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teddit

A free and open source alternative Reddit front-end focused on privacy. Inspired by the Nitter project.

No JavaScript or ads
All requests go through the backend, client never talks to Reddit
Prevents Reddit from tracking your IP or JavaScript fingerprint
Lightweight (teddit frontpage: ~30 HTTP requests with ~270 KB of data downloaded vs. Reddit frontpage: ~190 requests with ~24 MB)

Join the teddit discussion room on Matrix: #teddit:matrix.org

XMR: 832ogRwuoSs2JGYg7wJTqshidK7dErgNdfpenQ9dzMghNXQTJRby1xGbqC3gW3GAifRM9E84J91VdMZRjoSJ32nkAZnaCEj

BTC: bc1qlcrmt2pvlh4eq69l3l4h6z5jg74z2m2q3pasan

Instances

https://teddit.net - Official instance

Community instances:

https://teddit.ggc-project.de

TODO

Sort comments in post
User attributes
Comment and post attributes (e.g. stickies)
Subreddit flairs and wikis
User trophies
"other discussions" feature
"Open on reddit" links
... and lot of other small stuff

Roadmap

Unofficial reddit API through teddit
Themes
User settings
HLS video streaming? (Would require browser JavaScript)
Onion site
User login, so people can use their Reddit account through teddit to comment and up/downvote posts etc.

Installation

Install node.js
For example:
# curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | bash - && apt-get install -y nodejs
Install redis-server and ffmpeg
For example:
# apt install redis-server ffmpeg
Leave ffmpeg out if you don't want video support.
$ git clone https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit
$ cd teddit
$ npm install --no-optional
Copy config.js.template to config.js and then edit it to suit your environment.
$ node app.js

Teddit should be now running.