teddit/README.md

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
• Lightweight (teddit frontpage: ~30 HTTP requests with ~270 KB of data downloaded vs. Reddit frontpage: ~190 requests with ~24 MB)

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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

1. Install node.js
   For example:
   # curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | bash - && apt-get install -y nodejs
2. It’s highly recommended that you install redis-server because it works as a cache for Reddit API calls. If you want to support videos, install ffmpeg
   For example:
   # apt install redis-server ffmpeg
3. $ git clone https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit
4. $ cd teddit
5. $ npm install --no-optional
6. Copy config.js.template to config.js and then edit it to suit your environment.
7. $ npm start

Teddit should be now running.