The Dillectory

A directory of Dillo-friendly services


Last updated: November 6, 2025

NOTES:
- Removed several broken sites
- Added Leta (Mullvad is shutting it down!?)
- Added Right Dao
- Changed instance lists to direct JSON links where possible
- Re-ordered categories by usefulness (WIP)


Some advice about using public instances

 Search   Tube   Git   Wiki   RSS   Translate  

 News   Music   Pastebin   Other   Directories  

Startpage Private search engine
Mojeek Independant search engine with no tracking
Leta Privacy focused search engine provided by Mullvad
Hearchco Distributed metasearch engine that respects your privacy
Marginalia  Search engine which prefers text-heavy websites
FrogFind The search engine for vintage computers (non-https)
Wiby Search engine for small websites
Right Dao Independent, Uncensored, Private Search
SearX SearX metasearch engine random redirector
SearXNG Official list of SearX instances
Araa Araa/TailsX Meta search engine (instances)
LibreY Privacy respecting meta search engine (instances)
4Get Privacy oriented metasearch engine (instances)

Tube

Invidious Open source alternative front-end to YouTube (instances)
Poke Poke is a free software youtube front-end
Idiotbox Youtube search/frontend
SimpleerTube  Simple frontend for PeerTube
libremdb Free & open source IMDb front-end (instances)
Librarian Alternative frontend for LBRY/Odysee (instances)
CloudTube Alternative front-end for YouTube

Social

Brutaldon Brutalist web interface for Mastodon
snac Simple, minimalistic ActivityPub instance
Tildes Non-profit community site
Lobsters Computing-focused community
Redlib Alternative private front-end to Reddit (instances)
eddrit Lightweight alternative frontend for Reddit

Wiki

Wikimore Simple frontend for Wikimedia projects (instances)
wiki.zaggy.nl  Kiwix server with a Wikipedia mirror and more

RSS

RSS-Bridge Generates feeds for websites (instances)
SimpleReader  Feed reader designed for mobile devices

Translate

SimplyTranslate  Privacy friendly frontend for Translation (instances)

Music

Tent Simple alternative front-end for Bandcamp (instances)
Dumb Genius lyrics frontend (instances)
Intellectual  Frontend for Genius (instances)

News

neuters.de  Alternative frontend to Reuters
68k.news Google News for vintage computers (non-https)

Pastebin

FlashPaper Self-Destructing Message paste bin
Bin (BasedBin)  Highly opinionated, minimal pastebin
Wastebin Minimal pastebin

Other

Anon.Overflow  StackOverflow proxy (instances)
Wayback Classic Wayback Machine frontend for old browsers
Rural Dictionary Privacy respecting urban dictionary client (instances)
Structables Instructables frontend (instances)
Rimgo Alternative frontend for Imgur (instances)
Priviblur  Alternative frontend to Tumblr (instances)

Directories

LibRedirect Alternative privacy-friendly frontends
Awesome Alt. Open Source alternative front-ends
Alt. Front Ends Alternative open source front-ends
Curlie The largest human-edited Web directory
jsfree.org Web services that work without JavaScript
Text-only news Greycoder's list of text-only news sites
eink.link Websites that work well on basic web browsers
blogroll.org List of fine personal & independent blogs
ooh.directory Collection of blogs about every topic
No-JS.club List of small websites with no JS
NoCSS.club List of small websites with no CSS and JS
250kb.club Collection of websites under 250KB in size
512kb.club Collection of websites under 512KB in size
1mb.club Collection of websites under 1MB in size
EdwinWenink list Tiny directories, webrings and blogrolls
Gossips's Web The directory of handmade webpages
Text Only News Text based news sites
Text-only sites Text-only sites from Ronalds Vilciņš
Forum directory List of many niche internet forums

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