Preferences and credentials¶

Select your username to open /dashboard. Preferences apply to your account, so other people on the same instance can use different settings.

Reading preferences¶

Choose Save Preferences after editing. Disabling high-resolution thumbnails can help on limited connections. On desktop, Dark and RES Night Mode both use RES's night mode colors and Light uses old reddit's; on a phone, Dark follows reddit's own dark theme.

Reddit credentials¶

The dashboard's reddit authentication - burner account only section can store a Reddit credential for requests made on your behalf. Use a separate account as indicated by the interface.

Choose one of the supported forms:

• Auto-detect: recognize a cookie or authorization header.
• Cookie header: paste a full Cookie: ... header.
• reddit_session cookie: supply that cookie's value.
• Bearer token: supply a token or Authorization: Bearer ... header.

Paste the value into Reddit Credential and save. The status text reports whether a credential is configured. Leaving the field empty preserves the current value; use Clear saved Reddit credential to remove it.

If a feed fails without authentication, a landing page links directly to this section so you can add a credential. Empty feeds that load successfully do not show this page.

Allow other users on this instance to fall back to my Reddit cookie is off by default. Enable it and save to let signed-in users without their own Reddit authentication use your cookie for browser and API requests. Their requests run under your Reddit account, but the cookie value is never shown to them. Bearer tokens are not shared. If several users share cookies, the cookie from the oldest user account with a usable shared cookie is selected.

A user's own saved credential always takes priority, including bearer tokens. To stop sharing, uncheck the option, clear the credential, or replace it with a bearer token. The change applies to subsequent requests.

These credentials belong to Reddit. They are separate from your reddont password, SSO login, and personal API key. API requests reuse the key owner's saved Reddit credential, fall back to a shared cookie when none is saved, or request content anonymously when neither is available.

Reddit credentials can expire. If feeds stop working, replace the saved credential or clear it and retry. The app does not provide an interactive Reddit login or automatically renew a supplied cookie or bearer token.

Personal API key¶

Under api key, select Generate key to create a reddont_ key. You can regenerate it to invalidate the old value or revoke it entirely. The dashboard also shows the instance's allowed API source addresses.

See API and feeds for request examples and endpoint formats.

Stored credentials¶

The SQLite database contains personal API keys and Reddit credentials. Protect access to its directory and backups. OIDC refresh tokens are encrypted using a key derived from JWT_SECRET_KEY; this does not mean the whole database is encrypted.