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Alternative Twitter front-end

200 mentions on Hacker News by 161 people: 24 stories, 176 comments · first 2019-11-14 · latest 2026-10-23

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  1. …an account. Lastly, I use the site bumping feature to move Wikipedia results to the top. [0]: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter [1]: https://github.com/teddit-net/teddit
    comment by shepherdjerred · 2022-12-30 · in Kagi – Paid Search Engine
  2. …Pagespeed score: https://pagespeed.web.dev/report?url=https://nitter.fly.dev/... reference: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/pull/515
    comment by prhrb · 2022-12-25 · in Blank page with an embedded tweet. How bad can it be?
  3. …that blocked all robots. Glad to see this has been resolved since then, on the official repository https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/pull/631 I am considering running a public instance for personal use and this was one of my concerns as well
    comment by arcastroe · 2022-12-01 · in Burning 2.5Tb of Bandwidth Hosting a Nitter Instance (2021)
  4. …to devs to check if there is other case or bug.[0] Meanwhile try another Nitter instance .[1,2] [0] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues [1] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances [2] https://twiiit.com/ (redirecting proxy for…
    comment by app4soft · 2022-11-30 · in Burning 2.5Tb of Bandwidth Hosting a Nitter Instance (2021)
  5. …by a large bot attack which has caused weird rate limiting. Please use another instance." [1] [1]: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/740#issuecomment-132...
    comment by tech234a · 2022-11-29 · in Nitter.it: Unavailable for Legal Reasons
  6. …same issue (no tweets show up) remains today; I've experienced this bug for the past few weeks. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/707 Musk announced his intent to deprecate the old Twitter API, which Nitter relies on, but it's…
    comment by concinds · 2022-11-29 · in Nitter.it: Unavailable for Legal Reasons
  7. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by woofcat · 2022-11-29 · in Nitter.it: Unavailable for Legal Reasons
  8. Or you can use one of the many Nitter instances https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by gulbrandr · 2022-11-18 · in Twitter to employees: all office buildings closed, badge access suspended
  9. A well-known and nice app that is build with Nim is Nitter ( https://github.com/zedeus/nitter ), a free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy and performance.
    comment by vlugorilla · 2022-11-11 · in A cost model for Nim
  10. …self-hosted Twitter client. One public instance: https://nitter.kavin.rocks/ Github repository: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by dschuessler · 2022-10-31 · in Elon's first big move: pay to remain verified on Twitter
  11. Use nitter, one frontend at https://nitter.net/ . Project at https://github.com/zedeus/nitter Use https://threadreaderapp.com/
    comment by mcint · 2022-10-25 · in Stop Writing Twitter Threads
  12. …any other JS-free frontends to popular apps? [0] nitter.net, and it's mirrored on many other URLS: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by whoooooo123 · 2022-10-12 · in Wikipedia is not short on cash
  13. …I like, and it wasn't easy to browse. Fortunately, there is a pull request for this feature ( https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/pull/363 ) but it's been sitting for a while.
    comment by aquova · 2022-09-23 · in Show HN: TwitterToNitter. A bookmarklet that makes reading on Twitter easier
  14. …this practice but I keep on hearing people complaining about their subscriptions disappearing [3] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter [4] https://github.com/spikecodes/libreddit
    comment by the_third_wave · 2022-09-14 · in YouTube currently testing 5 to 10 unskippable ads before video starts
  15. With Nitter: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Extensions
    comment by boogies · 2022-09-12 · in YouTube-dl has an interpreter for a subset of JavaScript in 870 lines of Python
  16. If you're mostly reading on Twitter: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter I share the experience with Maps, though I never see it these days as the G gets its own ungoogled-chromium sandbox and don't get to play with other domains here anyway.
    comment by 3np · 2022-08-22 · in uBlock Origin works best on Firefox
  17. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by gadtfly · 2022-08-02 · in Alternative wonders of the world
  18. https://notabird.site/wk057/status/1551713024171548672 https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances for alternative instances to the nitter frontend
    comment by kytazo · 2022-07-26 · in Tesla remotely converts battery pack, cutting 1/3 of range
  19. …- https://nitter.42l.fr/ - https://nitter.pussthecat.org/ - https://nitter.kavin.rocks/ - more : https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by whoibrar · 2022-07-14 · in Twitter Is Down
  20. A different instance may work for you https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by boomboomsubban · 2022-07-06 · in Billion-record stolen Chinese database for sale on breach forum
  21. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by Georgelemental · 2022-04-29 · in Twitter Is Unsuspending Accounts
  22. …(or on mobile, an app like UntrackMe[3])? No login prompt, no dark patterns, no JavaScript [0] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter [1] https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect [2] https://f-droid.org/packages/app.fedilab.nitterizeme/
    comment by Georgelemental · 2022-03-09 · in Twitter's new Tor onion service
  23. …prefer to do this kind of thing through bookmarklets, so here's one I found in a quick search: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/451#issuecomment-946...
    comment by wernsey · 2022-03-03 · in The implied poor Russian Army truck maintenance practices
  24. …in Germany as well.[3] [0] https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/149640978479026176... [1] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/157#issuecomment-104... [2] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1496417682605985793 [3]…
    comment by app4soft · 2022-02-23 · in Multiple OSINT accounts locked received the notification from Twitter at once
  25. …at the same time. .[4] [0] https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/149640978479026176... [1] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/157#issuecomment-104... [2] https://twitter.com/app4soft/status/1496417682605985793 [3]…
    comment by app4soft · 2022-02-23 · in Twitter Bots are Attacking to block OSINT users
  26. Other public instances can be found here https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by gulbrandr · 2022-02-22 · in Ask HN: Can we ban Twitter links, please?
  27. …want to browser twitter you can use a nitter instance (there are quite a few public instances). https://github.com/zedeus/nitter I use browser plugin that redirects me to nitter when clicking a twitter link.…
    comment by YEwSdObPQT · 2022-02-09 · in Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter?
  28. …are not only open source, but also have plenty[0] of distributed instances on good old "web 2" [0] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by jessfyi · 2022-02-09 · in Ask HN: What Has Happened to Twitter?
  29. …list from nitter mirrors.) EDIT: Improved version that picks from random nitter redirectors ( https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances#third-party-... ). It needs the following declared at the top of the `finicky.js` file: const…
    comment by halostatue · 2022-02-06 · in Cool ice formations my friend discovered on his deck this morning
  30. I am glad I could help! If nitter.net itself is not working, you can pick a mirror from this list: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by _Microft · 2022-02-06 · in Cool ice formations my friend discovered on his deck this morning
  31. Use nitter. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by trenchgun · 2022-01-28 · in Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without an account
  32. …When you get a twitter link, just replace twitter.com with nitter.net and you're good to go. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by good8675309 · 2022-01-28 · in Tell HN: Twitter is growing increasingly unusable without an account
  33. Or use any other Nitter instance via this page on the Nitter GitHub wiki: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances However, since that page can be a little outdated (because the wiki page needs to be manually updated), you can also…
    comment by taivlam · 2022-01-16 · in Can't read Twitter at all without an account
  34. …[1] https://code.guido-berhoerster.org/addons/firefox-addons/fee... [2] https://invidious.io [3] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter [4] https://sr.ht/~cadence/bibliogram/ [5] https://github.com/mendel5/alternative-front-ends [6]…
    comment by c80e74f077 · 2022-01-06 · in I Miss RSS
  35. …here, IMO, is `nimble build` instead of `make build`. [1]: https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble [2]: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/blob/master/nitter.nimble
    comment by gen220 · 2021-12-23 · in Alternative privacy-respecting front ends for popular services
  36. …own instance, but sometimes the installation can seem daunting. Take Nitter for example, from here: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter Here's how to create a nitter user, clone the repo, and build the project along with the scss. # useradd…
    comment by beauHD · 2021-12-23 · in Alternative privacy-respecting front ends for popular services
  37. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by boring_twenties · 2021-12-13 · in “We removed the RSS feed since this technology became obsolete”
  38. …and https://nitter.42l.fr/KlasfeldReports [0] https://nitter.net/about [1] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter#resources
    comment by JeremyNT · 2021-12-08 · in Twitter suspends account tracking Maxwell trial
  39. https://nitter.42l.fr/blocks (the main nitter.net is down, this just the first mirror instance from https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances )
    comment by mediumdeviation · 2021-12-02 · in Square is now called Block
  40. Maybe you can find something that you like here: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Extensions
    comment by _Microft · 2021-11-25 · in B.1.1.529
  41. …can be enabled/disabled separately in the extension in case you don't want to use any of them. [1] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter [2] https://github.com/iv-org/invidious [3] https://sr.ht/~cadence/bibliogram/
    comment by commoner · 2021-10-18 · in Privacy Redirect: Redirects browser requests to privacy-friendly alternatives
  42. Nitter ( https://github.com/zedeus/nitter ) provides RSS for Twitter.
    comment by fdgdd · 2021-09-26 · in Using RSS to replace social media
  43. Yes, there are: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter Here is a public instance: https://nitter.kavin.rocks/ Just swap out `nitter.kavin.rocks` for `twitter.com` and you can visit every tweet with a clean and fast interface. You can also…
    comment by dschuessler · 2021-09-12 · in Ask HN: Alternative Twitter Frontends?
  44. Use nitter, a plain Twitter frontend. Pick a close instance from https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances I have installed https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nitter-redire...
    comment by cheesetable · 2021-09-10 · in Ask HN: How do we get Google and Twitter to use href attributes again?
  45. You can using one of the nitter instances: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by pabs3 · 2021-09-01 · in Bare metal Apple M1 Debian at 4K 60
  46. …despite it being posted by what looks like the original developer according to their username: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by Nextgrid · 2021-08-24 · in Nitter: Alternative Twitter Front-End
  47. Nitter should help. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Extensions
    comment by squarefoot · 2021-08-21 · in Google's Secret Initiative – “Project Hug”
  48. …a website called Nitter provides a clean front end to Twitter: https://nitter.net/ and mirrors at https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances The domain name in Twitter URLs can be replaced with that of Nitter or its mirrors to view…
    comment by joshuaissac · 2021-08-19 · in Why wild foxes led you to treasure in Skyrim
  49. …but take a look at some public nitter instances if this is a problem you regularly run into: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances Nitter allows viewing threads like these without logging in or even enabling Javascript. For…
    comment by danShumway · 2021-08-19 · in Why wild foxes led you to treasure in Skyrim
  50. Take a look at some public nitter instances if this is a problem you regularly run into: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances Nitter allows viewing threads like these without logging in or even enabling Javascript. For example,…
    comment by danShumway · 2021-08-19 · in Why wild foxes led you to treasure in Skyrim