An alternative private front-end to Reddit
Libre + Reddit = Libreddit
Think Invidious but for Reddit. Watch your cat videos without being watched.
Find Libreddit on... - π¬ Matrix: #libreddit:matrix.org - π Docker: spikecodes/libreddit - :octocat: GitHub: spikecodes/libreddit - π¦ GitLab: spikecodes/libreddit
Libreddit hopes to provide an easier way to browse Reddit, without the ads, trackers and bloat. Libreddit was inspired by other alternative front-ends to popular services such as Invidious for YouTube, Nitter for Twitter, and Bibliogram for Instagram.
Libreddit currently implements most of Reddit's functionalities but still lacks a few features that are being worked on below.
Teddit is another awesome open source project designed to provide an alternative frontend to Reddit. There is no connection between the two and you're welcome to use whichever one you favor. Competition fosters innovation and Teddit's release has motivated me to build Libreddit into an even more polished product.
If you are looking to compare, the biggest differences I have noticed are: - Libreddit is themed around Reddit's redesign whereas Teddit appears to stick much closer to Reddit's old design. This may suit some users better as design is always subjective. - Libreddit is written in Rust for speed and memory safety. It uses Actix Web, which was benchmarked as the fastest web server for single queries. - Unlike Teddit (at the time of writing this), Libreddit does not require a Reddit API key to host.
Feel free to open an issue to have your selfhosted instance listed here!
Make sure Rust stable is installed along with cargo, Rust's package manager.
cargo install libreddit
Deploy the Docker image of Libreddit:
docker run -d --name libreddit -p 8080:8080 spikecodes/libreddit
Deploy using a different port (in this case, port 80):
docker run -d --name libreddit -p 80:8080 spikecodes/libreddit
For ArchLinux users, Libreddit is available from the AUR as libreddit-git.
Install:
yay -S libreddit-git
If you're on Linux and none of these methods work for you, you can grab a Linux binary from the newest release. Currently Libreddit does not have Windows or MacOS binaries but those will be available soon.
Once installed, deploy Libreddit (unless you're using Docker) by running:
libreddit
Specify a custom address for the server by passing the -a or --address argument:
libreddit --address=0.0.0.0:8111
To disable the media proxy built into Libreddit, run:
libreddit --no-default-features
git clone https://github.com/spikecodes/libreddit
cd libreddit
cargo run