GoKawiilDeveloper releases 'Shitter', a Nitter fork for ad-free Twitter browsing
A developer has published Shitter, an open-source fork of the Nitter project that acts as a privacy-focused front-end for Twitter. It strips out JavaScript and ads, routes all requests through its own backend using Twitter's unofficial API, and is distributed as a multi-architecture Docker image. The project accepts contributions only via patch files submitted on issues rather than pull requests.
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The project positions itself as a response to Twitter requiring sign-in and JavaScript, which the maintainers say enables IP and browser-fingerprint tracking even for privacy-conscious users behind VPNs and adblockers. By reviving a Nitter-style front-end, the fork could give users a lighter, faster, trackable-free way to read Twitter content, though reliance on an unofficial API means it may be vulnerable to future blocking by Twitter.
- Shitter is a Nitter fork offering a no-JavaScript, no-ads Twitter front-end.
- It uses Twitter's unofficial API and proxies requests to avoid IP/fingerprint tracking.
- Contributions are accepted only as patch files, and it ships as a multi-arch Docker image requiring Redis.
Source: codeberg.org, 2026-10-23
Published there as: “Shitter – A Nitter Fork”
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