Privacy front ends

Alternative web front ends to YouTube, Reddit and other sites, without ads, tracking or an account.

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Privacy front ends
Tool	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
Invidious	25k	AGPL-3.0	Open source	Yes	Crystal	v2.20260804.1	2026-10-02
Piped	10k	AGPL-3.0	Open source	Yes	Vue	none	2026-10-05
Redlib	3.8k	AGPL-3.0	Open source	Yes	Rust	v0.36.0	2026-04-24

3 tools

Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube

Language: Crystal
Licence: AGPL-3.0
Stars: 25k
Latest: v2.20260804.1
Last push: 2026-10-02

An alternative privacy-friendly YouTube frontend which is efficient by design.

Language: Vue
Licence: AGPL-3.0
Stars: 10k
Last push: 2026-10-05

No release or tag

Private front-end for Reddit

Language: Rust
Licence: AGPL-3.0
Stars: 3.8k
Latest: v0.36.0
Last push: 2026-04-24

What these tools replace