{"slug": "twitter-web-viewer", "name": "Twitter Web Viewer", "category": "communication", "category_name": "Email and chat", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 5, "warners": 1, "score": 2.206, "rising": 3.0, "first": "2026-08-26", "latest": "2026-08-28", "why": "Better than Nitter search IMHO, works more like original public Twitter API", "why_is_quote": true, "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": "Better than Nitter search IMHO, works more like original public Twitter API", "kind": "", "icon": false, "domain": "twitterwebviewer.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://twitterwebviewer.com/", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Twitter Web Viewer", "TwitterWebViewer"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 791473665, "item_id": 49467104, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49467104", "by": "1vuio0pswjnm7", "date": "2026-08-27", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Better than Nitter search IMHO, works more like original public Twitter API", "excerpt": "Another one https://api.twitterwebviewer.com/api/search/tweets?q=[query] Better than Nitter search IMHO, works more like original public Twitter API These may or may not work https://twitterwebviewer.com/api/trends?country=[capitalisedcountrynospaces] https://twitterwebviewer.com/api/trends?country=Worldwide", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Twitter Viewer \u2013 View Twitter Without Account"}, {"id": 791426257, "item_id": 49464141, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49464141", "by": "matesz", "date": "2026-08-27", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "which imo has better interface than Nitter", "excerpt": "Ex-x account holder here. Even if the world is going to fall and details about this even will be accessible exclusively behind X login wall, I am not setting up the account there again, NO WAY. I wholeheartedly recommend you do the same - remove your account and forget about it. Almost certainly you won't miss it, as I didn't miss it. And there is a big chance you will get a big sight of relief, as I did. If you real", "context": "", "use_case": "read-only X viewer", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices"}, {"id": 791165856, "item_id": 49447866, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49447866", "by": "giamma", "date": "2026-08-26", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Possible alternative? https://twitterwebviewer.com/", "excerpt": "Possible alternative? https://twitterwebviewer.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "Viewing Twitter/X content", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 791726560, "item_id": 49482910, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49482910", "by": "ad12aBg", "date": "2026-08-28", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "This alternative has been shut down today", "excerpt": "This alternative has been shut down today: https://twitterwebviewer.com/ \"As of August 28, 2026, this website has been permanently discontinued, following a request from X Corp. All cached content has been deleted.\" Please don't post remaining alternatives. Do not give the \"free speech absolutists\" ideas.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Twitter Viewer \u2013 View Twitter Without Account"}]}], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["read-only x viewer", "viewing twitter/x content"], "compared": [{"slug": "nitter", "name": "Nitter", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [{"id": 791241376, "item_id": 49452586, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49452586", "by": "zerop", "date": "2026-08-26", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "the maker - https://peterslab.co/products/twitter-web-viewer", "excerpt": "the maker - https://peterslab.co/products/twitter-web-viewer", "context": "", "use_case": "View Twitter without account", "switched_from": "", "story": "Twitter Viewer \u2013 View Twitter Without Account"}], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49449576", "title": "Twitter Viewer \u2013 View Twitter Without Account", "mentions": 4}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49437283", "title": "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices", "mentions": 2}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "warn": 1}, "2026-09": {}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "quotes": [{"id": 791726560, "item_id": 49482910, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49482910", "by": "ad12aBg", "date": "2026-08-28", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "This alternative has been shut down today", "excerpt": "This alternative has been shut down today: https://twitterwebviewer.com/ \"As of August 28, 2026, this website has been permanently discontinued, following a request from X Corp. 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Even if the world is going to fall and details about this even will be accessible exclusively behind X login wall, I am not setting up the account there again, NO WAY. I wholeheartedly recommend you do the same - remove your account and forget about it. Almost certainly you won't miss it, as I didn't miss it. And there is a big chance you will get a big sight of relief, as I did. If you real", "context": "", "use_case": "read-only X viewer", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices"}, {"id": 791205264, "item_id": 49450329, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49450329", "by": "thehamkercat", "date": "2026-08-26", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Looks fine, they don't care about the notices i guess", "excerpt": "twitterwebviewer.com was registered in Hong Kong according to https://www.whois.com/whois/twitterwebviewer.com Looks fine, they don't care about the notices i guess", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Twitter Viewer \u2013 View Twitter Without Account"}, {"id": 791165856, "item_id": 49447866, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49447866", "by": "giamma", "date": "2026-08-26", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Possible alternative? https://twitterwebviewer.com/", "excerpt": "Possible alternative? https://twitterwebviewer.com/", "context": "", "use_case": "Viewing Twitter/X content", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices"}]}