Nitter lives to proxy another day after taking legal advice
Public instance XCancel uncancelled after X Corp's cease-and-desist campaign, with others promised shortly
The Nitter project will resume operations after following legal counsel, with the XCancel instance returning online. As of September 7, nitter.net posted an update stating the Nitter project will continue and instances will be reinstated. XCancel, an open source front end for reading X posts, was operational again. Nitter, a free, open source platform for reading X posts without an X account, faced challenges after X disabled guest accounts in January 2024.
The project was considered dead, but returned in 2025 using account sessions. However, X threatened legal action, sending cease-and-desist letters and archiving the repository. Instances went offline for several weeks. Nitter has announced it will continue, with an announcement expected within a week. The outcome of X's potential further action remains unclear.
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