Now for Redlib

A read-only Reddit client for Android, rebuilt in the spirit of the classic Now for Reddit (same layout DNA — card feed, comment threads, subreddit drawer) with a modern Jetpack Compose / Material 3 dark UI. It uses no Reddit code and no Reddit API: everything is fetched through public Redlib instances.

Features Automatic instance discovery — pulls the live instance list from the redlib-instances project at runtime, health-checks, and rotates on failure (rate limits, 403s, load balancers) Anubis punch-through — most public instances sit behind Anubis proof-of-work bot checks; Now for Redlib solves them on-device in milliseconds and caches the clearance cookies Full-screen media viewer — pinch-zoom images; videos are downloaded, remuxed to a vanilla MP4 (MediaExtractor → MediaMuxer) and played from a local copy, which sidesteps ExoPlayer's issues with reddit's DASH-branded HLS Comment threads with nested replies, scores, OP/MOD coloring, and +/− collapse/expand per comment Subreddit search & history — searchable from the top bar and the drawer; recently visited subreddits appear in the drawer with inline remove buttons 72-hour offline mode — seen feeds, comment threads, and media are cached app-privately and purged after 72h; browsing works with no network Sleek immersive UI — dark-only Material 3, status bar hidden (swipe to reveal), collapsing toolbars, edge-to-edge content