numblr

numblr

Alternative Tumblr (and Twitter, Instagram, AO3, YouTube, RSS, ...) frontend.

Very scrappy, but usable and useful for its original author. Please host your own!

Inspired by nitter.

See help for more details!

Principles

• does not store any personal data on the server
• take back control (filter and mute with abandon)
• cookies and javascript are not necessary for use
• but subscriptions and settings can optionally saved using cookies

Features

• ✓ rss and atom
• ✓ tumblr (via rss)
• ✓ twitter (via nitter)
• ✓ instagram (via bibliogram)
• ✓ mastodon (via rss)
• ✓ ao3 (via scraping)
• ✓ youtube (via scraping + rss)
• ✓ in-memory cache
• ✓ optional database cache
• ✓ native dark mode
• ✓ settings stored in cookie
• ✓ lists

Known issues

• tumblr rss feeds lag behind actual content (seen up to 1+ hour delays)
• tumblr rss feeds miss content (often images and videos)
  • if a post looks like it is missing something, check the "post" link
  • and then the tumblr link if there is still more missing :/
• tumblr post view is pretty broken (because tumblr allows almost anything in there)

Building

1. run make to fetch dependencies and compile
2. start using ./numblr and visit http://localhost:5555

License

This project is licensed under AGPLv3.