Redirect social media to privacy frontends, remember mirror, switch instances with button and Ctrl+Shift+R hotkey. SponsorBlock removed. Sticky redirects enabled.
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// ==UserScript==
// @name Ultimate Instance Redirect
// @namespace violentmonkey.ultimate.redirect
// @version 2.6
// @description Redirect social media to privacy frontends, remember mirror, switch instances with button and Ctrl+Shift+R hotkey. SponsorBlock removed. Sticky redirects enabled.
// @author Amil John
// @match *://*reddit.com/*
// @match *://*.reddit.com/*
// @match *://*twitter.com/*
// @match *://*.twitter.com/*
// @match *://*x.com/*
// @match *://*.x.com/*
// @match *://*/*
// @grant none
// @license CC-BY-NC-4.0
// @run-at document-start
// ==/UserScript==
(function () {
'use strict';
const STORAGE_KEY_PREFIX = "preferredFrontend:";
const serviceRedirects = [
{
name: "Reddit",
match: /(?:^|\.)reddit\.com$/,
storageKey: STORAGE_KEY_PREFIX + "reddit",
frontends: [
"https://redlib.catsarch.com",
"https://redlib.perennialte.ch",
"https://redlib.r4fo.com",
"https://redlib.privacyredirect.com",
"https://libreddit.diffraction.dev",
"https://redlib.privadency.com",
"https://redlib.scanash.xyz"
]
},
{
name: "YouTube",
match: /(?:^|\.)youtube\.com$/,
storageKey: STORAGE_KEY_PREFIX + "youtube",
frontends: [
"https://yewtu.be",
"https://inv.nadeko.net",
]
},
{
name: "Twitter",
match: /(?:^|\.)twitter\.com$|(?:^|\.)x\.com$/,
storageKey: STORAGE_KEY_PREFIX + "twitter",
frontends: [
"https://nitter.net",
"https://nitter.poast.org",
]
}
];
const currentHost = window.location.hostname;
function getCurrentService() {
return serviceRedirects.find(service => service.match.test(currentHost));
}
function getFrontendByHost(hostname) {
return serviceRedirects.find(service =>
service.frontends.some(url => new URL(url).hostname === hostname)
);
}
function getStoredFrontend(service) {
const url = localStorage.getItem(service.storageKey);
return url && service.frontends.includes(url) ? new URL(url) : null;
}
function setStoredFrontend(service, frontendURL) {
localStorage.setItem(service.storageKey, frontendURL.toString());
}
function getRandomFrontend(service, excludeHostname = null) {
const filtered = excludeHostname
? service.frontends.filter(u => new URL(u).hostname !== excludeHostname)
: [...service.frontends];
return new URL(filtered[Math.floor(Math.random() * filtered.length)]);
}
function switchFrontend() {
const service = getFrontendByHost(currentHost);
if (!service) return;
const newFrontend = getRandomFrontend(service, currentHost);
setStoredFrontend(service, newFrontend.toString());
const newUrl = newFrontend + window.location.pathname + window.location.search + window.location.hash;
window.location.href = newUrl;
}
function createSwitcherButton() {
const service = getFrontendByHost(currentHost);
if (!service) return;
const btn = document.createElement("button");
btn.innerText = `🔄 Switch Instance (Ctrl + Shift + R)`;
Object.assign(btn.style, {
position: "fixed",
bottom: "12px",
right: "12px",
zIndex: "99999",
padding: "10px 14px",
backgroundColor: "#222",
color: "#fff",
border: "none",
borderRadius: "6px",
cursor: "pointer",
fontWeight: "bold",
fontSize: "14px",
boxShadow: "0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.3)"
});
btn.addEventListener("click", switchFrontend);
const tryInsert = () => (document.body || document.documentElement).appendChild(btn);
if (document.readyState === "loading") {
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", tryInsert);
} else {
tryInsert();
}
}
function addHotkey() {
document.addEventListener("keydown", function (e) {
const service = getFrontendByHost(currentHost);
if (e.ctrlKey && e.shiftKey && e.code === "KeyR" && service) {
e.preventDefault();
switchFrontend();
}
});
}
function rewriteLinks() {
document.querySelectorAll("a[href]").forEach(link => {
try {
const url = new URL(link.href);
const service = serviceRedirects.find(svc => svc.match.test(url.hostname));
if (service) {
const saved = getStoredFrontend(service);
if (saved) {
url.hostname = new URL(saved).hostname;
url.protocol = "https:";
link.href = url.toString();
}
}
} catch (_) {}
});
}
function redirectIfOnService() {
const service = getCurrentService();
if (!service) return;
const saved = getStoredFrontend(service);
const redirectTarget = saved || getRandomFrontend(service);
if (!saved) {
setStoredFrontend(service, redirectTarget.toString());
}
const fullURL = redirectTarget + window.location.pathname + window.location.search + window.location.hash;
window.location.replace(fullURL);
}
function initSponsorBlock() {
const categories = ["sponsor", "selfpromo", "interaction", "intro", "outro", "preview", "music_offtopic", "exclusive_access"];
const skipSegments = new Map();
const muteSegments = new Map();
const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
const videoID = params.get("v");
if (!videoID) return;
function tryInject() {
const video = document.querySelector("video");
if (!video) return;
fetch(`https://sponsor.ajay.app/api/skipSegments?videoID=${videoID}&categories=${JSON.stringify(categories)}`)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(data => {
data.forEach(item => {
const [start, end] = item.segment;
if (item.actionType === "skip") skipSegments.set(start, end);
else if (item.actionType === "mute") muteSegments.set(start, end);
});
video.addEventListener("timeupdate", () => {
const t = video.currentTime;
for (const [start, end] of skipSegments) {
if (t >= start && t < end) {
video.currentTime = end;
skipSegments.delete(start);
}
}
for (const [start, end] of muteSegments) {
video.muted = (t >= start && t < end);
}
});
});
}
const observer = new MutationObserver(() => {
if (document.querySelector("video")) {
tryInject();
observer.disconnect();
}
});
observer.observe(document, { childList: true, subtree: true });
let retryCount = 0;
const fallback = setInterval(() => {
if (++retryCount > 30) return clearInterval(fallback);
if (document.querySelector("video")) {
tryInject();
clearInterval(fallback);
}
}, 500);
}
// === INIT ===
const matchService = getCurrentService();
if (matchService) {
redirectIfOnService();
return;
}
createSwitcherButton();
addHotkey();
rewriteLinks();
new MutationObserver(rewriteLinks).observe(document, { childList: true, subtree: true });
window.addEventListener("load", initSponsorBlock);
})();