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comment by josmar · 2026-09-27 · in Font where each token is equal-width

Libredirect does exactly that: https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension

comment by pelzatessa · 2026-09-14 · in XCancel service is suspended until further notice

…Firefox - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/ Chromium Instructions - https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension

comment by robotnikman · 2026-09-05 · in Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns

https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension

comment by ranger_danger · 2026-09-05 · in Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns

https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension

comment by Cider9986 · 2026-07-06 · in GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra will be in Codex

…the end, thank you people after searxng project and public instances. [1] https://searx.space [2] https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension

comment by RandyOrion · 2026-07-04 · in SearXNG: A free internet metasearch engine

There is Libredirect which does the same and more: https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension https://libredirect.github.io/

comment by thisisit · 2026-01-07 · in Firefox extension to redirect x.com to xcancel.com

Install libredirect extension ( https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension/ ) and select a few working instances. Then you can use the programmable shortcut keys to cycle between instances if one ever goes down.

comment by mac-attack · 2025-08-10 · in Curious about the training data of OpenAI's new GPT-OSS models? I was too

…YouTube, Twitter, TikTok... requests to alternative privacy friendly frontends and backends. https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect

comment by pretext · 2023-11-04 · in YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers

…the web. [1]: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=xzTH_ZqaFKI [2]: https://yewtu.be/embed/xzTH_ZqaFKI [3]: https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension

comment by rozenglass · 2023-10-17 · in Piped – An alternative privacy-friendly YouTube front end

…and seems more actively developed [2] [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/libredirect [2] https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension

comment by elashri · 2023-10-14 · in Show HN: Firefox add-on to open YouTube videos in alternative front ends

…instead will download binaries (or docker containers) (sic) to run frontends on user's device. [0] https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension/issues/725#...

comment by eitau_1 · 2023-07-20 · in Nitter Redirect: Firefox addon to view Twitter link without an account

Yep, check out LibRedirect: https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension

comment by sphars · 2023-05-11 · in YouTube tests blocking videos unless you disable ad blockers

…with "teddit.net" in any URL, or install a redirector browser extension such as LibRedirect: < https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension > - Look to alternative discussion sites. I'm a member of (though fairly rare participant these…

comment by dredmorbius · 2023-04-29 · in Ask HN: Why does Reddit force you login to disable auto play?

Someone here showed me this extension yesterday: https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect I don't know think it will work on mobile chrome, but for others like me that can't take imgurs bloat anymore, its great.

comment by Workaccount2 · 2023-03-29 · in Text2Video-Zero Code and Weights Released by Picsart AI Research (12G VRAM)

…turns into https://rimgo.pussthecat.org/gallery/eMKxD6t . [0] https://codeberg.org/elttil/rimgo [1] https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect

comment by nouryqt · 2023-03-28 · in Android app from China executed 0-day exploit on millions of devices

…into it. Here are the links for both projects: https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect/ LibRedirect looks good!

comment by cf100clunk · 2022-11-29 · in Nitter.it: Unavailable for Legal Reasons

Link for the curious: https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect

comment by monksy · 2022-11-15 · in Disney+ demands users’ age and gender so it can “deliver targeted advertising”

https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect is a bit over-zealous. Love the idea, but I still want to be able to browse the homepages of the sites. After installing the addon and visiting just https://youtube.com I get redirected to…

comment by capableweb · 2022-11-11 · in YouTube confirms that it has removed the “sort by oldest/newest” option

These two, together: https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect Sounds like the changes you want should be possible to add to NewPipe.

comment by 3np · 2022-11-11 · in YouTube confirms that it has removed the “sort by oldest/newest” option

…network.http.sendRefererHeader. It breaks some websites which rely on it for "security" though. [1] https://github.com/libredirect/LibRedirect EDIT: I just found out on the amiunique website that over 12% of browsers disable it. Does this…

comment by demindiro · 2022-10-26 · in Ask HN: Do you browse without JavaScript?

Libreddit for Reddit is fantastic: https://libredd.it Here is a more exhaustive list: https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect

comment by Proglift · 2022-10-12 · in Wikipedia is not short on cash

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LibRedirect: Redirect YouTube, Twitter, Instagram to privacy friendly services

story by kls0e · 2022-09-20 · 80 comments

…time to switch to Firefox is right now. [1] https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv2/ [2] https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect/issues/45#issueco... [3] https://libredirect.github.io/faq.html#chrome_web_store

comment by mastazi · 2022-09-19 · in Proxy Chrome extensions are not going to be usable in MV3

There is also LibRedirect[1] which automatically redirects to an alternative frontend. [1] https://github.com/libredirect/LibRedirect

comment by demindiro · 2022-09-19 · in What we learned after I deleted the main production database by mistake

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LibRedirect: Web extension that redirects requests to privacy friendly platforms

story by jdmark · 2022-09-14 · 0 comments

…LibRedirect[0] which can automatically redirect you to alternative frontends for many services. [0] https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect

comment by gamjQZnHT53AMa · 2022-09-02 · in Bibliogram, Open-source front-end for Instagram, is being discontinued

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Libredirect: Web extension that redirects popular sites to alternative frontends

story by mastazi · 2022-08-10 · 0 comments

I can because LibRedirect ( https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect ) automatically redirected it to https://libreddit.projectsegfau.lt/r/CalvinBot/comments/bdxb...

comment by boogies · 2022-07-16 · in Bill Watterson’s refusal to license Calvin and Hobbes (2016)

…because of manifest V2, there is privacy redirect but its abandoned and doesn't support scribe. https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect

comment by jacooper · 2022-07-13 · in Ev Williams to step down from Medium

I use LibRedirect: https://github.com/libredirect/LibRedirect

comment by Risse · 2022-06-23 · in Twitter Notes

…provide an option to automatically redirect to old.reddit.com instead of libreddit or teddit) [1]: https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect

comment by woojoo666 · 2022-06-19 · in Bolt has a cool web interface and they really don't want you to use it

…available for manual installation [2] [1] - https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect [2] - https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect

comment by pndy · 2022-05-12 · in Twitter CEO fires two top executives, freezes hiring

Privacy redirect or libRedirect https://github.com/libredirect/LibRedirect https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect

comment by vorejdajo · 2022-05-09 · in eBay Robbed This Man of $4700 and Suspended His Account When He Asked Questions

…[1] https://github.com/iv-org/invidious [2] https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect [3] https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect

comment by Ourgon · 2022-03-15 · in Android 12 forces you to choose a default browser unless you disable Chrome

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LibRedirect:-Extension that redirects requests to privacy friendly front ends

story by i67vw3 · 2022-03-13 · 1 comment

With LibRedirect[1] you automatically get redirected from twitter et al. to these instances. [1]: https://github.com/libredirect/LibRedirect

comment by demindiro · 2022-03-07 · in My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll