# SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect

A simple web extension that redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram & Google Maps requests to privacy friendly alternatives.

Repository: https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/privacy-redirect
Language: JavaScript
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: nitter, invidious, bibliogram, privacy, privacy-redirect, twitter, youtube, instagram, google-maps, openstreetmap, webextension, firefox, chromium, privacy-friendly-alternatives
Archived: true
Last push: 2023-09-05T18:05:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2539, "days_push": 1093, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2192, forks 110 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:24.220485+00:00)

## What it is
A browser extension that redirects requests to Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Google Maps, Reddit, Google Search, and Google Translate to privacy-friendly alternative frontends like Nitter, Invidious, and OpenStreetMap. It supports toggling redirects and configuring custom instances.

## Use cases
- stop twitter from tracking me in the browser
- redirect youtube to invidious automatically
- browse instagram without an account or tracking
- replace google maps with openstreetmap links
- use a private google search alternative
- redirect reddit to a privacy-friendly frontend

## When to choose
- you want automatic redirection to privacy-respecting frontends for major sites
- you use Firefox, Chrome, or Edge and want a lightweight set-and-forget extension
- you need configurable custom instances for Nitter, Invidious, or similar services

## When to avoid
- you need a full ad blocker or tracker-blocking solution rather than URL redirection
- you rely on features of the original sites that alternative frontends lack
- you need actively maintained support, as development has slowed and some frontends like Bibliogram are defunct

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: privacy, security
- domain: privacy, browser-extensions, web-development
- platform: browser-extension, browser
- tags: webextension, redirect, nitter, invidious, frontends, tracking-prevention

## Member repositories
- SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:24.220485+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 2026-08-30T02:47:25.915259+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:24.220485+00:00, sha 0876f25f1c88)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.