GitHub - redlib-org/redlib: Private front-end for Reddit
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Private front-end for Reddit . Contribute to redlib-org/redlib development by creating an account on GitHub.

I have no idea why it’s taken me so long, but I’ve “discovered” #Redlib as a way to view #Reddit  without all of the cruft. #selfhosted of course. https://www.macklin.co/redlib-reddit/

You can use Redlib to create an #RSS feed, which you can process in #Huginn to create a new version of the feed that includes the comments as well as the original post. Just right for using in your favourite rss news reader. https://www.macklin.co/redlib-via-huginn/

    • @[email protected]English
      5•4 days ago

      Proxies started getting blocked (by some auth-account methods) last year, but libreddit/redlib dev was able to outsmart them multiple times. Now it seems like reddit is blocking IPs (and/or IP ranges). Running redlib from a residential IP still works, but I would not expect it to work from a VPS.

  • @[email protected]English
    12•5 days ago

    aha, i have recently created lurker a similar selfhostable, reddit frontend. after a quick glance at redlib, the only different feature is the ability to use subscriptions and have the same “frontpage” experience of reddit with all your subscriptions.

    • InsaanEnglish
      1•3 days ago

      Could you please provide complete example of how to use it in nixos. I thought input.lurker.url line was in flake.nix but it gave error

    • @macattackEnglish
      1•4 days ago

      Any plans for a docker container?

  • @macattackEnglish
    3•4 days ago

    Interesting use case. I made the jump from teddit -> redlib last week after the API adjustments

    • @LinecutterOPEnglish
      2•4 days ago

      I do the same with the activitypub subscriptions, as well as grabbing regular RSS feeds & notifications. I pretty much only need one app to keep up with all of my news - & can “click though” to interact in the real app/website if i have something to contribute

      • @macattackEnglish
        1•6 hours ago

        Can you elaborate on the AT subscriptions?

    • @LinecutterOPEnglish
      1•4 days ago

      #really! 🫢 Combination of force of habit & search optimisation. I agree though, they do look odd

  • @[email protected]English
    3•5 days ago

    Been using it recently after switching from Libreddit.

    Pro tip: you can use the LibRedirect extension for Firefox to point to the IP address that you self-host, and it’s very seamless.

    • @LinecutterOPEnglish
      1•4 days ago

      I actually use if to feed into Huginn, which means that it never leaves my local network. For the odd occasions that i want to add to the conversation i don’t think that i have an alternative but to log into reddit (then log straight off after that). So it make sense to bake the right URL into the RSS. I don’t browse reddit at random, but YMMV & an auto redirect to the redlib server is a good thing to have in reserve - I use Firefox, of course