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Nitter and XCancel resumed operations after receiving the legal notice from X. The main instance needs to be repaired.
On August 24, 2026, X sent a legal notice to the Nitter project, demanding the permanent removal of related instances and code repositories, resulting in a temporary suspension of this open-source frontend service. Nitter is a third-party client that requires no X account, no ads, and no JavaScript, allowing users to only read publicly available posts. After receiving legal advice, Nitter and its derivative service XCancel announced that they would continue operating and resume services. Although maintainer zedeus confirmed that the project had returned to operation, the main instance nitter.net has not fully recovered. More updates are expected to be released within a week. Currently, instances developed based on Nitter and XCancel have resumed services, and further details will be announced later.
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Nitter and XCancel resumed operations after receiving the legal notice from X. The main instance needs to be repaired.
After receiving legal advice, Nitter and its derivative service XCancel announced the continuation of operations and resumption of service. X issued a legal notice on August 24 demanding the permanent removal of related instances and code repositories. Maintainers zedeus confirmed that the project has returned to operation, and more information will be released later.
2 reportsTwo weeks ago, Nitter and other instances developed by it, such as XCancel, received a legal notice from lawyer X demanding the cessation of services. After seeking legal advice, they resumed service. Nitter is a third-party open-source front-end for X/Twitter, featuring features such as no JavaScript, no ads, and the inability to track users’ IP addresses or JS fingerprints. The Nitter team has stated that more information will be released later.
After receiving legal advice, Nitter announced that it would continue operating. Its derivative service XCancel has been restored to service. On August 24, X sent a lawyer’s letter demanding the permanent removal of related instances and code libraries, which caused the project to pause briefly. Nitter is an open-source front-end tool that requires no X accounts, no ads, and no JavaScript, allowing users to only read public posts. Although maintainer zedeus claimed that the project had resumed, the main instance nitter.net has not yet returned to normal operation. More updates are expected to be released within a week.