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LibRedirect AlternativesPrivacy Tools and other similar apps like LibRedirect
LibRedirect is described as 'A web extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, Instagram... requests to alternative privacy friendly frontends and backends' and is a popular Privacy Tool in the web browsers category. There are more than 10 alternatives to LibRedirect for a variety of platforms, including Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Web-based, Android and Mac apps. The best LibRedirect alternative is URLCheck, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like LibRedirect are Privacy Redirect, Redirector, Predirect and UntrackMe.
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A simple web extension that redirects requests to privacy friendly alternatives. The successor fork is LibRedirect.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-3.0)
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Vivaldi Browser
- Google Chrome
- Firefox
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Privacy Redirect vs LibRedirect Comments
- Privacy Redirect is Free and Open Source
20 Redirector alternativesRedirector is a browser add-on for Firefox, Chrome, Edge and Opera. The add-on lets you create redirects for specific webpages, e.g. always redirect http://bing.com to http://google.com. It was originally done by request for someone on the Mozillazine forums.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Online
- Microsoft Edge
- Vivaldi Browser
- Google Chrome
- Opera
- Firefox
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A open source manifest v3 web extension with minimal permissions that automatically redirects popular sites to privacy friendly frontends and backends
UntrackMe once set by default to open Twitter and YouTube links will transform them into Nitter and Invidious links and delegate the action to another app. It also supports Google Maps links to transform them into OpenStreetMap links or Geo URI.
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Farside provides links that automatically redirect to working instances of privacy-oriented alternative frontends, such as Nitter, Libreddit, etc. This allows for users to have more reliable access to the available public instances for a particular service, while also helping to...
A configurable web extension that redirects Twitter, YouTube, Reddit, Google Maps, Google Search, and Google Translate to privacy friendly alternatives.
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Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Online
- Nitter
- Firefox
Nitterify vs LibRedirect Comments
D33pSh33pFrom their Gitlab: "Nitterify is deprecated in favor of Invidition."
Invidition's extension page says: "Invidition is now deprecated and is no longer maintained. Please, use Privacy Redirect by Simon Brazell instead."
- Nitterify is Free and Open Source
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LibRedirect was forked from Privacy Redirect in the first place, to have an easily updated list of instances and include more frontends to the project. It is indeed a good alternative, but with less features and outdated since December 2021.