(Worse that there don't exist any front-end viable for Facebook/Meta)

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Yes, there are several privacy-focused alternative TikTok frontends:

ProxiTok is the main open-source alternative frontend for TikTok[^1]. It allows you to:

• Watch TikTok videos without connecting to TikTok servers
• Create following lists to track specific users
• Access RSS feeds for users and trending content
• Browse without ads or tracking

StickTock is another privacy frontend that lets you watch TikTok content by replacing "tiktok.com" with "sticktock.com" in any video URL[^2]. It offers both clearnet and Tor onion addresses.

Offtiktok provides similar functionality by adding "off" before "tiktok" in URLs[^3]. It includes a minimalist feed for watching recommended videos without ads or geo-restrictions.

All these frontends are:

• Free and open-source
• Self-hostable
• Privacy-focused (requests go through their servers instead of directly to TikTok)
• Ad-free [^1]: ProxiTok - GitHub [^2]: StickTock: A New Open-Source Privacy Frontend for TikTok [^3]: GitHub - MarsHeer/offtiktok