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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. …Twitter front-end focused on privacy and performance. The source is available on GitHub at https://github.com/zedeus/nitter " No need to sign-in to view Twitter. Instances: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by open-source-ux · 2023-06-30 · in Twitter preventing viewing without logging in
  2. …use themselves. This is more or less what Nitter does for providing alternate twitter frontend https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
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    Nitter, an alternative Twitter front-end
    story by rarafael · 2023-05-15 · 0 comments
  4. …stand up your own instance and put it behind something like Tailscale so only you are using it. 1. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by ecliptik · 2023-05-12 · in Linda Yaccarino is the new CEO of Twitter
  5. Aren't most HNers using Nitter? https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
  6. …in the URL for a nitter instance of your choice to see it sans recommendations, ads etc: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by detrites · 2023-05-02 · in AI Generated Propaganda
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    Nitter search no longer presenting results
    story by john_shafthair · 2023-04-28 · 0 comments
  8. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
  9. …Nitter is the best service if you just want to see tweets without 3-10 popups and the tracking. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances#tor
  10. Don’t forget all the Nitter proxy sites: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by teddyh · 2023-02-21 · in Saying goodbye to Stack Overflow
  11. …if you don't know Nim). 1 - https://scrapfly.io/blog/how-to-scrape-twitter/#scraping-pro... 2 - https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
  12. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/blob/master/src/consts.nim They use a leaked token from one of the mobile clients that twitter can't/won't revoke.
  13. …unofficial API (no rate limits or developer account required)[0] Not sure what that means 0. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
  14. Nitter doesn't appear to be locked out, at least for now. Here's the list of instances: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by foresto · 2023-01-20 · in Tweetbot. April 2011 – January 2023
  15. Nitter[0][1] (which does not use the official API) still works. [0] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter [1] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by btdmaster · 2023-01-14 · in Twitter's API is down?
  16. https://nitter.net/edward_the6/status/1610067688449007618 Or you can try other instances. [1] [1] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances Edit: Got the error too, nitter.cz instance seems to be working. [2] [2]…
  17. Just replace 'twitter.com' with 'nitter.net' in URL. Nitter is Twitter alternative frontend. [1] [1] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
  18. …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
  19. …Pagespeed score: https://pagespeed.web.dev/report?url=https://nitter.fly.dev/... reference: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/pull/515
  20. …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
  21. …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…
  22. …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
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    Nitter: Alternative Twitter front-end without JavaScript
    story by behnamoh · 2022-11-29 · 0 comments
  24. …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
  25. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by woofcat · 2022-11-29 · in Nitter.it: Unavailable for Legal Reasons
  26. Or you can use one of the many Nitter instances https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
  27. 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
  28. …self-hosted Twitter client. One public instance: https://nitter.kavin.rocks/ Github repository: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
  29. 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
  30. …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
  31. …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.
  32. …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
  33. With Nitter: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Extensions
  34. 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
  35. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by gadtfly · 2022-08-02 · in Alternative wonders of the world
  36. https://notabird.site/wk057/status/1551713024171548672 https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances for alternative instances to the nitter frontend
  37. …- 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
  38. A different instance may work for you https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
  39. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by Georgelemental · 2022-04-29 · in Twitter Is Unsuspending Accounts
  40. …(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
  41. …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...
  42. …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]…
  43. …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]…
  44. 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?
  45. …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?
  46. …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?
  47. …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…
  48. 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
  49. Use nitter. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
  50. …When you get a twitter link, just replace twitter.com with nitter.net and you're good to go. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter