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.
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.
Lemmynsfw is definitely filling my needs the way reddit used to
Just like the rest of Lemmy it’s not quite there yet, but it has the potential.
I’m just waiting for a native plugin for redgif
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.
Why would I want to get angry 🤬😡 for no reason again. It was so exhausting
Reddit ruined it. Reddit just isn’t reddit without RIF. I don’t even wanna see what’s going on there anymore. From what I’ve heard it’s going downhill anyways.
Apollo was my app of choice, but I agree. Nevertheless, Reddit still has years and years of valuable product reviews and discussions that have not - and probably will not for years, if ever - be rivaled in the fediverse.
Libreddit and Teddit are good for “{topic} site:Reddit.com” searches when you don’t want to give Reddit the traffic and ad revenue.
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 appreciate the concept, but I don’t even want to give Reddit page views anymore.
I’ve moved on from various platforms before, but I’ve never done so feeling so thoroughly pissed off at the platform itself. (I never had a Twitter account, or that would likely be neighbors with Reddit in this category)
Fair enough. With libreddit, you don’t give Reddit any traffic or views, because the libreddit instance already scraped all information.
I respect the project a great deal, but I just don’t see myself putting any effort into making Reddit accessible for myself.
Even if there were zero reasons to avoid Reddit on principle, Lemmy is just a better “product” for what I want out of it.
If I’m googling something at work and need to view a page there, fine. I’ll just use a cached page or visit directly with ad blocking as if it were any other webpage. That might benefit the company in some small way, but that doesn’t make it worth prepping my devices to better make use of Reddit.
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Libreddit is great, been using it way before the Reddit drama (libreddit.caldeirag.xyz), there is also Teddit which is similar, they both support the cookie subscription thing.
I’m trying to boot reddit for good, but wonder, how does this work without the reddit API? Is it a web scraper? I think it is still possible to do that, but dk for how long.
when i click either of those github links it just reloads this page. when i went to libredd.it (is that even right? there’s no link here) it threw an error. my internet is fine.
Try this one: https://libreddit.privacy.com.de I don’t know why the links don’t work anymore… Here is the overview: https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit-instances/blob/master/instances.md
You can still browse reddit w RiF too, just not logged in. I just happen to like it here better.
I’m not a developer, is there an app or something I can download or a web app I can install?
