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It adds copy and quote buttons to each tweet on nitter instances (eg: xcancel).

Each button copies the tweet and formats it into commonmark markdown as used by Lemmy. Copy includes links to any attached videos or images.

Copy Demonstration

It's FOSS @Itsfoss
Sep 7, 2026 11:33 AM UTC

Two weeks after X Corp's legal letter forced the project offline, Nitter says it will continue.

itsfoss.com/news/nitter-retu…

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Quote Demonstration

Two weeks after X Corp's legal letter forced the project offline, Nitter says it will continue.

itsfoss.com/news/nitter-retu…

The formatted markdown is then copied to your clipboard.

You can install it using a userscript browser extension such as Firemonkey or violentmonkey.

The user script is available at Greasyfork.

https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/595501-xtractor

To add additonal nitter instances simply add the following line;

// @match *://nitter.net/*

Except with the url of the instance of your choice.

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[–] bl4kers@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Developing tools related to Twitter is a waste of time. They are actively hostile to developers now

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I agree in principle although I consider this script to be a tool of adversarial interoperability; it's purpose is to extricate information from twitter to lemmy. Also it doesn't actually interact with twitter directly, only with nitter front ends.

[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

adversarial interoperability

I have found my calling

[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Of course it is haha. The GOAT has a real knack for neologisms

[–] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

i thought nitter got blocked...

[–] FleetwoodLinux@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They got hit with a C&D and went down for a bit, but after they got some legal advise they went back up a few weeks later

[–] dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

The Nitter project is active again but the nitter.net instance is not currently operating. You can use other instances such as xcancel.com

[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Instead of candles, he needs to buy petrol, cloth and bottles.