xcfrg / browser_extension

A browser extension that redirects popular sites to alternative privacy friendly frontends

A browser extension that redirects YouTube, Twitter, TikTok... requests to alternative privacy friendly frontends and backends.

 

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Development

Install Node.js

git clone https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension
cd browser_extension
npm install
npm run html # Generates html using Pug

Run on Firefox

npm run start

Build a zip package for Firefox

npm run build

Install the zip package on Firefox (temporarily)

1. Type in the address bar: about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefox
2. Press Load Temporary Add-on...
3. Select libredirect-VERSION.zip from web-ext-artifacts folder

Install the zip package on Firefox ESR, Developer Edition, Nightly

1. Type in the address bar: about:config
2. Set xpinstall.signatures.required to false
3. Type in the address bar: about:addons
4. Click on the gear shaped settings button and select Install Add-on From File...
5. Select libredirect-VERSION.zip from web-ext-artifacts folder

Run on Chromium

1. Open chrome://extensions
2. Enable dev mode
3. Select load unpacked extension
4. Select src folder

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