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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. The source is available on GitHub at
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<https://github.com/zedeus/nitter>
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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
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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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## 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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In the future a simple account system will be added that lets you follow Twitter
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users, allowing you to have a clean chronological timeline without needing a
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Twitter account.
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## Donating
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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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## Contact
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Feel free to join our [Matrix channel](https://matrix.to/#/#nitter:matrix.org).
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