
- teddit-redis
# volumes:
# - /srv/path/Teddit/config.js:/teddit/config.js #for your subreddits
teddit-redis:
container_name: teddit-redis
image: redis:6.2.5-alpine
command: redis-server
environment:
- REDIS_REPLICATION_MODE=master
networks:
- teddit_net
networks:
teddit_net:
Some public instances :
I just use Lemmy now but that’s pretty neat.
Yeah, I’m glad to be rid of reddit. Well, except for porn. It’s still the best for porn. For now.
Just like the rest of Lemmy it’s not quite there yet, but it has the potential.
Here you are, a community dedicated to our british birdman
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using an URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !johnoliver@lemmy.world
This, along with LibRedirect, is still great for when you are searching for something and a Reddit post comes up. Like the direction Reddit is taking or not (and I don’t which is largely why I’m here), there are still some genuinely informative and useful posts on the platform and if you’re not willing to completely foreclose on viewing those ever again this is a great way to do so.
Libredirect redirects all your links to libre sources, not only Reddit but also youtube, twitter, tik tok, etc
Not really into reading Reddit anymore but I just wanted to comment that I found the assumption that people would know what a portmanteau is but at the same time not understanding that the name is made out of libre + reddit funny.
Have a nice evening!
Nah. Thanks for trying to help, but personally, I don’t want to have anything to do with Reddit. I won’t even follow Reddit links on Google.
The only way I interacted with Reddit was Apollo. And that’s gone. So Reddit is dead is dead to me.
I started using SearXNG and actually blocked Reddit from the results. As someone who almost always put “Reddit” in my google searches, I’ve been impressed with the quality of my search results without relying on Reddit.
