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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. 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on the Nitter GitHub wiki: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances However, since that page can be a little outdated (because the wiki page needs to be manually updated), you can also…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
  2. …[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
  3. …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
  4. …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
  5. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by boring_twenties · 2021-12-13 · in “We removed the RSS feed since this technology became obsolete”
  6. …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
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    Nitter.net is down due to DMCA complaints
    story by sseagull · 2021-12-04 · 1 comment
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. …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
  11. Nitter ( https://github.com/zedeus/nitter ) provides RSS for Twitter.
    comment by fdgdd · 2021-09-26 · in Using RSS to replace social media
  12. 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?
  13. 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?
  14. 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
  15. …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
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    Nitter: Alternative Twitter Front-End
    story by ducktective · 2021-08-24 · 50 comments
  17. Nitter should help. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Extensions
    comment by squarefoot · 2021-08-21 · in Google's Secret Initiative – “Project Hug”
  18. …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
  19. …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
  20. 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
  21. …https://nitter.net instead. It's open source and easy to run a local instance using the code from https://github.com/zedeus/nitter .
    comment by dpifke · 2021-08-19 · in Ask HN: Has Twitter removed the ability to browse while logged out?
  22. …There's even extensions for Firefox etc. and you could run your own instance if you so chose. [0] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by dublinben · 2021-08-10 · in Ask HN: How do I reliably prevent autoplay in Firefox 91?
  23. …instances can be seen here: [2] [1] - https://nitter.eu/dguido/status/1424921645483966466 [2] - https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by pmoriarty · 2021-08-10 · in “My scooter was stolen. Unknown to the thief, I hid two AirTags inside it.”
  24. …fully, reminding me that I actually want to use whatever Nitter site(s) are not yet rate-limited: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances ) There are buttons and other tools which follow users across the Internet and devices. There…
    comment by dredmorbius · 2021-07-08 · in A call to minimize distraction and respect users’ attention (2013)
  25. …transparent switch out. There's an expired cert issue 3 days ago, but there are other instances[2] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/redirector/ https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by nojser · 2021-06-03 · in Ask HN: What is the most bloated website you use
  26. …https://nitter.eu/randfish/status/1389279726305353730 Other nitter instances can be found here: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by pmoriarty · 2021-05-05 · in Talk cancelled due to slides critical of Google and Facebook
  27. …many issues W3W itself has. [1] - https://nitter.cc/AaronToponce/status/1387933438305394690 [2] - https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances [3] - https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2019/03/why-bother-with-what-three-... [4] -…
    comment by pmoriarty · 2021-05-02 · in What3Words – The Algorithm
  28. It's really easy to run a private instance of your own: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter Mine isn't publicly accessible so never gets throttled.
    comment by dpifke · 2021-04-09 · in Eu_sst: 20% probability for large satellite collision
  29. …It's privacy friendly proxied search results, a lot like the Nitter project for Twitter. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by lgats · 2021-03-27 · in Only Google is really allowed to crawl the web
  30. …right now, but the alternative instances [2] are very responsive. [0] https://nitter.net/ [1] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Extensions [2] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by olvy0 · 2021-03-19 · in Duke Nukem 3D Mirror Universe
  31. …instead of Huginn/Pleroma. But I also configured some other, non-RSS, content in my feed.) [0] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter [1] https://github.com/huginn/huginn [2] https://pleroma.social/
    comment by dpifke · 2021-02-25 · in Quitting Twitter
  32. I was able to work around this using Nitter[0]. Try this[1] link. 0 - https://github.com/zedeus/nitter 1 - https://nitter.eu/pinot/status/1357862266633408512
    comment by charlesdaniels · 2021-02-09 · in Pixel Art and the Hardcopy
  33. There are some apps that provide this. - https://github.com/zedeus/nitter for twitter - https://sr.ht/~cadence/bibliogram/ for instagram - https://github.com/iv-org/invidious for youtube There are likely others. The problem with the…
    comment by dastx · 2021-02-07 · in Violentmonkey – An open source userscript manager
  34. If you’re looking to browse twitter with less of the privacy invasive tracking mechanisms , https://github.com/zedeus/nitter Public instances: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by lgats · 2021-01-09 · in Ask HN: What are decentralized Twitter alternatives?
  35. …too, so please consider choosing another one to avoid hugging nitter.net too much. Here's the list: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by solstice · 2020-12-18 · in Twitter cut off the ability to read a tweet by fetching its URL with a HTTP GET
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    Nitter.net's SSL certificate expired today
    story by app4soft · 2020-11-29 · 0 comments
  37. …is it possible add execution of 140 chars snippets (in JS, Py, etc.) as feature to Nitter ?[0] [0] https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by app4soft · 2020-11-14 · in Show HN: A Stargate in 140 chars of JavaScript
  38. …And while we're at it, also check out these projects: https://github.com/omarroth/invidious https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by djeiasbsbo · 2020-07-06 · in DuckDuckGo coming back online in India following country-wide block
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    Ask HN: Is there alternative GitHub front-end?
    story by app4soft · 2020-06-24 · 0 comments
  40. …Web framework: https://github.com/planety/prologue/search?q=nil&unscoped_q=... Twitter front-end: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/search?q=nil&type=Code These uses of "nil" don't appear to have anything to do with systems programming.
    comment by Isomorpheus · 2020-06-20 · in NimConf 2020 Videos
  41. This is a good alternate front-end to Twitter that also provides RSS feeds: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by hoptank · 2020-06-20 · in RSS Box – RSS for websites that do not support RSS
  42. wow, thanks. EDIT: here are ways to automate https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Extensions
    comment by MrJagil · 2020-06-11 · in Reddit Welcomes Michael Seibel to Board of Directors
  43. There's also Nitter, which doesn't require sign-in: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by jlelse · 2020-05-25 · in Show HN: I built a minimal Twitter web app with few rules
  44. …It's still work in progress but very usable with features like RSS and convenient profile search. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by zedeus · 2020-04-13 · in Twint – Twitter scraping tool written in Python
  45. …so here is another Nitter instance: https://nitter.42l.fr/Mantia/status/1223302649849597953 Source: https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances
    comment by forgotmypw · 2020-02-03 · in Louie Mantia on the State of iOS UI Design
  46. …pretty good actionable advice. It might be a good idea to make this an issue on their github page. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by jonfw · 2019-12-21 · in The modern web is becoming unusable
  47. …does the authorization token come from? I notice it appears in quite a few projects on e.g. GitHub. https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/blob/8836cf51e8a6b385e1ac0a... The project is cool. The de-crapified interface is nice (no weird…
    comment by regecks · 2019-12-21 · in Nitter: Alternative Twitter Front-End
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    Nitter: Alternative Twitter Front-End
    story by pcr910303 · 2019-12-21 · 38 comments
  49. I just discovered Nitter as pointed out by danShumway in this thread. Thanks, Dan! https://github.com/zedeus/nitter
    comment by rapnie · 2019-12-21 · in The modern web is becoming unusable
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    Nitter: A free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy
    story by yarapavan · 2019-11-14 · 1 comment