Start here: private front ends with no account, no email, and iPhone 7 support A private front end shows you the content of a big site, such as YouTube or SoundCloud, through a lighter page that someone else runs. You do not log in, you do not give an email address, and the big site sees the front end's server instead of you. Nov 9, 2026
Redirect tools: LibRedirect, and why Farside shut down LibRedirect is a browser extension that changes YouTube, Reddit, TikTok and other links into links to private front ends. Farside, a website that did the same job, has shut down. Nov 9, 2026
Translate without Google: a guide to Mozhi Mozhi is a front end for many translation engines, including Google, DeepL and Reverso. Nov 9, 2026
Meta-search without tracking: a guide to SearXNG SearXNG is a meta-search engine: it sends your search to many engines and mixes the results, without building a profile of you. Nov 9, 2026
Search the web without tracking: a guide to 4get 4get is a private search front end. You choose which engine it asks: DuckDuckGo, Brave, Google, Yandex, Mojeek and more. Nov 9, 2026
Goodreads without an account: a guide to BiblioReads BiblioReads is a free and open source front end for Goodreads, with no sign-up. Nov 9, 2026
IMDb without tracking: a guide to libremdb libremdb is a free and open source front end for IMDb. Nov 9, 2026
Wikipedia through a private front end: Wikiless and Wikimore Wikiless and Wikimore show Wikipedia pages through another server. Wikipedia itself has no ads, so the main gain is that the Wikimedia servers do not see your IP address. Nov 9, 2026
Medium articles without the paywall pop-ups: a guide to Scribe Scribe is an alternative front end for Medium articles. Nov 9, 2026
Fandom wikis without ads and videos: a guide to BreezeWiki BreezeWiki shows Fandom wiki articles without Fandom's advertising, autoplay videos and recommendation boxes, so pages load fast and use little mobile data. Nov 9, 2026
pixiv without an account: a guide to Vixipy Vixipy is a free, open source pixiv client for the web. Nov 9, 2026
GIFs without Google: a guide to Mezzo for Tenor Mezzo is an open source front end for Tenor, the GIF service owned by Google. Nov 9, 2026