Nitter
discontinued alternative front end for Twitter
Nitter is a discontinued alternative front-end for X, with better privacy and performance.[2][3] The UI is based off the classic Twitter desktop layout.[4][5] The front end used many "guest accounts" created using proxy servers to get tweets.[6] When the guest account feature was removed by X in January 2024, the project was discontinued, although users could create their own instances using their own X accounts with the risk of blocking.[7]
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| Developer(s) | Zedeus (and contributors) |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 19 June 2019 |
| Final release | 2024.01.12-52db03b
/ 12 January 2024 |
| Repository | github |
| Written in | Nim, SCSS, Python, CSS, JavaScript |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Platform | Web |
| License | AGPLv3+[1] |
| As of | 29 October 2023 |
References change
- ↑ "Alternative Twitter front-end". June 30, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2023 – via GitHub.
- ↑ Doctrow, Cory (10 April 2020). "Pluralistic: 10 Apr 2020 – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow". Pluralistic. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ↑ "About". Nitter. Retrieved 29 October 2023.
- ↑ Maxwell, Tom. "Nitter is a new front-end for Twitter that helps hide you from advertisers". Input. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ↑ "Get 'Old Twitter' back, or something like it, with these alternative approaches". INQUIRER.net. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ↑ "looks like X/twitter(?) broke something again · Issue #983 · zedeus/nitter". GitHub. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
- ↑ "nitter.net certificate expired on 15:08:30 GMT · Issue #1155 · zedeus/nitter". GitHub. Retrieved 2024-01-31.