SafeTwitch

SafeTwitch is a privacy respecting frontend for twitch.tv

The main advantages of SafeTwitch are:

Private: Every request is proxied through the server, and no logs are kept.
Lightweight: Compared to twitch, SafeTwitch is optimized for speed and usability.

You can visit it here, the official instance, at https://safetwitch.dragongoose.us
Or, you can find community instances here!

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Okay, but why?

It is impossible to use Twitch without being bombarded with tons of ads, multiple trackers, and enourmous page sizes and loading times. This project aims to fix these issues, by removing all trackers, have much smaller page sizes, and very fast loading times.

Features

User features

No connection to twitch/amazon
Lightweight on server and client
No Ads or tracking
No outside connections, only connection is the instance
Uses Vue for a speedy experience
No logs
Much smaller pages compared to Twitch (<1.6mb with images compared to >8.2mb)
Follow streamers locally to have a more personalized feel
~~Infinite scrolling~~ #3

Technical features

Public API
No official APIs are used
No rate limiting
Uses a custom Twitch webscraper

It's not all sunshine and rainbows though, and still has various cons, including

SafeTwitch was a learning project
dragongoose is silly (can't even drive yet 😔)
Uses Vue, which relies on Javascript

You aren't forced to use SafeTwitch, so use whatever suits you the most! Heres some other notable twitch projects

Xtra, a Twitch client focused on providing the best viewing and chatting experience on mobile devices
Twire, an ad free Twitch browser and stream player for Android.
Streamlink Twitch Gui, A multi platform Twitch.tv browser for Streamlink

Donations

Donations towards development are not accepted. I really thank you for feeling the need to donate, it does mean a lot to me!

Instead, please donate your money to one of these charities which mean a lot to me.

Getting Started

All documentation can be found on the wiki

Translate

You can translate here: https://translate.codeberg.org/projects/safetwitch/frontend/

Instances

If you host a SafeTwitch instance and would like it to be listed in the readme, please make an issue or a pull request to add it in.

URL	Country	Info
safetwitch.dragongoose.us (Official)	🇺🇸	Homelab
safetwitch.projectsegfau.lt	🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇱🇺	#2
stream.whateveritworks.org	🇩🇪	Hosted on Hetzner/Dedicated Server with Encryption at rest
safetwitch.datura.network	🇩🇪	#9
ttv.vern.cc (Tor and I2P av.)	🇺🇸	#12

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