teddit

teddit.net

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
• Unofficial API (RSS & JSON support, no rate limits or Reddit account required)
• Lightweight (teddit frontpage: ~30 HTTP requests with ~270 KB of data downloaded vs. Reddit frontpage: ~190 requests with ~24 MB)
• Self-hostable. Anyone can setup an instance. An instance can either use Reddit’s API with or without OAuth (so Reddit API key is not necessarily needed).

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

XMR: 832ogRwuoSs2JGYg7wJTqshidK7dErgNdfpenQ9dzMghNXQTJRby1xGbqC3gW3GAifRM9E84J91VdMZRjoSJ32nkAZnaCEj

Instances

https://teddit.net - Official instance

Community instances:

Instance	Onion Link	I2P	Notes
teddit.ggc-project.de
teddit.kavin.rocks	teddit4w6cmzmj5kimhfc…onion
teddit.zaggy.nl
teddit.namazso.eu
teddit.nautolan.racing
teddit.tinfoil-hat.net
teddit.domain.glass
snoo.ioens.is	snoo.ioensistjs7wd746…onion
teddit.httpjames.space
	ibarajztopxnuhabfu7f…onion
		xugoqcf2pftm76vbznx4…i2p
teddit.alefvanoon.xyz
incogsnoo.com	tedditfyn6idalzso5wam….onion	http://teddit.i2p
teddit.pussthecat.org

Installation

Docker-compose method (production)

version: "3.8"

services:

  teddit:
    container_name: teddit
    image: teddit/teddit:latest
    environment:
      - DOMAIN=teddit.net
      - USE_HELMET=true
      - USE_HELMET_HSTS=true
      - TRUST_PROXY=true
      - REDIS_HOST=teddit-redis
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:8080:8080"
    networks:
      - teddit_net
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "wget" ,"--no-verbose", "--tries=1", "--spider", "http://localhost:8080/about"]
      interval: 1m
      timeout: 3s
    depends_on:
      - teddit-redis

  teddit-redis:
    container_name: teddit-redis
    image: redis:6.2.5-alpine
    command: redis-server
    environment:
      - REDIS_REPLICATION_MODE=master
    networks:
      - teddit_net

networks:
  teddit_net:

Note: This compose is made for a true “production” setup, and is made to be used to have teddit behind a reverse proxy, if you don’t want that and prefer to directly access teddit via its port:

• Change ports: - "127.0.0.1:8080:8080" to ports: - "8080:8080"
• Remove DOMAIN=teddit.net, USE_HELMET=true, USE_HELMET_HSTS=true, TRUST_PROXY=true

Docker-compose method (development)

git clone https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit
cd teddit
docker-compose build
docker-compose up

Teddit should now be running at http://localhost:8080.

Docker image is available at https://hub.docker.com/r/teddit/teddit.

Environment Variables

The following variables may be set to customize your deployment at runtime.

Variable	Description
domain	Defines URL for Teddit to use (i.e. teddit.domain.com). Defaults to 127.0.0.1
use_reddit_oauth	Boolean If true, “reddit_app_id” must be set with your own Reddit app ID. If false, Teddit uses Reddit’s public API. Defaults to false
cert_dir	Defines location of certificates if using HTTPS (i.e. /home/teddit/le/live/teddit.net). No trailing slash.
theme	Automatically theme the user’s browser experience. Options are auto, dark, sepia, or you can set white by setting the variable to empty ( ’’ ). Defaults to auto
flairs_enabled	Enables the rendering of user and link flairs on Teddit. Defaults to true
highlight_controversial	Enables controversial comments to be indicated by a typographical dagger (†). Defaults to true
api_enabled	Teddit API feature. Might increase loads significantly on your instance. Defaults to true
video_enabled	Enables video playback within Teddit. Defaults to true
redis_enabled	Enables Redis caching. If disabled, does not allow for any caching of Reddit API calls. Defaults to true
redis_db	Sets the redis DB name, if required
redis_host	Sets the redis host location, if required. Defaults to 127.0.0.1
redis_password	Sets the redis password, if required
redis_port	Sets the redis port, if required. Defaults to 6379
ssl_port	Sets the SSL port Teddit listens on. Defaults to 8088
nonssl_port	Sets the non-SSL port Teddit listens on. Defaults to 8080
listen_address	Sets the address Teddit listens for requests on. Defaults to 0.0.0.0
https_enabled	Boolean Sets whether or not to enable HTTPS for Teddit. Defaults to false
redirect_http_to_https	Boolean Sets whether to force redirection from HTTP to HTTPS. Defaults to false
redirect_www	Boolean Redirects from www to non-www URL. For example, if true, Teddit will redirect https://www.teddit.com to https://teddit.com. Defaults to false
use_compression	Boolean If set to true, Teddit will use the https://github.com/expressjs/compression to compress HTTP requests with deflate/gzip. Defaults to true
use_view_cache	Boolean If this is set to true, view template compilation caching is enabled. Defaults to false
use_helmet	Boolean Recommended to be true when using https. Defaults to false
use_helmet_hsts	Boolean Recommended to be true when using https. Defaults to false
trust_proxy	Boolean Enable trust_proxy if you are using a reverse proxy like nginx or traefik. Defaults to false
trust_proxy_address	Location of trust_proxy. Defaults to 127.0.0.1
http_proxy	Set http/https proxy to use for outgoing requests. See https-proxy-agent for details
nsfw_enabled	Boolean Enable NSFW (over 18) content. If false, a warning is shown to the user before opening any NSFW post. When the NFSW content is disabled, NSFW posts are hidden from subreddits and from user page feeds. Note: Users can set this to true or false from their preferences. Defaults to true
videos_muted	Boolean Automatically mute all videos in posts. Defaults to true
post_comments_sort	Defines default sort preference. Options are confidence (default sorting option in Reddit), top, new, controversal, old, random, qa, live. Defaults to confidence
reddit_app_id	If “use_reddit_oauth” config key is set to true, you have to obtain your Reddit app ID. For testing purposes it’s okay to use this project’s default app ID. Create your Reddit app here: https://old.reddit.com/prefs/apps/. Make sure to create an “installed app” type of app. Default is ABfYqdDc9qPh1w
domain_replacements	Replacements for domains in outgoing links. Tuples with regular expressions to match, and replacement values. This is in addition to user-level configuration of privacyDomains. Defaults to []
cache_control	Boolean If true, teddit will automatically try to keep the size of the cache directory under config.cache_max_size. Defaults to true
cache_max_size	In Megabytes (MB), how much can we cache media files to the disk? Default is 3000 MB (~3 GB). Note: This is not perfectly exact limit. Defaults to 3000
cache_control_interval	How often the size of the cache directory is checked. Default is every 30 minutes. Defaults to 1000 * 60 * 30

Manual

1. Install Node.js.

2. (Optional) Install redis-server.

   Highly recommended – it works as a cache for Reddit API calls.

3. (Optional) Install ffmpeg.

   It’s needed if you want to support videos.

   # Linux
   apt install redis-server ffmpeg
   
   # macOS
   brew install redis

4. Clone and set up the repository.

   git clone https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit
   cd teddit
   npm install --no-optional
   cp config.js.template config.js # edit the file to suit your environment
   redis-server
   npm start

Teddit should now be running at http://localhost:8080.