libredirect/README.md

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<img src="./img/libredirect_full.svg" height="50"/>
A browser extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, TikTok... requests to alternative privacy friendly frontends and backends.
<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/libredirect/">
<img src ="./img/badge-amo.png" height=60 >
</a>
&nbsp;
<a href="https://libredirect.github.io/download_chromium.html">
<img src ="./img/badge-chromium.png" height=60 >
</a>
## Translate
<a href="https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/libredirect/extension">
<img src ="./img/weblate.svg">
</a>
## Development
Install [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/)
```bash
git clone https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension
cd browser_extension
npm install
npm run html # Generates html using Pug
npm run start # Runs in firefox in debug mode using Web-ext
```
### Build and Run on Chromium manually
1. Open `chrome://extensions`
2. Enable `dev mode`
3. Select `load unpacked extension`
4. Select `src` folder
### Build a zip package for Firefox
```bash
npm run build
```
### Install the zip package on Firefox (temporarily)
3. Type in the address bar: `about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox`
4. Press `Load Temporary Add-on...`
5. Select `libredirect-VERSION.zip` from `web-ext-artifacts` folder
### Install the zip package on Firefox ESR, Developer Edition, Nightly
3. Type in the address bar: `about:config`
4. Set `xpinstall.signatures.required` to `false`
5. Type in the address bar: `about:addons`
6. Click on the gear shaped `settings` button and select `Install Add-on From File...`
7. Select `libredirect-VERSION.zip` from `web-ext-artifacts` folder
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Forked from [Privacy Redirect](https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect)