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URL: https://goosh.org

URL: https://freetubeapp.io/
Repo: https://github.com/FreeTubeApp/FreeTube

URL: https://github.com/Metastem/wikiless

URL: https://dev.viewtube.io/

A whole bunch of frontends to add!
Biblioreads - Goodreads frontend - https://github.com/nesaku/BiblioReads
Rural Dictionary - Urban Dictionary frontend - https://codeberg.org/zortazert/rural-dictionary
Dumb - Genius frontend - https://github.com/rramiachraf/dumb
Hckrnws - HackerNews frontend - https://github.com/rajatkulkarni95/hckrnws/
Laboratory - Gitlab E/CE frontend - https://git.vitali64.duckdns.org/utils/laboratory.git
SimpleAmazon - Amazon frontend - https://codeberg.org/simpleWeb/simpleamazon
Destructables - Instructables frontend - https://git.vern.cc/cobra/destructables
Suds - Snopes.com frontend - https://git.vern.cc/cobra/suds
Possibly you could add simpleertube, a frontend for peertube too - https://codeberg.org/simpleWeb/simpleertube

Gemipedia
gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/wp.cgi/
or via http proxy:
https://portal.mozz.us/gemini/gemi.dev/cgi-bin/wp.cgi/

I2P

• http://tube.i2p/ ;; YouTube
• http://teddit.i2p/ ;; Reddit Reader
• http://ramble.i2p/ ;; Ramble (Reddit-like)

Tor

• http://rambleeeqrhty6s5jgefdfdtc6tfgg4jj6svr4jpgk4wjtg3qshwbaad.onion/ ;; Ramble (Reddit-like)

Lokinet

• http://invidious.loki/ or http://f9whsuunmqfkf88f1pqhsjtbt6bhuq56bmdb5fq8mdiff8osfozo.loki/ ;; YouTube
• http://ramble.loki/ ;; Ramble (Reddit-like) Note: This service was down while posting this.
• http://peertube.loki/ ;; PeerTube
• http://minecraft.loki/ ;; Minecraft server

URL: https://github.com/kraxarn/spotify-qt

Wikiless as a project has been abandoned, though there was never any official word from the dev (Orenom). The repo is also nowhere to be found. Here's what I gathered from searching around briefly.

In early October, Codeberg moderation forced a private state on the Wikiless repo due to copyright issues raised by Wikimedia to Codeberg. Orenom then said publicly that they're working on removing the infringing content so Codeberg could bring it back up. October 17 is the last (that I found) of the dev being active, where they said that the timing was "literally the worst".
The SSL certificate on Orenom's personal site expired yesterday. The main instance runs on Hetzner, which means they're still receiving monthly payments.

I can't draw any conclusions as to what happened to Orenom (it's likely personal as well), but the listing should at least mention the state of the project. Either way, I don't see it getting any changes for the foreseeable future.

URL: https://quetre.herokuapp.com/

Reddit alternative

URL: https://github.com/ferritreader/ferrit/wiki/Instances

add scribe as a frontend for medium
scribe.nixnet.services

Repo: https://github.com/realaravinth/libmedium

Second Medium frontend

Nitter's developer @zedeus said in zedeus/nitter#1155 (comment) he abandoned the project. In his own words: "Nitter is dead." Please modify the list accordingly.

URL: https://hckrnews.com
Repo: https://github.com/rajatkulkarni95/hckrnws

SearX - self hostable search engine, can be and it is a frontend for any other search engine
https://searx.thegpm.org/about
https://github.com/searx/searx

URL: https://yunohost.org/

URL: https://pixiv.owacon.moe
Repo: https://gitler.moe/suwako/vixip

URL: https://f-droid.org/packages/app.fedilab.nitterizeme/

URL: https://fedilab.app/wiki/untrackme/

UntrackMe once set by default to open Twitter, YouTube and Instagram links will transform them into Nitter, Invidious and Bibliogram links and delegate the action to another app.

URL: https://www.hckrnws.com/page/1

You should wait until they are more matured and developed then add to this list.

1. URL: https://github.com/nesaku/BiblioReads
2. URL: https://github.com/rramiachraf/dumb
3. URL: https://codeberg.org/gothub/gothub

URL: https://codeberg.org/orenom/wikiless

URL: https://amazon.simple-web.org/

Github repo: https://github.com/Extravi/araa-search
Extravi/araa-search#67

Hello, I am the developer of TailsX, which will soon be renamed Aura/Aura Search. TailsX is a privacy-respecting front end for Google with open-source framework-free JavaScript that is LibreJS compatible. TailsX also has API support that is disabled by default but can be enabled by the instance operator inside its config file. TailsX also has a built-in calculator, among other things. Along with that, it also has autocomplete powered by DuckDuckGo. It also has support for DuckDuckGo search bangs. And yes, it does look similar to LibreX, but that is because I made the interface LibreX uses. However, TailsX is not based on LibreX. TailsX is written in Python using the Flask framework, and LibreX is written in PHP. TailsX is also more secure than LibreX, with fewer security issues and a content security policy. I'll have some screenshots below.

URL: https://libremdb.herokuapp.com/about

Same with GitHub. Please use the official stylizations for both of these products.

URL: 4get.ca
More instances available on 4get.ca/about

Also supports SoundCloud audio streaming, but will still redirect you to the original site when clicking the link. So I guess that counts as partial support?

Instances: https://wolfreealpha.glitch.me/#Web-App
URL: https://wolfreealpha.glitch.me/input/index.html
Replaces https://wolframalpha.com/

Description: A privacy-friendly, no javascript alternative to StackOverflow.

Main instance: https://code.whatever.social

Repo: https://github.com/httpjamesm/AnonymousOverflow

Public instances: https://github.com/httpjamesm/AnonymousOverflow#clearnet-instances

Open-Source and Self-Hostable

URL: https://github.com/ArthurHeitmann/photon-reddit

URL: https://www.troddit.com/

https://github.com/burhan-syed/troddit

https://bibliogram.art/api/instances

URL: https://requiz.net

Not FOSS but no trackers

https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=requiz.net

REPO: https://github.com/Seneral/FlagPlayer
Website: https://flagplayer.seneral.dev
Demo: https://flagplayer.seneral.dev/index.html?list=PL-u4nPmCTE6HrP_tMuzr_xcqimUxbkEkd&v=izsjRpcgfmk

FlagPlayer is an alternative youtube frontend focused on music playback (though it does support video playback).
The use case is to browse and find new music on youtube to add to your playlists, and when you simply want to listen, you open FlagPlayer, which consumes less resources and supports background playback (e.g. on mobile).
It doesn't have a typical homepage, instead it will show all the playlists that you have saved - of course you don't need to create your own, you can search for videos/playlists.
You can cache audio of videos manually (click on the 3dots menu of the video) and when network drops out, it will be able to play these back if they are in the playlist.
It is a web-app that works without the youtube API, and it's very lightweight. It obviously mimics the youtube design just for the sake of it. Javascript is obviously required, and it won't hide your IP from youtube, in return you don't rely on a server besides for CORS. Worst case, if no official backend is available, you can fall back to any other public CORS host, and you'd only loose comments (which do require some flags to be set which public cors servers can't).
You can host the backend yourself, in fact, I use it in a combo that starts up the local server alongside the installed web-app on my desktop PC.
I developed it 4 years ago and kept it up to date though I don't think a lot of other people ever used it much.

URL: https://simple-web.org/projects/simplytranslate.html
Example instance: https://simplytranslate.org/
Other instances: https://simple-web.org/instances/simplytranslate
Source code: https://sr.ht/~metalune/SimplyTranslate/

URL: https://breezewiki.com

URL: https://gitlab.wuhoo.xyz/jerry/omgur

It was forked from Privacy Redirect as it has stopped been maintained.
Many features were added and the design has been refreshed and new frontends are being added. Till now we're 206 commits ahead of Privacy Redirect.
https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect

This is my preferred license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ when it comes to text.

URL: https://hn.kyoto.codes/

URL: https://github.com/benbusby/farside

This is the official onion instance for Piped, it's not documented. (yet)

http://piped2bbch4xslbl2ckr6k62q56kon56ffowxaqzy42ai22a4sash3ad.onion/

URL: https://breezewiki.com/

I believe you should mirror your repo to Codeberg because:

1. Codeberg is libre, free, open-source, privacy-friendly, non-profit
2. GitHub is privacy-invasive, proprietary
3. People on Codeberg like me can contribute to the project
4. GitHub can take down your repos

Here are some sources for you:

1. sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub
2. humanetech-community/awesome-humane-tech#33
3. andersju/webbkoll#35
4. ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium#1894
5. cadence.moe/blog/2022-07-03-git-forge-opinions-github-gitlab-gitea-sourcehut
6. docs.codeberg.org/advanced/migrating-repos

FAQ

1. Q: - GitHub Actions -- this is a huge time saver for me
   - Forcing all contributors to modify their current setup and move to another hosting -- we may just lose contributors in the end

   A: As I said, we only just mirror. The repo will be available and contributable on both sites.

2. Q: - Transferring issues -- is this possible? Issues here represent a technical knowledge base we can't live without
   - Transferring wiki and all edit history -- possible?

   A: Yes, it is possible.
   a. Example for issues:

• andersju/webbkoll#35
• https://codeberg.org/dataskydd.net/webbkoll/issues/35
• andersju/webbkoll#33
• https://codeberg.org/dataskydd.net/webbkoll/issues/33
• zyachel/quetre#7
• https://codeberg.org/zyachel/quetre/issues/7

b. Example for commits:

• https://codeberg.org/dataskydd.net/webbkoll/commit/6ddfbc6c71ab92f754252dd4904cf49fb19672a6
• andersju/webbkoll@6ddfbc6

c. Example for wiki:

• https://github.com/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge/wiki/Home/_history?page=2
• https://codeberg.org/Freeyourgadget/Gadgetbridge/wiki/Home?action=_revision

3. Q: Despite having mirror/s, the project will still continue to be operated from GitHub for development, so having yet another mirror doesn't solve anything.

   A: You can create issues, contribute, view the repos on there without going to GitHub! Example:

• https://github.com/libredirect/libredirect
• https://codeberg.org/LibRedirect/libredirect
• https://github.com/zyachel/quetre
• https://codeberg.org/zyachel/quetre

4. Q: How does Codeberg mirror comments from GitHub?

   A: It uses Access Token.
   

5. Q: My repos are very bandwidth-intensive projects, and I have my doubts as to whether the owner(s) of Codeberg would be prepared for such a massive bandwidth rate increase. I've also had individual projects be disabled on small sites before due to taking too much bandwidth.

   A: Oh.. I think you should directly ask https://docs.codeberg.org/contact/ about if they are ready for massive bandwidth rate increase.

Similar to Farside.

Instance here:
http://alternator.hstn.me

Source here:
https://github.com/thefranke/tzeentch

I think adding REDIRECTOR rules to all frontends would be nice.

I can help with some rules on the ones I do use.

Repo: https://github.com/rramiachraf/dumb
Example: https://db.vern.cc

Frontend for Genius. Lol.