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Twitch without tracking: a guide to SafeTwitch
SafeTwitch is a private front end for Twitch. Its source repository is now archived, but some instances still run. |
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pixiv without an account: a guide to Vixipy
Vixipy is a free, open source pixiv client for the web. |
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Medium articles without the paywall pop-ups: a guide to Scribe
Scribe is an alternative front end for Medium articles. |
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Imgur without tracking: a guide to rimgo
rimgo is a front end for Imgur with no JavaScript and no sign-up prompts. |
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Nitter and X (Twitter): the legal pressure and the current state
Nitter was the main private front end for X (Twitter). In 2026 X Corp. sent letters demanding that the project and its instances shut down. |
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Fandom wikis without ads and videos: a guide to BreezeWiki
BreezeWiki shows Fandom wiki articles without Fandom's advertising, autoplay videos and recommendation boxes, so pages load fast and use little mobile data. |
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Is there a private front end for Spotify? What exists, and what to use inst
Unlike YouTube or SoundCloud, Spotify has no well-known private front end for listening. The browser extension LibRedirect lists none. We found one project that shows track information without an account. |
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SoundCloud without an account: a guide to soundcloak
soundcloak is a lighter front end for SoundCloud. It asks SoundCloud for everything on its own server, so your phone never talks to SoundCloud and you never log in. |
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YouTube without Google tracking: a guide to Invidious
Invidious is the best known private front end for YouTube. Its pages are made on the server and work without JavaScript. |
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Start here: private front ends with no account, no email, and iPhone 7 supp
A private front end shows you the content of a big site, such as YouTube or SoundCloud, through a lighter page that someone else runs. You do not log in, you do not give an email address, and the big site sees the front end's server instead of you. |
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Tumblr without an account: a guide to Priviblur
Priviblur is a front end for Tumblr that works without JavaScript and without an account. |
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Hyperpipe for YouTube Music: discontinued, and what to use instead
Hyperpipe was a private front end for YouTube Music, built on Piped. Its developers have discontinued it. |
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Wikipedia through a private front end: Wikiless and Wikimore
Wikiless and Wikimore show Wikipedia pages through another server. Wikipedia itself has no ads, so the main gain is that the Wikimedia servers do not see your IP address. |
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Search the web without tracking: a guide to 4get
4get is a private search front end. You choose which engine it asks: DuckDuckGo, Brave, Google, Yandex, Mojeek and more. |
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TikTok without the app: ProxiTok, and why our listed instance is gone
ProxiTok is a private front end for TikTok, inspired by Nitter. The instance we listed earlier the same day has since been retired. |
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Guitar tabs without ads: a guide to Freetar
Freetar is an open source front end for Ultimate Guitar tabs and chords. |
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Quora without the sign-in wall: a guide to Quetre
Quetre is a front end for Quora with no account system: you read, and that is all. |
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Meta-search without tracking: a guide to SearXNG
SearXNG is a meta-search engine: it sends your search to many engines and mixes the results, without building a profile of you. |
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Translate without Google: a guide to Mozhi
Mozhi is a front end for many translation engines, including Google, DeepL and Reverso. |
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IMDb without tracking: a guide to libremdb
libremdb is a free and open source front end for IMDb. |
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Song lyrics without Genius's scripts: Dumb and Intellectual
Dumb and Intellectual both show Genius lyrics on a plain page. They fetch the page on their server and leave out Genius's scripts. |
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Stack Overflow without the clutter: a guide to AnonymousOverflow
AnonymousOverflow shows Stack Overflow threads on a clean page made on the server. |
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Reddit without an account: Redlib, and why it is hard to reach now
Redlib is the successor of Libreddit, a private front end for Reddit. In November 2026 every public instance we checked was behind a bot check or refused our requests. |
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GIFs without Google: a guide to Mezzo for Tenor
Mezzo is an open source front end for Tenor, the GIF service owned by Google. |
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Instagram without an account: a guide to Kittygram
Kittygram is a light, anonymous front end for Instagram, inspired by Nitter. |
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Goodreads without an account: a guide to BiblioReads
BiblioReads is a free and open source front end for Goodreads, with no sign-up. |
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Bandcamp without the tracking: a guide to Tent
Tent is a simple front end for Bandcamp. It fetches Bandcamp pages on its server and gives you a plain page with the music. |
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Redirect tools: LibRedirect, and why Farside shut down
LibRedirect is a browser extension that changes YouTube, Reddit, TikTok and other links into links to private front ends. Farside, a website that did the same job, has shut down. |
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Pinterest without the login pop-ups: a guide to Binternet
Binternet lets you search Pinterest images without the pop-ups that ask you to log in, and without heavy JavaScript. |
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Piped and Piped-Material: the app-style YouTube front ends
Piped is a YouTube front end that runs as an app in your browser. Piped-Material is a fork with a different look. |
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Podcasts without an account: Podverse and fyyd
Podcasts are open RSS feeds, so you do not need Apple or Spotify to hear them. Podverse is an open source podcast player with a web app; fyyd is a podcast search engine with a web player. |