zedeus/nitter

Alternative Twitter front-end

Productivity & self-hostedNim#nim#twitter#privacy#self-hosted#x

0.9 Cooling Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 14, 2026.

About the project

Alternative Twitter/X front-end without JavaScript, ads or tracking: all requests go through the backend and the client never talks to Twitter directly. Aimed at people who want to read tweets privately on lightweight pages.

Useful for

Self-host a Nitter instance on a VPS via Docker or systemd
Read Twitter/X timelines without JavaScript or ads while keeping your IP private
Subscribe to instance-specific RSS feeds to follow accounts

README summarized by DeepSeek V4.1 Flash. Details may be inaccurate.

Why it’s trending

6 stars today.
Hacker News: “Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice” — 927 points, 7 days ago.
The repository is archived — the author no longer develops it.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 14,465
Stars in a day: 6
Forks: 1,333
Issues and pull requests: 1,344
Watchers: 176
Language: Nim
License: AGPL-3.0
Created: June 20, 2019
Last push: September 7, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Hacker News discussions

Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice927 points, September 6, 2026
Following legal advice, the Nitter project will continue271 points, September 6, 2026

Spotted in

September 13, 2026Spotted on Hacker News

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