**Ferrit** is a front-end for Reddit, written in [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/). It is a fork of the [Libreddit project](https://github.com/spikecodes/libreddit) started by [spikecodes](https://spike.codes).
Ferrit is a fast, light, private, and secure way to browse Reddit. View the hottest takes on **/r/unpopularopinion** without having to enable Javascript or unwillingly submit any information to Reddit's servers. For more information, see the following pages on our [wiki](https://github.com/ferritreader/ferrit/wiki):
* [FAQ/What are the advantages to using Ferrit over Reddit?](https://github.com/ferritreader/ferrit/wiki/FAQ#what-are-the-advantages-to-using-ferrit-over-reddit): what Ferrit does and why it is preferable to visiting Reddit directly
* [FAQ/What are the disadvantages to using Ferrit over Reddit?](https://github.com/ferritreader/ferrit/wiki/FAQ#what-are-the-disadvantages-to-using-ferrit-over-reddit): what Ferrit is _not_
* [Privacy/Reddit](https://github.com/ferritreader/ferrit/wiki/Privacy#reddit): an acounting of the data Reddit may and will collect from its visitors
Visit [Building, Installation, and Deployment](https://github.com/ferritreader/ferrit/wiki/Building,-Installation,-and-Deployment) on the wiki for detailed instructions on how to obtain and set up Ferrit.
You can talk with the Ferrit maintainers and other uses in the official forums. See the [_Discuss_ wiki page](https://github.com/ferritreader/ferrit/wiki/Discuss) for more information.
## Credits
See the CREDITS file in the repository root for a list of contributors up to and including the commit of the latest release. This file is updated with each release and on occasion in between releases.
We offer special thanks to **spikecodes** for his foundational work on the Libreddit project.
