AnonymousOverflow

AnonymousOverflow allows you to view StackOverflow threads without the cluttered interface and exposing your IP address, browsing habits and other browser fingerprint data to StackOverflow.

This project is super lightweight by design. The UI is simple and the frontend is served as an SSR HTML requiring no JavaScript.

Screenshots

Clearnet Instances

Instance URL	Region	Notes
code.whatever.social	United States & Germany	Operated by Whatever Social and http.james
overflow.777.tf	The Netherlands	Operated by Jae
ao.vern.cc	United States	Operated by vern.cc

Other Instances

Instance URL	Region	Notes
ao.vernccvbvyi5qhfzyqengccj7lkove6bjot2xhh5kajhwvidqafczrad.onion	United States	Operated by vern.cc
vernmzgraj6aaoafmehupvtkkynpaa67rxcdj2kinwiy6konn6rq.b32.i2p	United States	Operated by vern.cc

How it works

AnonymousOverflow uses the existing question endpoint that StackOverflow uses. Simply replace the domain name in the URL with the domain name of the AnonymousOverflow instance you're using and you'll be able to view the question anonymously.

Example:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43743250/using-libsodium-xchacha20-poly1305-for-large-files

becomes

${instanceURL}/questions/43743250/using-libsodium-xchacha20-poly1305-for-large-files

Bookmark Conversion Tool

You can easily convert StackOverflow URLs to AnonymousOverflow ones by adding the following code as a bookmark in your web browser:

javascript: (function () {
    window.location = window.location
        .toString()
        .replace(/stackoverflow\.com/, "code.whatever.social");
})();

Replace code.whatever.social with the domain name of the instance you're using if needed.

You can run this bookmarklet on any StackOverflow page to view it anonymously.

Thanks to Manav from ente.io for the handy tool.

How to deploy

AnonymousOverflow uses Docker for deployment.

Install Docker for your platform and copy the docker-compose.example.yml file to docker-compose.yml.

Then, tweak settings if needed.

Run docker compose up -d to build and start the container.

Attribution

• Icons provided by heroicons under the MIT License
• Gin under the MIT License
• goquery under the BSD 3-Clause License
• resty under the MIT License
• Chroma under the MIT License