# libredirect/browser_extension

A browser extension that redirects popular sites to alternative privacy friendly frontends

Repository: https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/browser_extension
Homepage: https://libredirect.manerakai.com
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: firefox-extension, privacy, libre, quora, twitter, webextension, youtube, bibliogram, chrome-extension, invidious, nitter
Last push: 2026-08-12T08:51:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 88/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 97, release rhythm 70, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1734, "days_push": 21, "days_rel": 40, "gap_med": 128.0, "n_releases_24m": 7}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4024, forks 146 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:32.554915+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: privacy, browser-extension, web-scraping
- domain: privacy, browser-extensions, censorship-circumvention, self-hosted
- platform: browser, browser-extension
- tags: privacy-redirect, alternative-frontends, webextension, firefox-addon, chrome-extension, tracking-prevention, invidious, nitter

## Member repositories
- libredirect/browser_extension (main) score 88

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.554915+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:22:13.445755+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:32.554915+00:00, sha 560a266b92e8)
  - homepage: https://libredirect.manerakai.com (fetched 2026-08-29T09:16:55.479626+00:00, sha 709b087c86a9)
  - site_page: https://libredirect.manerakai.com/docs.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:16:55.490866+00:00, sha c22fbeacfdcf)
  - site_page: https://libredirect.manerakai.com/faq.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:16:55.488716+00:00, sha b5aa64282b8f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.