The Nitter project, a popular alternative Twitter/X frontend, received a cease and desist notice from Twitter, forcing its maintainer to take it offline. This marks a significant escalation in X's efforts to restrict third-party clients and mirrors earlier legal actions against apps like UnTwitter.
Background
Nitter was a self-hostable, privacy-focused alternative frontend for Twitter/X that gained popularity after X restricted API access and introduced the paid X Premium tier. It allowed users to browse Twitter content without an account or exposing data to X's tracking.
- Source
- Hacker News (RSS)
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026 at 01:08 AM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10