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https://github.com/0xedward/teddit-please

Chrome extension that redirects all your Reddit browsing to Teddit
https://github.com/0xedward/teddit-please

chrome-extension lightweight privacy reddit redirects teddit

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Chrome extension that redirects all your Reddit browsing to Teddit

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## [Teddit is no longer actively maintained, so this extension is also no longer actively maintained](https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit#teddit-is-no-more-actively-maintained)

# Teddit Please

[![Teddit Please Chrome Web Store link](https://storage.googleapis.com/chrome-gcs-uploader.appspot.com/image/WlD8wC6g8khYWPJUsQceQkhXSlv1/UV4C4ybeBTsZt43U4xis.png)](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/teddit-please/plgkifjefgnakpadlnkmlcfmkiegahfe)

![Extension version deployed to Chrome Web Store](https://img.shields.io/chrome-web-store/v/plgkifjefgnakpadlnkmlcfmkiegahfe?label=Chrome%20web%20store%20version%20)
![Number of Extension Users](https://img.shields.io/chrome-web-store/users/plgkifjefgnakpadlnkmlcfmkiegahfe?color=2379C83D)

Teddit Please is a Chrome extension that redirects all your Reddit traffic to a lightweight, privacy-friendly, open source Reddit front-end called [Teddit](https://teddit.net/about) whenever you click on a reddit link or directly browse to reddit.

## Using your own teddit instance
If you are using your own [teddit instance](https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit#instances) to browse reddit, you can redirect reddit links to your instance, by going to Options and pasting in URL to your instance.

## Installing extension from repo
1. Download [this repo as a ZIP file](https://github.com/0xedward/teddit-please/archive/main.zip) from GitHub.
2. Unzip the file
3. In Chrome, go to the extensions page - chrome://extensions
4. Enable Developer Mode.
5. Click `Load unpacked` button and select the `src` folder that was extracted or drag the extracted `src` folder anywhere on the page to import it

## Permissions Audit
If you are curious or concerned about the permissions requested by this extension, the following is a brief explainer for each permission and where you can find it used in code:
- `webRequest` and `webRequestBlocking` are used to [redirect your traffic](https://github.com/0xedward/teddit-please/blob/main/src/background.js#L29-L36)
- `storage` is used to [store the URL you set](https://github.com/0xedward/teddit-please/blob/main/src/options.js#L1-L23) if you decide to use your own teddit instance
- [`background` scripts can't be run with `persistent` key set to false when using the `webRequest` API](https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv2/background_pages/)

## Credits
The [icon](https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit/src/branch/main/static/favicon.png) used for the extension was found on [teddit's open source repo](https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit)