redlib-org/redlib
Private front-end for Reddit
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Where it stands
Rank, growth pace and release cadence relative to everything GStars tracks.
1 release in the last 90 days, the latest 4 days ago, with 139 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #39 in the weekly ranking the week of Oct 25, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a privacy-focused, fast, and lightweight alternative front-end to Reddit written in Rust.
- Offers enhanced privacy by proxying all requests through the server, blocking trackers, ads, and avoiding client-side JavaScript.
- Use for self-hosting a Reddit front-end that mimics Reddit's redesign with improved speed and memory safety.
- Use for browsing Reddit content anonymously without being tracked or logged by Reddit's servers.
- Use for deploying a privacy-friendly Reddit interface easily via Docker, Podman, or binary on various platforms.
Should you depend on it?
License terms, project hygiene and risks, from GitHub metadata and GStars' snapshots.
License
AGPL 3.0
Network copyleft: like the GPL, and also triggered by offering the software over a network.
Community files
- README: present
Watch-outs
- AGPL-style copyleft also applies when the software is offered over a network.
General guidance from repository metadata, not legal advice. How we score
From the README
An alternative private front-end to Reddit, with its origins in Libreddit.
10-second pitch: Redlib is a private front-end like Invidious but for Reddit. Browse the coldest takes of r/unpopularopinion without being tracked.
An up-to-date table of instances is available in Markdown and machine-readable JSON.
Both files are part of the redlib-instances repository. To contribute your self-hosted instance to the list, see the redlib-instances README.
For information on instance uptime, see the Uptime Robot status page.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
+353 stars over 83 days across 11 snapshot days; best day +18 on Oct 25.
Forks
310+57
Open issues
232+21
Compared with peers in Backend
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 1, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anthropics/skills | 187.8K | +2.9K | 15 | — |
| DuarteSantos8/openGym | 19.7K | +2.4K | 60 | 2 days ago |
| shiyu-coder/Kronos | 47.0K | +2.3K | 16 | — |
| NationalSecurityAgency/ghidra | 98.2K | +2.3K | 64 | 14 days ago |
| microsoft/VibeVoice | 56.0K | +1.1K | 29 | — |
| redlib-org/redlib | 3.9K | — | 55 | 4 days ago |
| Category median | 56.0K | +2.3K | 29 | — |
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