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digitalblossom/alternative-frontends

🔐🌐 Privacy-respecting web frontends for popular services

40GPL-3.0

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Stars: 2,274
Forks: 42
Watchers: 23
Open issues: 24
Contributors: 5

Star history, last 90 days— over 5 snapshots

2026-07-24 · 2,2742026-08-06 · 2,274

Star history, last 90 days
Date	Stars
2026-07-24	2274
2026-07-25	2274
2026-07-28	2274
2026-07-30	2274
2026-08-06	2274

Today

— stars today

This week

— stars this week

This month

— stars this month

Momentum

0.0

growth rate 0.00%/day

From the README

## Alternative Frontends

[![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re) 
[![Maintenance](https://img.shields.io/badge/Maintained%3F-yes-green.svg)](https://github.com/digitalblossom/alternative-frontends/graphs/commit-activity)

**This is a list of privacy-respecting frontends to popular services like social media. All of them are cross-plattform webapps and should work on your device no matter the OS and hardware.**
___
ⓘ You can suggest new frontends and modifications to the list **[here](https://github.com/digitalblossom/alternative-frontends/issues/new/choose)**.

Thanks to **3nprob**, **aaferrari**, **heartlog**, **NxOne14**, **ZekXtreme**, **TimDaub**, **privacytime101**, **HexagonCDN**, **Odyssey346**, **gi-yt**, **Solomon1732** and **lolcatw** for their contributions!

___
[Youtube](#youtube) • [YT Music](#youtube-music) • [Reddit](#reddit) • [Twitter](#twitter) • [Imgur](#imgur) • [Tiktok](#tiktok) • [Medium](#medium) • [Quora](#quora) • [GitHub](#github) • [StackOverflow](#stackoverflow) • [IMDb](#imdb) • [Genius](#genius) • [XVideos](#xvideos) • [Fandom](#fandom) • [Translate](#translate) • [Search Engines](#search-engines) • [Instagram](#instagram) • [Odysee](#odysee) • [Wikipedia](#wikipedia) • [Tools](#tools)

☰ You can jump between sections via the little menu icon above to the left. 

ⓘ Check out the [tools section](#tools) at the bottom to find out how to easily adopt and even self-host.
___
### YouTube
- **Invidious**
   - Lightweight YouTube frontend - no tracking, no ads and Javascript is optional.
   - [Homepage](https://invidious.io) | [Repo](https://github.com/iv-org/invidious)
   - [Public Instances](https://docs.invidious.io/instances)
   - [x] Open-Source
   - [x] Self-Hostable | [Guide](https://docs.invidious.io/Installation.md)
   - [x] Decentralized Options | [I2P](http://tube.i2p) | [Onion](https://github.com/iv-org/documentation/blob/master/Invidious-Instances.md#tor-onion-services) | [Loki](http://invidious.loki)

- **Piped**
   - Alternative privacy-friendly YouTube frontend. Lightweight, no ads (Sponsorblock integrated), no tracking, 4K support and more. 
   - [Main Instance](https://piped.video) | [Repo](https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped)
   - [Public Instances](https://piped.kavin.rocks/preferences) (scroll down)
   - [x] Open-Source
   - [x] Self-Hostable | [Guide](https://piped-docs.kavin.rocks/docs/self-hosting)
   - [x] Decentralized Options | [IPNS](https://github.com/digitalblossom/alternative-frontends/issues/25#issuecomment-1002261657) | [Onion](http://piped2bbch4xslbl2ckr6k62q56kon56ffowxaqzy42ai22a4sash3ad.onion)

- **Cloudtube**
   - Alternative Invidious frontend without Javascript. 
   - [Main Instance](https://tube.cadence.moe) | [Repo](https://sr.ht/~cadence/tube)
   - Public Instances n/a
   - [x] Open-Source
   - [x] Self-Hostable | [Guide](https://git.sr.ht/~cadence/tube-docs/tree/main/item/docs/cloudtube/Installing%20CloudTube.md)

- **Viewtube**
   - Privacy-respecting frontend with subscription, watch-progress and recommendation features. 
   - [Main Instance](https://viewtube.io/) | [Repo](https://github.com/ViewTube/viewtube-vue)
   - Public Instances n/a
   - [x] Open-Source
   - [x] Self-Hostable | [Guide](https://github.com/ViewTube/viewtube-vue#host-it-yourself)


### YouTube Music
- **BeatBump**
   - Privacy-friendly YouTube Music frontend built with Svelte. Supports device sync.
   - [Main Instance](https://beatbump.ml) | [Repo](https://github.com/snuffyDev/Beatbump)
   - Public Instances n/a
   - [x] Open-Source
   - [x] Self-Hostable | [Guide](https://snuffydev.github.io/Beatbump/index.html#/docs/introduction/deploying)

- **Hyperpipe**
   - A privacy-respecting frontend for YouTube Music, inspired by and built with the help of Piped
   - [Main Instance](https://hyperpipe.surge.sh) | [Repo](https://codeberg.org/Hyperpipe/Hyperpipe)
   - [Public Instances](https://hyperpipe.codeberg.page)
   - [x] Open-Source
   - [x] Self-Hostable | [Guide](ht

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Quality score

Would you bet a product on this? Bounded 0–100 and slow moving.

40/10040

Maintenance: 5%; How recently the default branch was pushed to
Releases: 25%; Recency and cadence of tagged releases
Community: 18%; Contributor breadth and bus factor
Issue backlog: 85%; Open issues measured against the size of the audience
Documentation: 97%; README depth, plus a homepage and topics
Licensing: 55%; How freely the code can be adopted

What to know before adopting

No commits in over a year
No tagged releases
Bus factor of 1 — one contributor dominates
Copyleft license — derivative works must be open-sourced
Derivative works must be released under the same licence.

Details

Created: 5 years ago
Last push: 2 years ago
Last release: none
Release tag: —
Releases in the last year: 0
Default branch: main
Size: 203 KB
Owner type: User
Owner location: —
Discovered via: topic:privacy
First indexed: 13 days ago
Last synced: 12 days ago

digitalblossom/alternative-frontends

🔐🌐 Privacy-respecting web frontends for popular services

40GPL-3.0

View on GitHub

Stars: 2,274
Forks: 42
Watchers: 23
Open issues: 24
Contributors: 5

Star history, last 90 days— over 5 snapshots

2026-07-24 · 2,2742026-08-06 · 2,274

Star history, last 90 days
Date	Stars
2026-07-24	2274
2026-07-25	2274
2026-07-28	2274
2026-07-30	2274
2026-08-06	2274

Today

— stars today

This week

— stars this week

This month

— stars this month

Momentum

0.0

growth rate 0.00%/day

From the README

## Alternative Frontends

[![Awesome](https://awesome.re/badge.svg)](https://awesome.re) 
[![Maintenance](https://img.shields.io/badge/Maintained%3F-yes-green.svg)](https://github.com/digitalblossom/alternative-frontends/graphs/commit-activity)

**This is a list of privacy-respecting frontends to popular services like social media. All of them are cross-plattform webapps and should work on your device no matter the OS and hardware.**
___
ⓘ You can suggest new frontends and modifications to the list **[here](https://github.com/digitalblossom/alternative-frontends/issues/new/choose)**.

Thanks to **3nprob**, **aaferrari**, **heartlog**, **NxOne14**, **ZekXtreme**, **TimDaub**, **privacytime101**, **HexagonCDN**, **Odyssey346**, **gi-yt**, **Solomon1732** and **lolcatw** for their contributions!

___
[Youtube](#youtube) • [YT Music](#youtube-music) • [Reddit](#reddit) • [Twitter](#twitter) • [Imgur](#imgur) • [Tiktok](#tiktok) • [Medium](#medium) • [Quora](#quora) • [GitHub](#github) • [StackOverflow](#stackoverflow) • [IMDb](#imdb) • [Genius](#genius) • [XVideos](#xvideos) • [Fandom](#fandom) • [Translate](#translate) • [Search Engines](#search-engines) • [Instagram](#instagram) • [Odysee](#odysee) • [Wikipedia](#wikipedia) • [Tools](#tools)

☰ You can jump between sections via the little menu icon above to the left. 

ⓘ Check out the [tools section](#tools) at the bottom to find out how to easily adopt and even self-host.
___
### YouTube
- **Invidious**
   - Lightweight YouTube frontend - no tracking, no ads and Javascript is optional.
   - [Homepage](https://invidious.io) | [Repo](https://github.com/iv-org/invidious)
   - [Public Instances](https://docs.invidious.io/instances)
   - [x] Open-Source
   - [x] Self-Hostable | [Guide](https://docs.invidious.io/Installation.md)
   - [x] Decentralized Options | [I2P](http://tube.i2p) | [Onion](https://github.com/iv-org/documentation/blob/master/Invidious-Instances.md#tor-onion-services) | [Loki](http://invidious.loki)

- **Piped**
   - Alternative privacy-friendly YouTube frontend. Lightweight, no ads (Sponsorblock integrated), no tracking, 4K support and more. 
   - [Main Instance](https://piped.video) | [Repo](https://github.com/TeamPiped/Piped)
   - [Public Instances](https://piped.kavin.rocks/preferences) (scroll down)
   - [x] Open-Source
   - [x] Self-Hostable | [Guide](https://piped-docs.kavin.rocks/docs/self-hosting)
   - [x] Decentralized Options | [IPNS](https://github.com/digitalblossom/alternative-frontends/issues/25#issuecomment-1002261657) | [Onion](http://piped2bbch4xslbl2ckr6k62q56kon56ffowxaqzy42ai22a4sash3ad.onion)

- **Cloudtube**
   - Alternative Invidious frontend without Javascript. 
   - [Main Instance](https://tube.cadence.moe) | [Repo](https://sr.ht/~cadence/tube)
   - Public Instances n/a
   - [x] Open-Source
   - [x] Self-Hostable | [Guide](https://git.sr.ht/~cadence/tube-docs/tree/main/item/docs/cloudtube/Installing%20CloudTube.md)

- **Viewtube**
   - Privacy-respecting frontend with subscription, watch-progress and recommendation features. 
   - [Main Instance](https://viewtube.io/) | [Repo](https://github.com/ViewTube/viewtube-vue)
   - Public Instances n/a
   - [x] Open-Source
   - [x] Self-Hostable | [Guide](https://github.com/ViewTube/viewtube-vue#host-it-yourself)


### YouTube Music
- **BeatBump**
   - Privacy-friendly YouTube Music frontend built with Svelte. Supports device sync.
   - [Main Instance](https://beatbump.ml) | [Repo](https://github.com/snuffyDev/Beatbump)
   - Public Instances n/a
   - [x] Open-Source
   - [x] Self-Hostable | [Guide](https://snuffydev.github.io/Beatbump/index.html#/docs/introduction/deploying)

- **Hyperpipe**
   - A privacy-respecting frontend for YouTube Music, inspired by and built with the help of Piped
   - [Main Instance](https://hyperpipe.surge.sh) | [Repo](https://codeberg.org/Hyperpipe/Hyperpipe)
   - [Public Instances](https://hyperpipe.codeberg.page)
   - [x] Open-Source
   - [x] Self-Hostable | [Guide](ht

Excerpt of 20,710 characters

Read on GitHub

Top contributors5 shown

Quality score

Would you bet a product on this? Bounded 0–100 and slow moving.

40/10040

Maintenance: 5%; How recently the default branch was pushed to
Releases: 25%; Recency and cadence of tagged releases
Community: 18%; Contributor breadth and bus factor
Issue backlog: 85%; Open issues measured against the size of the audience
Documentation: 97%; README depth, plus a homepage and topics
Licensing: 55%; How freely the code can be adopted

What to know before adopting

No commits in over a year
No tagged releases
Bus factor of 1 — one contributor dominates
Copyleft license — derivative works must be open-sourced
Derivative works must be released under the same licence.

Details

Created: 5 years ago
Last push: 2 years ago
Last release: none
Release tag: —
Releases in the last year: 0
Default branch: main
Size: 203 KB
Owner type: User
Owner location: —
Discovered via: topic:privacy
First indexed: 13 days ago
Last synced: 12 days ago

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