If you tried to browse Reddit on mobile this month, you probably hit it: a fullscreen overlay, no close button, one option. Download the app.

Not “here’s a banner suggesting our app.” Not “you’ve been browsing for a while, want to try the app?” A wall. The only way through is the App Store.

I get it. Reddit is a public company now. They need engagement metrics that advertisers can point to. Native app installs count. Mobile browser sessions don’t. The incentive is clear.

It’s still frustrating if you just wanted to read a thread.

What I Built

Redinfinite is a progressive web app. You open it in a browser tab — on your phone, on your laptop, wherever — and it works. No app store. No account required. No install prompt.

It uses Reddit’s public API to pull content and renders it in a clean, fast interface with infinite scroll and swipe navigation. The point was never to replace Reddit. It was to give me — and anyone else — a way to read Reddit the way I wanted to read it: quickly, without interruption, without a login wall between me and a thread I was trying to check.

I built the first version over a few weekends. I’ve been quietly iterating on it since.

Why Now

I didn’t plan the timing. The mobile block just happened to land while I was already shipping updates. But it does make the value clearer: if the main site is going to push you toward an app you don’t want to install, having a browser alternative that actually works is more useful than it was six months ago.

Redinfinite isn’t trying to win. It’s not trying to grow. It’s a tool that does one specific thing and mostly stays out of the way.

That’s increasingly rare, and I’ve come to think it’s worth having around.

Where to Find It

redinfinite.com — open it, bookmark it if you want it. No account, no friction.

If something’s broken or you’ve hit a subreddit that doesn’t load right, the GitHub issues page is the best place to flag it. I check it.