Twitter front-end Nitter dies as Musk wins war against third-party services

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An open source project that let people view tweets without going to Twitter.com has shut down, saying that Elon Musk's changes closed off all possible ways to access the Twitter network without a user account.

Nitter provided an alternative front-end to Twitter but has been struggling for months. The website Nitter.net went down a few weeks ago, and the project announced its demise today. "Nitter is over—it's been a fun ride. Twitter blocked the last known way to access their network without a user account," the update said.

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There were multiple instances of Nitter. Users reported that many instances went down about eight months ago as Twitter (now called X) imposed new API restrictions. Some instances stayed online with workarounds, which no longer work.

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