Nitter

The user interface was designed to be minimalist and resemble the classic Twitter desktop layout.{{Cite web |date=3 June 2020 |title=Get 'Old Twitter' back, or something like it, with these alternative approaches |url=https://technology.inquirer.net/100276/get-old-twitter-back-or-something-like-it-with-these-alternative-approaches |access-date=10 November 2021 |website=INQUIRER.net |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Maxwell |first=Tom |title=Nitter is a new front-end for Twitter that helps hide you from advertisers |url=https://www.inputmag.com/tech/nitter-is-a-new-front-end-for-twitter-that-helps-hide-you-from-advertisers |access-date=10 November 2021 |website=Input |language=en}} Since the user could not log in to Twitter through Nitter, Nitter had no notifications, no home feed, and no ability to tweet. By default, Nitter had no infinite scroll.{{Cite web|last=Pot|first=Justin|date=Feb 6, 2023|title=This Tool Makes Twitter More Bearable to Read|url=https://www.wired.com/story/nitter-twitter-remove-ads-for-you-promoted-tweets/|access-date=April 15, 2023|website=Wired|language=en}} It had no ads or tracking, and the timeline was in chronological order. Nitter relied on a glitch that allowed creating a large amount of "guest accounts" using proxy servers in order to fetch content.{{Cite web |last=Brodkin |first=Jon |date=2024-02-15 |title=Twitter front-end Nitter dies as Musk wins war against third-party services |url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/twitter-front-end-nitter-dies-as-musk-wins-war-against-third-party-services/ |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}

In addition to the official web instance, there are unofficial public web instances, as well as community-contributed mobile apps and browser extensions.{{Cite web |last=Brinkmann |first=Martin |date=16 March 2022 |title=LibRedirect loads privacy-friendly sites automatically when you load YouTube, Search, TikTok and other sites |url=https://www.ghacks.net/2022/03/16/libredirect-loads-privacy-friendly-sites-automatically-when-you-load-youtube-search-tiktok-and-other-sites |access-date=10 April 2023 |website=gHacks Technology News |language=en-US}}

Nitter was funded by donations as well as a grant from NLnet's NGI fund.{{Cite web |title=NLnet; Nitter |url=https://nlnet.nl/project/Nitter/ |access-date=20 August 2023 |website=nlnet.nl}}

Nitter was officially discontinued in February 2024. The developer had announced the project was "dead" after Twitter removed the guest account feature, on which Nitter relied, in January 2024. Some instances had previously stopped working some months before due to changes to the Twitter API.{{Cite web |last=Sarabia |first=Chema |date=2024-02-19 |title=You can no longer access Twitter without an account: Elon Musk has won |url=https://en.softonic.com/articles/you-can-no-longer-access-twitter-without-an-account-elon-musk-has-won |access-date=2024-03-18 |website=Softonic |language=en-US}} The developer stated instances could be self-hosted by having users use their own account, at the risk of the account being banned.{{Cite web |title=nitter.net certificate expired on 15:08:30 GMT · Issue #1155 · zedeus/nitter |url=https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/1155 |access-date=2024-01-31 |website=GitHub |language=en}}

On 6 February 2025, Zedeus announced on GitHub Discussions that the project was back.{{Cite web |title=nitter.net is back · zedeus nitter · Discussion #1212 |url=https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/discussions/1212 |access-date=2025-02-10 |website=GitHub |language=en}}

• Invidious, a viewer for YouTube that inspired Nitter

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• [https://nitter.net/ nitter.net] - the official instance. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230309004635/https://nitter.net/ Archived]
• {{GitHub|zedeus/nitter}}
• [https://status.d420.de status.d420.de] - status page of nitter instances

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