An alternative frontend for Imgur. Originally based on rimgu.
Features
- Lightweight
- No JavaScript
- No ads or tracking
- No sign up or app install prompts
- Bandwidth efficient - automatically uses newer image formats (if enabled)
Comparison
Comparing rimgo to Imgur.
Speed
Tested using Google PageSpeed Insights.
rimgo | Imgur | |
Performance | 91 | 28 |
Request count | 29 | 340 |
Resource Size | 218 KiB | 2,542 KiB |
Time to Interactive | 1.6s | 23.8s |
Privacy
Imgur collects information about your device and uses tracking cookies for advertising, this is mentioned in their privacy policy. Blacklight found 31 trackers and 87 third-party cookies.
See what cookies and trackers Imgur uses and where your data gets sent: https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=imgur.com
Usage
Just replace imgur.com or i.imgur.com with rimgo.pussthecat.org
(add stack/ before the media ID for i.stack.imgur.com). You can setup automatic redirects using LibRedirect (recommended) or Redirector.
Automatically redirect links
LibRedirect
Use LibRedirect to automatically redirect Imgur links to rimgo!
GreaseMonkey script
There is a script to redirect Imgur links to rimgo. https://codeberg.org/zortazert/GreaseMonkey-Redirect/src/branch/main/imgur-to-rimgo.user.js
Redirector
You can use the Redirector extension to redirect Imgur links to rimgo with the configuration below:
- Description: Imgur -> rimgo
- Example URL: https://imgur.com/a/H8M4rcp
- Include pattern:
^https?://i?.?imgur.com(/.*)?$
- Redirect to:
https://rimgo.pussthecat.org$1
- Pattern type: Regular Expression
- Advanced Options > Apply to: Check Images
For Stack Overflow Images:
- Description: Stack Overflow Imgur -> rimgo
- Example URL: https://i.stack.imgur.com/BTKqD.png?s=128&g=1
- Include pattern:
^https?://i\.stack\.imgur\.com(/.*)?$
- Redirect to:
https://rimgo.pussthecat.org/stack$1
- Pattern type: Regular Expression
- Advanced Options > Apply to: Check Images
Notice
All images and media are from Imgur. rimgo does not allow uploads or comments. Any issues with content should be reported to Imgur.