libredirect/browser_extension

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

LibRedirect is a browser extension (WebExtension) that automatically redirects requests to popular sites like YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, Instagram, and TikTok to privacy-friendly alternative frontends such as Invidious, Nitter, and Redlib. It supports Firefox and Chromium browsers, lets users pick preferred instances, and offers keyboard shortcuts for switching between frontends and originals.

Use cases

• watch youtube videos without google tracking
• browse twitter without an account via nitter
• redirect reddit to a privacy-friendly frontend
• avoid being tracked by big tech websites
• automatically rewrite links to alternative frontends
• use instagram anonymously through a proxy frontend
• block tracking by redirecting tiktok requests

When to choose

• you want automated, configurable redirection to open-source alternative frontends across dozens of popular sites
• you use Firefox or a Chromium browser and want instance switching and keyboard shortcuts
• you care about avoiding Google/Meta/ByteDance tracking while browsing

When to avoid

• you need full functionality of the original sites (logins, comments, uploads often break on frontends)
• you rely on sites not covered by the supported frontend list
• you need a mobile-only solution outside Firefox Android or a desktop browser

Facets

plugin · maturity active

privacy browser-extension web-scraping privacy browser-extensions censorship-circumvention self-hosted browser browser-extension privacy-redirect alternative-frontends webextension firefox-addon chrome-extension tracking-prevention invidious nitter

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