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LibRedirect

libredirect.manerakai.com
5.0 (5)
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Automatically redirects requests from popular websites to alternative and privacy friendly frontends. Uses random instances by default. You can modify this and add custom instances too.

Supports: YouTube, YouTube Music, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, reddit, imgur, Wikipedia, Medium, Quora, IMDb, PeerTube, LBRY/Odysee, Search, Translate, Maps and Send Files.

Threat level
Covered

A covered pick. Anyone can use it as a private drop-in, with no setup or know-how. Enough for most people. Threat levels

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Our take

The catch is reliability, not concept: it only helps as long as the public frontend instances it points you to are actually up, and those wink in and out constantly. Treat it as a convenience layer that quietly reroutes you off the big platforms when it can, not as a guarantee. People who already run their own instances or don’t mind the occasional dead redirect will love it; anyone wanting set-and-forget will get annoyed.

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Stars
4,106
+9 this week
Forks
150
25 watching
Last commit
today
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Latest release
v3.5.0
today, 68 total
Star history
Issues
95% closed
45
open
932
closed
+13 / -6
opened / closed, last 4 weeks
Opened vs closed, last 12 weeks
Commits, last 26 weeks
63 commits, active 15 of 26 weeks
125 contributors since Dec 2021
Languages
  • JSON 59%
  • JavaScript 21.6%
  • Svelte 18%
  • Other 1.4%
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Website at a glance
libredirect.manerakai.com
A+ score 110
Strong website security headers
Graded by Mozilla HTTP Observatory, tested 3d ago

Measures the security configuration of the tool's own website, not the privacy of the product itself. A strong tool can still score low here.

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LibRedirect license, in plain English
GPL-3.0
Strong copyleft

Free to use and modify, but anything you distribute that is built on it must also be open under the same license.

Permits

  • Commercial use
  • Modification
  • Distribution
  • Patent use
  • Private use

Requires

  • Disclose source
  • Same license
  • State changes
  • License and copyright notice

Does not provide

  • Liability cover
  • Warranty

Why it matters: Strong copyleft keeps every distributed version open. A vendor cannot fold this into a closed product and ship it without releasing their changes.

Plain-language summary of the project's license, not legal advice. Read the full text for the exact terms.