Nitter is offline: what killed it and what to use for X data
X sent cease-and-desist letters in August 2026 and the Nitter repository was archived. The timeline, the remaining public alternatives and the paid official API.
Short answer
Most Nitter instances are offline or unreliable following X's cease-and-desist letters and the repository's archival. For collecting X posts and profiles, the paid official X API is the current official route.
Status checked 2026-11-12. Routes that work for X (Twitter) data
The official route first, then the catalogue Actors that fit this problem (posts and profiles), by their published fields. Store figures are the publisher's public numbers.
Official price: Charged per resource returned: $0.005 per Post, $0.010 per User. Owned Reads on qualifying own-account endpoints are $0.001 per resource. A 3 million Post-read monthly cap applies to self-serve pay-per-use. Compare all 20 X (Twitter) routes.
What is verified
| Fact | Value |
|---|
| Guest accounts removed | January 2024 |
| Cease-and-desist | August 24, 2026 |
| Repository archived | August 25, 2026 and again September 11, 2026 |
| Status | Most instances offline or unreliable; the public X API is the official route |
How Nitter lost access
Guest-account removal preceded the cease-and-desist letters and repository archival. The shutdown followed both access restrictions and direct demands from X, rather than a single instance going down.
The Nitter repository and report on the cease-and-desist letters document that history. Switching instance addresses is no dependable recovery plan when most instances are offline or unreliable.
Choosing a route for posts and profiles
For programmatic collection, start by checking the official X API against the posts and profiles you need. Confirm available access and cost before rebuilding a process around it.
For any remaining public frontend or hosted collection tool, verify current availability and inspect the returned content. An accessible homepage is not enough to confirm that profile and post retrieval works.
What works now
For ongoing X collection, evaluate the paid official API first. Treat any remaining Nitter instance as an address to check individually, and verify a hosted public-data tool's current post and profile retrieval before adopting it.
Questions people ask
Is every Nitter instance offline?
Most instances are offline or unreliable. Check any remaining instance directly before depending on it.
What caused Nitter's decline?
X removed guest accounts and later sent cease-and-desist letters. The repository was subsequently archived, leaving most public instances offline or unreliable.
Can changing the Nitter address restore access?
Another instance may be reachable, but most instances are offline or unreliable. Verify actual post and profile retrieval before replacing an old address.
What replaces Nitter for collecting X content?
The paid official X API is the official collection route. Check its access options against the posts and profiles your task requires.
Sources
Every dated claim on this page comes from the public sources below. Check the source before you make a business decision on it.
Content updated 2026-11-12Data checked 2026-11-12