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search & discovery

wiby wiby - search engine for lightweight, text-centric web pages.

marginalia search marginalia search - diy search engine indexing text-heavy, non-commercial websites.

frogfind frogfind - strips search results down to basic, ultra-lightweight html.

duckduckgo lite duckduckgo lite - official html-only, javascript-free version of duckduckgo.

the 1mb club the 1mb club - directory of websites that weigh less than 1 megabyte.

1kb club 1kb club - directory of highly optimized websites under 1 kilobyte.

250kb club 250kb club - registry showcasing minimalist web designs under 256 kilobytes.

512kb club 512kb club - showcase of clean websites under half a megabyte.

no-js club no-js club - directory of sites that function entirely without javascript.

video, audio & media frontends

invidious/yewtu.be/invidious.nerdvpn.de invidious / instances: yewtu.be, invidious.nerdvpn.de - ad-free, lightweight youtube frontends.

piped/piped.video/piped.kavin.rocks piped / instances: piped.video, piped.kavin.rocks - privacy-friendly, resource-efficient youtube frontends.

cloudtube cloudtube - minimal web interface alternative for youtube.

poketube poketube - lightweight frontend for watching youtube video streams.

hyperpipe hyperpipe - snappy, low-bloat interface for youtube music.

social, forums & communities

lobste.rs lobste.rs - minimalist link aggregator for computing and tech discussions.

skyview skyview - simple, lightweight thread reader for the bluesky platform.

midnight.pub midnight.pub - text-based social space and blogging directory for small-web users.

old reddit old reddit - legacy, low-bloat official interface for reddit.

hacker news hacker news - plain text layout tech and startup news link aggregator.

xcancel xcancel - minimalist, account-free web gateway for reading twitter threads.

text, news & knowledge

brutalist report brutalist report - daily news headlines from major global outlets merged into one text layout.

npr text npr text - ultra-fast, text-only official feed of national public radio news.

68k news 68k news - current news headlines formatted into raw html for older computing hardware.

legible news legible news - clean daily summary of global events sourced entirely from wikipedia data.

breezewiki/breezewiki.com breezewiki / instances: breezewiki.com, breeze.toot.as - cleans up fandom pages by stripping massive ad networks and pop-ups.

scribe scribe - web reader for medium articles that bypasses registration pop-ups and tracking scripts.

plaintext sports plaintext sports - live sports scores, stats, and play-by-play text feeds formatted in monospace text.

mediathekviewweb mediathekviewweb - lightweight search and streaming layout for german public television broadcasting networks.

lingva/lingva.ml lingva / instances: lingva.ml, lingva.mirror.theasydot.com - tracker-free, highly responsive alternative frontend for google translate.

small web hosts & utilities

neocities neocities - free web hosting provider focused on static html-only web design.

bear blog bear blog - minimalist blogging platform prioritizing text over appearance themes and layout scripts.

mataroa mataroa - barebones blogging host focusing on high page loading speeds and plain-text file exports.

flounder flounder - hosting platform designed for writing small personal html profile pages.

tildeverse tildeverse - federation of shared tilde servers hosting personal low-bandwidth websites.

rawtext club rawtext club - text-centric network focusing on low-bandwidth web directories and terminal workflows.

envs.net envs.net - tilde community hosting basic shell storage and personal web directory pages.

ctrl-c club ctrl-c club - tilde network hosting minimalist text-only html directories.

wttr.in wttr.in - console-oriented weather forecasting tool built for command terminals and text browsers.

privatebin/paste.debian.net privatebin / instances: paste.debian.net, bin.privacydev.net - zero-knowledge, minimal footprint tool that encrypts plain text strings inside the browser.

txt.fyi txt.fyi - the most minimalist publishing platform on the web; zero tracking, styling, or configuration.

buzzheavier buzzheavier - a raw, de-bloated, and fast file-sharing alternative platform with direct links and low resource overhead.