A free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy and performance.
Inspired by the Invidious project. Liberapay: https://libe

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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

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 whether their data gets sent to advertisers.

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 most cases serves pages faster (eg. timelines load 2-4x faster).