Nitter and XCancel Resume Service After Legal Advice in X Corp Dispute
Nitter, the free open-source front-end for X/Twitter, will keep running after legal advice — weeks after X Corp's cease-and-desist letters. The XCancel instance is back online, and the developer promises more details soon.
What happened
On 24 August 2026, X Corp sent cease-and-desist letters demanding the permanent takedown of Nitter instances and the project's repository. Now the lead developer has updated the repo: following legal advice, the project will continue — and the public instance XCancel is back online.
What Nitter is
Nitter is a free, open-source alternative front-end for X/Twitter built for privacy and speed. It needs no JavaScript, shows no ads, and routes every request through its own servers — so visitors never connect to X directly, and their IP address and browser fingerprint stay untracked. The project is AGPLv3-licensed, with proprietary instances not permitted.
What's next
More details are coming soon, and the developer has expanded the project's donation channels, including GitHub Sponsors.
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