skraper VS alternative-front-ends

Compare skraper vs alternative-front-ends and see what are their differences.

skraper

Kotlin/Java library and cli tool for scraping posts and media from various sources with neither authorization nor full page rendering (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Tiktok, Telegram, Twitch, Reddit, 9GAG, Pinterest, Flickr, Tumblr, Coub, Vimeo, IFunny, VK, Odnoklassniki, Pikabu) (by sokomishalov)
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skraper alternative-front-ends
6 70
231 6,114
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8.4 4.5
2 days ago 3 months ago
Kotlin
Apache License 2.0 GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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skraper

Posts with mentions or reviews of skraper. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-03-02.
  • Skraper 0.7.0 release
    2 projects | /r/webscraping | 2 Mar 2021
    Yes, it's mine. In a nutshell - it is a library and cli tool for scraping posts and media from various sources with neither authorization nor full-page rendering (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Tiktok, Telegram, Twitch, Reddit, 9GAG, Pinterest, Flickr, Tumblr, IFunny, VK, Pikabu). For more details, you can see the readme page - https://github.com/sokomishalov/skraper/blob/master/README.md.
    2 projects | /r/webscraping | 2 Mar 2021

alternative-front-ends

Posts with mentions or reviews of alternative-front-ends. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-01.
  • Juno – A YouTube Client for Vision Pro
    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 1 Feb 2024
    > Do you block YouTube on your network so you don't see content from that platform? I'd wager you don't.

    I don't block YouTube, I just don't use any of their official frontends. There are plenty of alternatives in this space[1]. This might not work for everyone, but I get a much better UX with these tools. Not seeing ads is one benefit, but it's also about not being a participant in training algorithms that effectively cause psychological damage.

    > I am pretty sure you pay for things that bring value or make thing easier for you in life

    Of course. And I happily support content creators who don't rely on advertising or Google itself. I just refuse to be forced into a corrupt business model.

    Anyway, I didn't mean to antagonize you, so apologies if my response came across that way.

    [1]: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends?tab=readme...

  • Invidious – An open source alternative front-end to YouTube
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Oct 2023
    There is a great list of many alternative frontends I found here: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends

    They work well for internet archiving too, e.g. when Twitter or Reddit are being annoying and showing popups/login redirects/etc. you can replace the URL with an alternative frontend version and archive the content without the cruft.

  • Tor’s shadowy reputation will only end if we all use it
    4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 28 Jul 2023
    I use Tor for everything that doesn't require identification, and I use very few of those services. Feel free to ask me anything.

    >There are sites that I have been unable to get working

    This happens, most of the time because of Cloudflare. A solution is to get a new Tor circuit 3-5 times, and then the page will load. If a site simply won't work, like Meta platforms I won't use them. Using alternative front-ends[1] makes most sites that usually wouldn't work, work as well.

    >The Tor browser does help here, by not easily allowing obvious mistakes like using http.

    This is false, HTTPS only is enabled by default in Tor Browser. It's common knowledge for everyone including users of Google Chrome and Firefox to not use HTTP sites.

    [1]: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends

  • Stop YouTube blocking your AdBlocker
    3 projects | /r/Piracy | 3 Jun 2023
    thanks, found a bunch here https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends
  • What is the least browser that consumes data
    2 projects | /r/browsers | 13 Apr 2023
    In addition, Youtube is a notoriously heavy website with a ton of javascript. There are plenty of opensource front end websites that use a lot less or no javascript. Piped is a popular frontend for Youtube.
  • Should I use QubesOS?
    6 projects | /r/opsec | 3 Apr 2023
    For simple web browsing (e.g., YouTube, Reddit, Twitter, etc.), I plan on using proxies: https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends. Can you also recommend a browser and search engine that would align with my goal of balancing anonymity and privacy, while being as secure as possible? Please provide links to resources.
  • Why Do You Still Use Firefox?
    5 projects | /r/browsers | 27 Mar 2023
  • Jamstack Won't Replace WordPress
    2 projects | /r/programming | 23 Feb 2023
    I am not a lawyer but I would say so. Anyone can build and use an alternative frontend.
  • Caffè Italia * 13/02/23
    2 projects | /r/italy | 13 Feb 2023
  • Too many sites are blocking Mullvad IPs these days.
    2 projects | /r/mullvadvpn | 5 Feb 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing skraper and alternative-front-ends you can also consider the following projects:

youtube-local - browser-based client for watching Youtube anonymously and with greater page performance

ProxiTok - Open source alternative frontend for TikTok made using PHP

ripme - Downloads albums in bulk

libreddit - Private front-end for Reddit

alternative-frontends - 🔐🌐 Privacy-respecting web frontends for popular services

privacy-redirect - A simple web extension that redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram & Google Maps requests to privacy friendly alternatives.

browser_extension - A browser extension that redirects popular sites to alternative privacy friendly frontends

invidious - Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube

social-media-hacker-list - Growing list of apps and tools for enhancing social media experiences.

Yotter - Youtube and Twitter with privacy.

Invidious - Invidious is an alternative front-end to YouTube

nitter - Alternative Twitter front-end