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zedeus/nitter: Alternative Twitter front-end

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A free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy and performance. Inspired by the Invidious project. Liberapay: https://liberapay.com/zedeus Patreon: https://patreon.com/nitter BTC: bc1qp7q4qz0fgfvftm5hwz3vy284nue6jedt44kxya ETH: 0x66d84bc3fd031b62857ad18c62f1ba072b011925 LTC: ltc1qhsz5nxw6jw9rdtw9qssjeq2h8hqk2f85rdgpkr XMR: 42hKayRoEAw4D6G6t8mQHPJHQcXqofjFuVfavqKeNMNUZfeJLJAcNU19i1bGdDvcdN6romiSscWGWJCczFLe9RFhM3d1zpL The wiki contains a list of instances and browser extensions maintained by the community. 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, no JavaScript required. This all became particularly important after Twitter removed the ability for users to control wheth

Nitter Note Running a Nitter instance now requires real accounts, since Twitter removed the previous methods. This does not affect users. For instructions on how to obtain session tokens, see Creating session tokens . A free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy and performance. Inspired by the Invidious project. 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 developer account required) Lightweight (for @nim_lang , 60KB vs 784KB

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