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@ -12,6 +12,44 @@ Inspired by the [invidio.us](https://github.com/omarroth/invidious) project.
- Lightweight (for [@nim_lang](https://twitter.com/nim_lang), 36KB vs 580KB from twitter.com)
- Native RSS feeds
## Todo (roughly in this order)
- Embeds
- More caching (waiting for [moigagoo/norm#19](https://github.com/moigagoo/norm/pull/19))
- Simple account system with customizable feed
- Json API endpoints
- Themes
- Nitter logo
- Emoji support (WIP, uses native font for now)
## Resources
The wiki contains a list of
[Nitter instances](https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Nitter-Instances) and
a list of [browser extensions](https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/wiki/Extensions)
maintained by the community.
## Why?
It's basically impossible to use Twitter without JavaScript enabled. If you try,
you're redirected to the legacy mobile version which is awful both functionally
and aesthetically. For privacy-minded folks, preventing JavaScript analytics and
potential IP-based tracking is important, but apart from using the legacy mobile
version and a VPN, it's impossible.
Using an instance of Nitter (hosted on a VPS for example), you can browse
Twitter without JavaScript while retaining your privacy. In addition to
respecting your privacy, Nitter is on average around 15 times lighter than
Twitter, and in some cases serves pages faster.
In the future a simple account system will be added that lets you follow Twitter
users, allowing you to have a clean chronological timeline without needing a
Twitter account.
## Screenshot
![nitter](/screenshot.png)
## Installation
To compile Nitter you need a Nim installation, see here for details: https://nim-lang.org/install.html
@ -63,38 +101,8 @@ WantedBy=multi-user.target
Then enable and run the service:
`systemctl enable --now nitter.service`
## Todo (roughly in this order)
- More caching (waiting for [moigagoo/norm#19](https://github.com/moigagoo/norm/pull/19))
- Simple account system with customizable feed
- Json API endpoints
- Themes
- Nitter logo
- Emoji support (WIP, uses native font for now)
## Why?
It's basically impossible to use Twitter without JavaScript enabled. If you try,
you're redirected to the legacy mobile version which is awful both functionally
and aesthetically. For privacy-minded folks, preventing JavaScript analytics and
potential IP-based tracking is important, but apart from using the legacy mobile
version and a VPN, it's impossible.
Using an instance of Nitter (hosted on a VPS
for example), you can browse Twitter without JavaScript while retaining your
privacy. In addition to respecting your privacy, Nitter is on average around 15
times lighter than Twitter, and in some cases serves pages faster.
In the future
a simple account system will be added that lets you follow Twitter users,
allowing you to have a clean chronological timeline without needing a Twitter
account.
## Contact
Feel free to join our Freenode IRC channel at #nitter, or our
[Matrix server](https://riot.im/app/#/room/#nitter:matrix.org).
## Screenshot
![nitter](/screenshot.png)
You can email me at zedeus@pm.me if you wish to contact me personally.