GitHub - elia-orsini/kagi-privacy-redirects: Kagi redirects to preserve privacy while surfing the web

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A collection of custom redirect rules for Kagi Search that replace popular websites with privacy‑friendly alternative frontends that bypass tracking, remove ads and paywalls.

These rules only affect search result clicks inside Kagi, not manually typed URLs.

🔧 How to Add the Rules

  1. Go to Kagi Search Settings → Search/Advanced → Open Redirects.
  2. Paste any rule you want and save.

📑 Index

📜 Redirect Rules

1. Twitter → Nitter

  • Original domain: x.com
  • Redirects to: nitter.net
  • Service: Nitter – lightweight, privacy‑focused Twitter frontend
  • Rule:
^https?://(?:www\.)?x\.com|https://nitter.net

2. Medium → Scribe

  • Original domain: medium.com
  • Redirects to: scribe.rawbit.ninja
  • Service: Scribe – ad‑free, paywall‑free Medium reader
  • Rule:
^https?://(?:www\.)?medium\.com|https://scribe.rawbit.ninja

3. Reddit → Redlib

  • Original domain: reddit.com
  • Redirects to: redlib.catsarch.com
  • Service: Redlib – private, no‑tracking Reddit frontend
  • Rule:
^https?://(?:www\.)?reddit\.com|https://redlib.catsarch.com

4. YouTube → Invidious

  • Original domain: youtube.com (any path, e.g. /watch?v=...)
  • Redirects to: invidious.nerdvpn.de (same path)
  • Service: Invidious – alternative YouTube frontend without tracking
  • Rule:
^https?://(?:www\.)?youtube\.com|https://invidious.nerdvpn.de

5. NYTimes → Archive.today

  • Original domain: nytimes.com
  • Redirects to: archive.ph snapshot of the same article
  • Service: Archive.today – cached copy, bypasses full paywall
  • Rule:
^https?://(?:www\.)?nytimes\.com/(.*)$|https://archive.ph/https://nytimes.com/$1

6. New Yorker → Archive.today

  • Original domain: newyorker.com
  • Redirects to: archive.ph snapshot of the same article
  • Service: Archive.today – cached copy, bypasses full paywall
  • Rule:
^https?://(?:www\.)?newyorker\.com/(.*)$|https://archive.ph/https://www.newyorker.com/$1

6. Washington Post → Archive.today

  • Original domain: washingtonpost.com
  • Redirects to: archive.ph snapshot of the same article
  • Service: Archive.today – cached copy, bypasses full paywall
  • Rule:
^https?://(?:www\.)?washingtonpost\.com/(.*)$|https://archive.ph/https://www.washingtonpost.com/$1