omgur

omgur

Omgur is a free and open-source alternative Imgur front-end focused on privacy.

Inspired by the Invidious, Nitter, and Teddit projects.

• No JavaScript or ads
• All requests go through the backend, client never talks to Imgur
• Prevents Imgur from tracking your IP or JavaScript fingerprint
• Lightweight
• Self-hostable

Features roadmap

• Direct image loading via https://i.imgur.com/
• Imgur album loading via https://imgur.com/a/
• Imgur gallery loading via https://imgur.com/gallery/
• Imgur post loading via https://imgur.com/
• Redis caching for images
• Proper embedding of videos on albums/galleries (direct loading already works)
• Mock tests of the functionality

Far-future roadmap

• Render comments on Imgur posts
• Frontpage imgur url form
• Public API endpoints

Installation

Docker

Using Docker and docker-compose:

docker-compose build
docker-compose up

Omgur should now be running at http://localhost:8080.

Prebuilt images are also available at registry.geraldwu.com/gerald/omgur:latest and registry.gitlab.com/98wug/omgur:latest.

Manual

1. Install Golang.
2. (Optional) Install redis-server. Caches images from imgur – highly recommended.
3. Clone and set up the repository.

git clone https://git.geraldwu.com/gerald/omgur
cd omgur
go mod init git.geraldwu.com/gerald/omgur
go mod tidy
go build -v -a ./cmd/omgur
export REDIS_HOST=localhost
redis-server
./omgur

Omgur should now be running at http://localhost:8080. It is possible to change the listening port with the OMGUR_LISTEN_PORT environment variable if you already have services using the default port 8080.