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redlib

Private front-end for Reddit

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26Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
4KGitHub stars
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What it is

Private front-end for Reddit

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Where it is used

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 12:54:37 PM UTC.

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Observed mentions: 2024-01-28 02:10:05 UTC to 2026-10-20 21:10:52 UTC.

0510152024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 0 submissions, 7 comments20242025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 1 submissions, 3 comments20252026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 15 mentions; 1 submissions, 14 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC707
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC413
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC15114

What Hacker News says

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Most nitter instances don't do anything to avoid legal trouble from X. They simply hope that X will not go after them. There are some instances which do put in effort to stay anonymous, and they usually do that with a Cloudflare tunnel to hide their server IP and by not posting any personal details online. For Reddit you can use Redlib (https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib), I host an instance at https://redlib.miningtcup.me/ and people also like https://safereddit.com/.
In Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns
The solution is to run your own instance, create a few accounts for it to use and put it behind a reverse proxy with basic auth. Hand out logins to a few people and it will remain useable. If you put your instance out in the open it will sooner or later end up temporarily blocked - I tried this for a few years, same results every time - but smaller instances remain useable. It isn't hard to run an instance, just park it next to your SearXNG [1], Invidious [2], Redlib [3],PeerTube, ... instances. [1] https://github.com/searxng/searxng [2] https://github.com/iv-org/invidious [3] https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib
In Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns
There is Redlib[0], an open source alternative Reddit frontend, with many public instances[1], e.g. https://redlib.catsarch.com/ There is also LibRedirect[2] (or PrivacyRedirect, although I for one have no experience with that), a browser extension that automatically redirects reddit.com URLs to your Redlib instance of choice (it also does the same for other platforms, configurable). [0] https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib [1] https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib-instances/blob/main/ins... [2] https://libredirect.manerakai.com/
In VLC for Unity now supported on Linux
When the app only shows posts that are more than 10 hours old even when sorting by "hot" and shoving down the algorithmic feed on the app's home page, how are people still using the app? Lately I've only been visiting a few subs that I'm interested in and keeping them open in safari with ublock; it's been a far better experience. This has drastically cut my reddit time now and if I do want to mindlessly scroll, I just use redlib(hosted in docker or one of their public instances)[0]. It has the same "sort" that's used on the desktop site. [0] https://github.com/redlib-org/redlib
In Tell HN: Reddit now demands to know why you won't use their app

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