# About Nitter is a free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy and performance. The source is available on GitHub at **This instance is running a fork, whose source can be found at** Additionally, I am copying changes from ([her instance](https://tw.counter-strike.gay)) * No JavaScript or ads * All requests go through the backend, client never talks to Twitter * Prevents Twitter from tracking your IP or JavaScript fingerprint * Uses Twitter's unofficial API (no rate limits or developer account required) * Lightweight (for [@nim_lang](/nim_lang), 60KB vs 784KB from twitter.com) * RSS feeds * Themes * Mobile support (responsive design) * AGPLv3 licensed, no proprietary instances permitted (source code below) Nitter's GitHub wiki contains [instances](https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Instances) and [browser extensions](https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Extensions) maintained by the community. ### Fork features (from [Cynthia Foxwell's fork]()) * Localized following via cookies (list exportable and editable in preferences) * Image zooming/carousel (requires JavaScript) * Up to date Twitter features, e.g. Community Notes * Embeds for chat services on-par with services like [FxTwitter](https://github.com/FixTweet/FxTwitter) and [vxTwitter](https://github.com/dylanpdx/BetterTwitFix) * No dependency on Redis, as it has caused ratelimiting issues, but also forcably disables RSS ## Why use Nitter? It's impossible to use Twitter without JavaScript enabled. For privacy-minded folks, preventing JavaScript analytics and IP-based tracking is important, but apart from using a VPN and uBlock/uMatrix, it's impossible. Despite being behind a VPN and using heavy-duty adblockers, you can get accurately tracked with your [browser's fingerprint](https://restoreprivacy.com/browser-fingerprinting/), [no JavaScript required](https://noscriptfingerprint.com/). This all became particularly important after Twitter [removed the ability](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/04/twitter-removes-privacy-option-and-shows-why-we-need-strong-privacy-laws) for users to control whether their data gets sent to advertisers. Using an instance of Nitter (hosted on a VPS for example), you can browse Twitter without JavaScript while retaining your privacy. In addition to respecting your privacy, Nitter is on average around 15 times lighter than Twitter, and in most cases serves pages faster (eg. timelines load 2-4x faster). ## Donating Donations go to zedeus, original creator of Nitter. Liberapay: \ Patreon: \ BTC: bc1qp7q4qz0fgfvftm5hwz3vy284nue6jedt44kxya \ ETH: 0x66d84bc3fd031b62857ad18c62f1ba072b011925 \ LTC: ltc1qhsz5nxw6jw9rdtw9qssjeq2h8hqk2f85rdgpkr \ XMR: 42hKayRoEAw4D6G6t8mQHPJHQcXqofjFuVfavqKeNMNUZfeJLJAcNU19i1bGdDvcdN6romiSscWGWJCczFLe9RFhM3d1zpL ## Credits * Cynthia Foxwell for her fork of this project * Zedeus for this project * PrivacyDevel, cmj, and taskylizard for keeping this project alive with forks after the main repo went inactive * Every other contributors who've committed to the main repo in the past ## To any law enforcement agencies and copyright holders (from [Cynthia Foxwell's fork]()) **All illegal content should be reported to Twitter directly.** This service is merely a proxy of Twitter and no content is hosted on this server. Do not waste your time contacting internet service providers, hosting providers and/or domain registrars. If you would like more context, you can read about this exact issue happening to [PussTheCat.org's instance](https://pussthecat.org/nitter/). I emplore all Nitter instance hosts to not enable media proxying, even if it "phones home" to Twitter's CDN (which doesn't really pose a tracking risk and breaks videos anyways), as it [has been used as an attack vector to take down nitter.net](https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/1150#issuecomment-1890855255).