xcancel
Alternative web front-end for viewing X (Twitter) posts without logging in.
HN commenters use it to read X posts and threads without an account or login wall,1234 often by swapping x.com for xcancel.com or redirecting links automatically.567 The main caveat is reports that it stopped working after a takedown.89
Why people recommend it
No login needed · 3
Lets people read tweets, replies and threads without signing in or having an X account.
“I use Nitter/Xcancel entirely because I don't have an account”
> My point is: companies stop making your product suck, and people won't have a reason to try and fix it for you. Boy this would be nice! X have obviously decided that using the law to take down people fixing its issues is more profitable than fixing them. I'm really curious though, are they right? (Ignoring ethics etc) I used to glance at Twitter when it was less hostile, now I don't bother since it tries to force y
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“which is the only reason I use xcancel”
Easy redirects · 3
Replacing x.com with xcancel.com works by hand, via a bookmarklet, or with browser and search-engine redirect rules.
“you can easily bypass the awful logged out view by replacing x.com with xcancel.com”
“here is the same thing for x.com redirects to xcancel.com”
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“redirecting Twitter/X links to Xcancel before the takedown”
Selective following · 2
Useful for reading specific people's feeds without engaging in the platform.
“Why not follow them with xcancel or other pull through caches?”
“XCancel/Nitter for specific feeds by certain people”
Worth supporting · 1
One commenter donated to it rather than pay for an X subscription.
“I donated to xcancel because id rather support that than pay for Twitter blue or whatever.”
Caveats and dissent
Takedown · 2
Commenters report it no longer works after a takedown.
“redirecting Twitter/X links to Xcancel before the takedown”
“I had to rely on nitter and xcancel for that... Now that no longer works either”
Often compared with
Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices 5 mentions
- XCancel service is suspended until further notice 3 mentions
- Doomscrolling ourselves to death 1 mention
- Nitter has more working instances than before the takedowns 1 mention
- item 49191563 1 mention
- The Fediverse deserves a dumb graphical client 1 mention
Also written as XCancel, Xcancel. Data: xcancel.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 15
> My point is: companies stop making your product suck, and people won't have a reason to try and fix it for you. Boy this would be nice! X have obviously decided that using the law to take down people fixing its issues is more profitable than fixing them. I'm really curious though, are they right? (Ignoring ethics etc) I used to glance at Twitter when it was less hostile, now I don't bother since it tries to force y
“I use XCancel and Nitter regularly an I like them”
“which is the only reason I use xcancel”
“XCancel/Nitter for specific feeds by certain people”
“redirecting Twitter/X links to Xcancel before the takedown”
“I use Nitter/Xcancel entirely because I don't have an account”
“I had to rely on nitter and xcancel for that... Now that no longer works either”
“If I can't use Xcancel, then I won't be able to read Twitter on the rare occasion I want to.”
“I donated to xcancel because id rather support that than pay for Twitter blue or whatever.”
“I've had a look on XCancel when there have been major events once or twice”
“xcancel is used mainly by people annoyed by login walls”
“I use Nitter or XCancel”
“Why not follow them with xcancel or other pull through caches?”
“here is the same thing for x.com redirects to xcancel.com”
“you can easily bypass the awful logged out view by replacing x.com with xcancel.com”