nitter needs support 1 ▲ Imperfect 1 hour ago · Tech · hide · 0 comments Look, I had a different post scheduled for today. That is, until I stumbled upon this Hacker News submission, Nitter project received cease and desist, linking to this GitHub issue: All public nitter instances do not work. While it's effectively breaking news, I might as well give it a shot for a project that I've been appreciating even prior to starting this blog. What's Nitter, you ask? The project's GitHub readme explains its purpose well: 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 from twitter.com) RSS feeds Themes Mobile support (responsive design) AGPLv3 licensed, no proprietary instances permitted Nitter's readme also includes a section about why… No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.