Nitter instances rebound after takedowns, now 975 listed
Original: Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns
Why This Matters
The rebound in Nitter instances signals continued demand for privacy-preserving alternatives to X despite platform enforcement efforts.
The Shitter fork of Nitter, an alternative X (formerly X) front-end, now lists 975 instances on its Codeberg wiki as of September 3, 2026, with 13 working instances and 8 active-but-rate-limited, surpassing counts seen before previous enforcement actions.
The Shitter project — a fork of Nitter, the privacy-focused alternative front-end for X — maintains a public wiki on Codeberg tracking available public instances. As of September 3, 2026, the wiki lists a total of 975 instances, with 13 fully working instances including clearnet URLs such as nitter.click and nitter.kareem.one, plus three Tor onion addresses. An additional 8 instances are listed as 'active but rate limited,' including nt.vern.cc and nitter.anoxinon.de. Several previously prominent instances, including xcancel.com, nitter.poast.org, and nitter.privacyredirect.com, are now listed under 'Formerly active / Taken down.' The project provides guidance for prospective operators on obtaining session tokens and avoiding DMCA complaints. The wiki was last edited by user mv12star. Codeberg itself has recently updated its Terms of Use, restricting LLM-generated content and banning cryptocurrency projects.