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

26 mentions on Hacker News by 25 people: 2 stories, 24 comments · first 2021-08-21 · latest 2026-07-22

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  1. …old.reddit.com goes, I'm done with reddit. I might try out some kind of alternative front end from https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends#reddit though. But if that's not good enough, I'm done.
    comment by brokenmachine · 2026-07-22 · in So Reddit has decided that plain HTML is unsafe
  2. …iOS. There are alternative frontends to most social networks, that can be used or adapted, however. https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends .. is one list.. but there are others (for example listing alternative Instagram…
    comment by apples_oranges · 2025-08-18 · in Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels
  3. …YouTube, Instagram, Reddit, TikTok and other websites to alternative privacy-friendly frontends. https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends https://github.com/digitalblossom/alternative-frontends…
    comment by aspenmayer · 2025-04-03 · in Show HN: A Chrome extension to give you back control over short-form videos
  4. https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends Some of these are open source and easy to run, like https://github.com/iv-org/invidious
    comment by ethanol-brain · 2024-09-01 · in Freetube is the best way to watch YouTube
  5. …might look like, to enable a monetized FRAND ecosystem of UI diversification and evolution. [1] https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends
    comment by mncharity · 2024-08-14 · in Show HN: If YouTube had actual channels
  6. …Anyway, I didn't mean to antagonize you, so apologies if my response came across that way. [1]: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends?tab=readme...
    comment by imiric · 2024-02-02 · in Juno – A YouTube Client for Vision Pro
  7. Or use any of the many alternative YouTube frontends: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends#youtube
    comment by noname120 · 2023-11-20 · in YouTube slows down video load times when using Firefox
  8. A few. https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends#youtube
    comment by e2le · 2023-10-17 · in Piped – An alternative privacy-friendly YouTube front end
  9. There is a great list of many alternative frontends I found here: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends They work well for internet archiving too, e.g. when Twitter or Reddit are being annoying and showing popups/login…
    comment by nikisweeting · 2023-10-17 · in Invidious – An open source alternative front-end to YouTube
  10. No, only alternative client apps.[0] [0] https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends#facebook
    comment by app4soft · 2023-09-08 · in Tell HN: Facebook now requires login to read public timelines
  11. …knowledge for everyone including users of Google Chrome and Firefox to not use HTTP sites. [1]: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends
    comment by swapfile · 2023-07-28 · in Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it
  12. May I suggest: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends#facebook
    comment by brucethemoose2 · 2023-07-17 · in You’re Not Imagining It: Social Media Is in Chaos
  13. Yeah it's freaking ridiculous. There's an alternative world of frontends that don't suck. Check here https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends
    comment by kristopolous · 2023-06-01 · in Slide to Unlock
  14. …using a VPN, or they consider your IP "problematic" for some reason. Use an alternative frontend: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends#imgur
    comment by luckylion · 2022-11-13 · in People have been having less sex, whether they’re teenagers or 40-somethings
  15. …to a privacy-respecting frontend. I use Redirector[0] to redirect to one of the frontends listed at https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends#imgur . [0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirector/?u...
    comment by howenterprisey · 2022-07-24 · in People Who Apply for Jobs by Showing Up
  16. Updated Content : https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends Also see : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29620275
    comment by Trouble_007 · 2022-05-31 · in Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms
  17. …JS-free front-ends for many popular sites like Twitter, Reddit, Youtube, and more: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends
    comment by dublinben · 2022-02-06 · in Cool ice formations my friend discovered on his deck this morning
  18. …people my age. How did we get here? This repo has a nice list of attention-respecting frontends. https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends/issues
    comment by doomrobo · 2022-02-02 · in Non-Consensual Personalization
  19. …[3] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter [4] https://sr.ht/~cadence/bibliogram/ [5] https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends [6] https://mailnesia.com [7] https://github.com/RSS-Bridge/rss-bridge [8] https://feed43.com [9] https://se
    comment by c80e74f077 · 2022-01-06 · in I Miss RSS
  20. Just saw this on HN yesterday I think it was: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends#youtube
    comment by rdiddly · 2021-12-24 · in Ask HN: Where are you getting your money's worth?
  21. This way more exhaustive list was on the front-page just the other day. https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29620275
    comment by 3np · 2021-12-23 · in Alternative privacy-respecting front ends for popular services
  22. …repo. I didn't know about rimgu yet and just added it to the Imgur section [0]. [0] https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends#imgur
    comment by mendel5 · 2021-12-20 · in Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms
  23. …on HN. I've already started to work on improving the repo based on some comments here. [0] https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends/issues/41
    comment by mendel5 · 2021-12-20 · in Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms
  24. A list of similar sites: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends
    comment by Retr0spectrum · 2021-09-26 · in Nitter and other Internet reclamation projects