Private front-end privacy ratings
Alternative front ends for popular sites that strip tracking.
12 private front ends are rated against 9 public criteria, and 12 have enough evidence for a letter grade. Of the 2 with a known jurisdiction, 1 is based in a Five Eyes country, and 2 in the wider Fourteen Eyes.
Open-source private front ends only · Criteria for this category · Suggest an addition · Markdown
| Name | Grade | Score | Data | Jurisdiction | Open source | No trackers or telemetry | No ads or data sales | Independent audit | Transparency report | Tells users about requests | TLS configuration | Security headers | Modern web standards |
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Open source YouTube client for Android that fetches content through Piped instances or locally, without Google services. It supports subscriptions, playlists, downloads and SponsorBlock without a Google account. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Open source front end for YouTube and Invidious with a Material Design interface, available for the web, desktop, Android and Android TV. It supports encrypted subscription sync, SponsorBlock and DeArrow. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Open source alternative front end to Reddit, forked from Libreddit. All requests, including media, are proxied through the server and the pages use no JavaScript. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Open source alternative front end for Imgur that works without JavaScript and proxies images through the instance. It can be self-hosted, and public instances are run by volunteers. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Open source YouTube client for Android that fetches content without Google APIs or Play Services. It supports background playback, downloads and subscriptions without an account. |
Grade C | 69 | 100% | Germany Fourteen Eyes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Not tested yet |
Open source desktop YouTube client for Windows, macOS and Linux. It fetches videos with a built-in extractor or an Invidious instance and stores subscriptions and history locally. |
Grade C | 65 | 100% | – | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Open source alternative front end for Fandom wikis that removes ads, videos and suggested content. Replacing fandom.com with breezewiki.com in a URL opens the same page, and several independent mirrors exist. |
Grade C | 63 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Not tested yet |
Open source alternative front end to YouTube that proxies videos through the instance, so Google does not see the viewer. It works without JavaScript and supports audio-only playback and subscriptions without a Google account. |
Grade C | 63 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Not tested yet |
Open source alternative front end for YouTube that proxies videos through the instance, so Google does not see the viewer. It supports subscriptions, playlists and SponsorBlock without a Google account. |
Grade C | 63 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Not tested yet |
Video app from FUTO that aggregates YouTube, PeerTube, Twitch and other platforms through plugins into one feed, with local subscriptions and downloads. The source code is public under a non-commercial license. |
Grade D | 50 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Open source YouTube client for Android TV and TV boxes with SponsorBlock, ad-free playback and up to 8K video. It works without Google Play Services. |
Grade D | 50 | 100% | – | Yes | No | Yes | No | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Free web proxy run by Devro LABS that routes requests through its servers and the Tor network to reach blocked sites. The service is closed source and funded by advertising. |
Grade F | 6 | 100% | – | No | No | No | No | No | No | Partial | No | Not tested yet |
Questions
What is the most private option among private front ends?
No pick has been made yet. The table above is sorted by score, based on public evidence.
How are private front ends rated?
Each entry answers 9 questions: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests, TLS configuration, security headers and modern web standards. Answers need links to evidence. See the full criteria.
Does jurisdiction matter?
Jurisdiction decides which laws can compel a provider to hand over data. Each entry shows its country and whether it is in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. The data a provider can hand over depends mostly on what it stores and who holds the keys. Read about jurisdictions and the CLOUD Act.