# Nucas

> A Simple and Minimal open-source redirector for Reddit, Twitter and YouTube to their privacy respecting counterparts.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/nucas](https://chrome-stats.com/d/nucas)

## Overview

- **ID:** `nucas`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** chariton
- **Category:** privacy-security,social-communication
- **Version:** 1.1.0
- **Last updated:** 2021-12-03
- **First published:** 2021-11-23
- **Size:** 20 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/nucas/)
- **Website:** [https://codeberg.org/chariton/nucas](https://codeberg.org/chariton/nucas)

## Description

Nucas is an open-source Firefox add-on that redirects popular websites like Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube to privacy-respecting alternatives. It redirects YouTube to Invidious, Reddit to Libreddit, and Twitter to Nitter. Nucas helps you protect your privacy online and supports open-source development.

## Rankings

- #133,947 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`
- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/nucas)