Nitter
Developer(s)Zedeus (and contributors)
Initial release19 June 2019;
5 years ago (2019-06-19)
Final release
2024.01.12-52db03b / 12 January 2024;
5 months ago (2024-01-12)
Repositorygithub.com/zedeus/nitter
Written inNim, SCSS, Python, CSS, JavaScript
Operating systemUnix-like
PlatformWeb
LicenseAGPLv3+[1]
As of29 October 2023; 7 months ago (2023-10-29)

Nitter is a discontinued free and open source alternative viewer for Twitter/X, focusing on privacy and performance.[2][3] Its minimalist and unaugmented UI resembles the classic Twitter desktop layout.[4][5] Since the user cannot log in to Twitter through Nitter, Nitter has no notifications, no home feed and no ability to tweet. By default Nitter has no infinite scroll hence doomscrolling is unlikely.[6][7] Nitter relied on creating a large amount of "guest accounts" using proxy servers in order to fetch content.[8] The guest account feature was removed by X in January 2024, prompting the original developer of Nitter to pronounce the project "dead".[9]

In addition to the official web instance, there are unofficial public web instances,[10] as well as community-contributed mobile apps and browser extensions[11] (for which there is also a list on Nitter's wiki) so browsers can auto-redirect Twitter URLs, and even randomize viewing requests across multiple instances.[12] Nitter is funded by donations as well as a grant from NLnet's NGI fund.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Alternative Twitter front-end". 30 June 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2023 – via GitHub.
  2. ^ Doctrow, Cory (10 April 2020). "Pluralistic: 10 Apr 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow". Pluralistic. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  3. ^ "About". Nitter. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Get 'Old Twitter' back, or something like it, with these alternative approaches". INQUIRER.net. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  5. ^ Maxwell, Tom. "Nitter is a new front-end for Twitter that helps hide you from advertisers". Input. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  6. ^ Pot, Justin (16 November 2022). "How to Get Started on Mastodon". Wired. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  7. ^ Pot, Justin (6 February 2023). "This Tool Makes Twitter More Bearable to Read". Wired. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  8. ^ "looks like X/twitter(?) broke something again · Issue #983 · zedeus/nitter". GitHub. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  9. ^ "nitter.net certificate expired on 15:08:30 GMT · Issue #1155 · zedeus/nitter". GitHub. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Instances". GitHub. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  11. ^ Brinkmann, Martin (16 March 2022). "LibRedirect loads privacy-friendly sites automatically when you load YouTube, Search, TikTok and other sites". gHacks Technology News. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Twit2Nit". 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2023 – via SourceHut.
  13. ^ "NLnet; Nitter". nlnet.nl. Retrieved 20 August 2023.

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