The developer wrote a good post on Reddit, which I will mainly quote here:

10 second pitch: Libreddit is a portmanteau of “libre” (meaning freedom) and “Reddit”. It is a private front-end like Invidious but for Reddit. Browse the coldest takes of r/unpopularopinion without being tracked.

🚀 Fast: written in Rust for blazing fast speeds and memory safety
☁️ Light: no JavaScript, no ads, no tracking, no bloat
🕵 Private: all requests are proxied through the server, including media
🔒 Secure: strong Content Security Policy prevents browser requests to Reddit

How does Libreddit enhance my privacy?

Reddit tracks a lot of data but Libreddit logs nothing and uses no JavaScript by default so client-side monitoring isn’t possible. There are 35 community-hosted instances that can be used to access Libreddit; one can spread their traffic across multiple for even more privacy. 7 of our instances are .onion hidden services so you can browse Libreddit using Tor.

Can I use it to login to Reddit?

Libreddit doesn’t currently support logins but using cookies, users can subscribe to subreddits, follow users, and import their subscriptions from Reddit.

Does Libreddit have any features not offered by Reddit?

On top of the minimalist design, Libreddit is very customizable with:

  • 10 themes to choose from
  • A toggle to enable Wide UI (for those of you who like to maximize your screen space)
  • Filters so you can hide certain subreddits or users from your feeds

​

Instances: up-to-date table of instances -> https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit-instances/blob/master/instances.md

Not every instance is equally fast for you, similar to Lemmy. Try out a few.

​

GitHub: https://github.com/spikecodes/libreddit

For PC, I recommend the add-on LibRedirect, which automatically converts a Reddit link to a Libreddit link. This way, Reddit doesn’t get any traffic from you, even if you want to access the page via a Google search.

  • @NightOwl@lemmy.one
    11•1 year ago

    Not being able to login to libreddit is a feature to me, since ideally people would not be contributing to helping add value to the ecosystem of reddit with comments for people to respond to.

    Seen so many excuse like oh the subreddit I am on is niche so it doesn’t matter. But, it’s those niche ones that actually add the most value and have people come back, since the popular ones have been the easiest to replace. And it’s the niche ones that show up in search results the most in my experience due to the obscurity compared to popular subs that have many different sites having the same resources.