libredirect/README.md

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A web extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, TikTok... requests to alternative privacy friendly frontends and backends.

[![Firefox Add-on](./img/badge-amo.png)](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/libredirect/)&nbsp;
<a href="./chromium.md">
<img src ="./img/badge-chromium.png" height=60 >
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## Links
More info: https://libredirect.github.io

Donate: https://libredirect.github.io/donate.html

FAQ: https://libredirect.github.io/faq.html

Contact: https://libredirect.github.io/contact.html

Docs: https://libredirect.github.io/docs.html

Mirror Repos: https://libredirect.github.io/source_code.html

## Translate

[![Weblate](./img/weblate.svg)](https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/libredirect/extension)

## Development

### Install Dependencies

[Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) latest LTS is recommended

```
npm update
npm install
```

Generate the HTML pages (you should install [pug-cli](https://www.npmjs.com/package/pug-cli) first globally):

```
npm run pug
```

### Build the extension zip archive:

```
npm run build
```

### Test in Firefox

```
npm run start
```

### Install temporarily

1. Type in the address bar: `about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox`
3. Press `Load Temporary Add-on...`

### Install in Firefox ESR, Developer Edition, Nightly

1. Type in the address bar: `about:config`
2. Set `xpinstall.signatures.required` to `false`
3. Type in the address bar: `about:addons`
4. Click on the gear shaped `settings` button and select `Install Add-on From File...`
5. Select `libredirect-VERSION.zip` from `web-ext-artifacts` folder

### Install in Chromium browsers

1. Open `chrome://extensions`
2. Enable `dev mode`
3. Select `load unpacked extension`
4. Select `src` folder

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[Privacy Policy](Privacy-Policy.md)\
Forked from [Privacy Redirect](https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect)