Top 9 alternative-frontend Open-Source Projects

alternative-front-ends

70 6,237 3.7

Overview of alternative open source front-ends for popular internet platforms (e.g. YouTube, Twitter, etc.)

Project mention: Juno – A YouTube Client for Vision Pro | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-01

> 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...

ProxiTok

46 1,702 7.1 PHP

Open source alternative frontend for TikTok made using PHP

Project mention: Rejoice reddit, Monkey 2.0 is out of the gates 🦍. A multi-service video searching and streaming application that supports BitTorrent and numerous video backends | /r/androidapps | 2023-07-06

Read more here https://github.com/pablouser1/ProxiTok

SurveyJS

surveyjs.io sponsored

Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
Beatbump

41 989 4.8 TypeScript

Alternative YouTube Music frontend built with Svelte/SvelteKit 🎧

Project mention: On what side project you guys are working on? | /r/webdev | 2023-06-29

The biggest is Beatbump (GitHub), a free privacy respecting YouTube Music frontend with the ability to self host it or use a public instance. Working on the latest refactor, which should be done soon!

quetre

10 403 7.0 JavaScript

A libre front-end for Quora

Project mention: How to browse Reddit, Youtube, Quora and twitter in this period of Bac exams without vpn | /r/algeria | 2023-06-12

Use frontend alternitive websites: Reddit > https://libreddit.domain.glass/ | Youtube > https://docs.invidious.io/instances/ or https://piped.video | Quora > https://quetre.iket.me/ | Twitter > https://nitter.net/ | for linux users use these apps: Smplayer+smtube (youtube) available on Flathub and AUR or Freetube available Flathub and AUR | for android users: newpipe or libretube (youtube) | for more apps for linux, android and windows and more links visit this link for more information about frontend alternative websites watch Eric Murphy's video

libremdb

3 257 7.5 TypeScript

A free & open source IMDb front-end.

Project mention: Hebben jullie bedrijven die jullie boycotten? | /r/nederlands | 2023-05-08

predirect

1 163 7.7 JavaScript

A manifest v3 web extension with minimal permissions to automatically redirect to privacy friendly frontends. ⭐️ Star to support our work!

Project mention: Show HN: Predirect- Extension to replace popular sites with privacy front ends | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-28

dumb

2 135 8.4 Go

Private alternative front-end for Genius. (by rramiachraf)
InfluxDB

www.influxdata.com sponsored

Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
privacy-redirector

3 85 8.7 JavaScript

🔀 Redirect social media platforms to their privacy respecting frontends

Project mention: Privacy Redirector - Redirect social media platforms to their privacy respecting frontends | /r/userscripts | 2023-08-06

safir

4 3 6.2 JavaScript

Lightweight JavaScript framework based on Template Literals vs CustomEvents features. Virtual DOM basic structure.

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).