Nitter(X/Twitter frontend) project received cease and desist

cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1358432/nitter-project-received-cease-and-desist [https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1358432/nitter-project-received-cease-and-desist] > ### Cease and desist > > On 24 August 2026 cease and desist letters have been sent by X Corp. demanding a permanent takedown of Nitter instances and the project’s repository. > > nitter.net [http://nitter.net] is offline and development has stopped for the time being. I’m seeking legal advice and won’t be commenting further on the specifics for now. > > Thank you to everyone who used, hosted, packaged, donated and contributed to Nitter over the past seven years. > > — > — zedeus, 25 August 2026 Photo source: Official website/instance [https://nitter.net/]— Archive [https://web.archive.org/web/20260825180412/https://nitter.net/]. More info: GitHub issue 1442 [https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/1442].