X/Twitter shuts down free software frontend Nitter
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2026 9:25 pm
From nitter.net:
From xcancel.com:Cease and desist
On 24 August 2026 cease and desist letters have been sent by X Corp. demanding a permanent takedown of Nitter instances and the project's repository.
nitter.net is offline and development has stopped for the time being. I'm seeking legal advice and won't be commenting further on the specifics for now.
Thank you to everyone who used, hosted, packaged, donated and contributed to Nitter over the past seven years.
I wonder if other corporations will follow in their footsteps? Is this the end of, say, Invidious or Redlib? When I saw this I immediately thought of the diggy "avoiding the botnet - impossible?" article, specifically the part about failing tech band-aids. Although to be fair, Nitter had been proclaimed "dead" before so it might not be completely over.On Monday 24th August at 8PM EST, we received at letter from X Corp. asking to cease and desist the service XCancel.
The service XCancel is stopped until further notice.
We are seeking legal advice and won't share more details for now.
Thank you for the trust you have put in these two years of XCancel.