Nitter
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Nitter (nitter dot net) was a free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy, temporarily shut down in 2024 due to API changes and taken down in 2026 due to a cease and desist notice.
2024-02-15 : Twitter front-end Nitter dies as Musk wins war against third-party services (archived)
Features
- RSS feeds for Twitter user accounts
- Alternative profile URLs for Twitter profiles, e.g. archived example
Instances
XCancel (xcancel dot com) was an instance of Nitter that also received a cease and desist.
Cease & Desist
A letter dated 2026-08-25 appeared on Nitter.net (archived):
On 24 August 2026 cease and desist letters have been sent by X Corp. demanding a permanent takedown of Nitter instances and the project's repository.
nitter.net is offline and development has stopped for the time being. I'm seeking legal advice and won't be commenting further on the specifics for now.
Thank you to everyone who used, hosted, packaged, donated and contributed to Nitter over the past seven years.
As reported on TechCrunch:
The letter from X, which TechCrunch has viewed, accuses Nitter of an βunlawful use and circumvention of Xβs Application Programming Interface (API) and associated data,β through its service, saying that X has evidence that Nitter scraped X data and accessed X accounts and session tokens in violation of Xβs rules.
