{"slug": "twitter-viewer", "name": "Twitter Viewer", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 5, "warners": 1, "score": 2.207, "rising": 3.0, "first": "2026-08-26", "latest": "2026-08-28", "why": "", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 1}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "", "kind": "", "icon": false, "domain": "twitterwebviewer.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://twitterwebviewer.com/", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Twitter Viewer"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 791389376, "item_id": 49461836, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49461836", "by": "jwilk", "date": "2026-08-27", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Other interesting APIs are:", "excerpt": "Other interesting APIs are: https://api.twitterwebviewer.com/api/tweet/[tweetid] https://api.twitterwebviewer.com/api/tweet/[tweetid]/replies", "context": "", "use_case": "Viewing tweets without account", "switched_from": "", "story": "Twitter Viewer \u2013 View Twitter Without Account"}, {"id": 791214304, "item_id": 49450894, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49450894", "by": "1vuio0pswjnm7", "date": "2026-08-26", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "API works great, for now", "excerpt": "API works great, for now https://api.twitterwebviewer.com/api/user/[username] https://api.twitterwebviewer.com/api/user/[username]&uid=[id] Beware the website is jam-packed with ads and tracking", "context": "", "use_case": "view X without login", "switched_from": "", "story": "Twitter Viewer \u2013 View Twitter Without Account"}, {"id": 791213744, "item_id": 49450859, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49450859", "by": "tlvbaf", "date": "2026-08-26", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "For this I need the Twitter gateways.", "excerpt": "Hmm, on the one hand Elon begs for new users with animated ads on the x.com front page, on the other hand one of his (likely) alt accounts claims that \"Every $1 [of advertising on X] spent delivered an average return of $5.42\": https://twitterwebviewer.com/?tweet=2092490213121761787 I am kind of addicted to studying propaganda and reading about baseball stadiums on the moon to drive up the SpaceX stock price. 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