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.

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 {{domain}} (add stack/ before the media ID for i.stack.imgur.com). You can setup automatic redirects using LibRedirect (recommended) or Redirector.

To download images as their original filetype, add ?no_webp=1 to the end of the image URL.

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: {{proto}}://{{domain}}$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: {{proto}}://{{domain}}/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.