Nitter and XCancel resume service after legal advice
- ID
- 22020
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 07 Sep 2026, 1:49 AM
- Fetched
- 09 Sep 2026, 2:49 AM
- Provider
- Hacker News
- Category
- dev-community
- Original URL
- https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/commit/1428b4c2b4246f92a7e5b2673438e5fb39fcc4a3
- Source URL
- https://hnrss.org/best
Summary
- Score
- 6.0
- Created
- 09 Sep 2026, 3:56 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- developersvibe_coders
What happened
Nitter, an open-source alternative Twitter front-end, received cease and desist letters from X Corp on August 24, 2026, demanding the takedown of its instances and repository. Following legal advice, the project's developer announced that Nitter will continue, with more details to be announced soon.
Why it matters
Developers relying on Nitter for scraping or viewing Twitter content without an account can hold off on migrating to alternative scraping methods, though they should monitor the situation as legal details are still pending.
Discussion angle
How to build resilient scraping pipelines that don't depend on a single open-source project's legal survival.