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