Why “Nitter” is being discussed
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No but they’re covering themselves as they’re also making fake accounts to bypass login walls. Probably to avoid a similar nitter issue.
by dawnerd · Oct 16, 2026
GitHub is seemingly decent for this sort of thing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49982498 I wish someone would Fluxer [1] GitHub for self hosting. It is a…
by slop · Oct 16, 2026
At least in Europe, there's an argument to be made about a Nitter instance being an interoperability service for clients that do not use cookies/JavaScript, and could be ar…
by Permik · Oct 12, 2026
The EFF and FSF don’t throw money at hopeless causes. No matter how much uninformed armchair lawyering there is on this thread, Nitter simply has absolutely no case and they’re…
by Analemma_ · Oct 12, 2026
> Can you stop with the 'just asking questions' routine? This combative response caught me by surprise. I have nominal awareness of what Nitter stood for in the past. Asking peo…
by andsoitis · Oct 11, 2026
Why are folks still using Xitter? Genuinely can't understand it. You want reach? Don't post on a site that prevents people from reading your posts without logging in, because I…
by SwellJoe · Oct 11, 2026
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Nitter is a free and open source alternative frontend for X, formerly known as Twitter, focusing on privacy and performance. Nitter is designed to allow access to X without tracking, advertisements, or the need for an account. It only supports browsing, and cannot be used to sign in or interact with the X community. Users can view user profiles, replies, media, and individual posts alongside their comments and Quote Posts. Nitter also allows for searching by keywords, hashtags, usernames, locations, media and dates and supported the same formatting as X's native advanced search function. It also supports creating RSS feeds for X (Twitter) profiles. Read more on Wikipedia