# Better Twitter

> Hide what is not important on Twitter.com

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/better-twitter-extension](https://chrome-stats.com/d/better-twitter-extension)

## Overview

- **ID:** `better-twitter-extension`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Razvan Caliman
- **Category:** appearance,social-communication
- **Daily users:** 1,938
- **Weekly downloads:** 20
- **Rating:** 4.44 / 5 (77 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.1.3
- **Last updated:** 2024-05-17
- **First published:** 2018-10-30
- **Size:** 16 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/better-twitter-extension/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/oslego/better-twitter](https://github.com/oslego/better-twitter)

## Description

Better Twitter is a Chrome extension designed to declutter your Twitter experience by hiding non-essential elements. With customizable options, you can choose to hide follower counts, tweet likes, retweets, promoted tweets, and other distracting features like 'Trends for you' and 'Who to follow.' This extension provides a cleaner, more focused Twitter interface so you can concentrate on content that matters to you.

Easily toggle preferences through the extension's options page to tailor your Twitter feed to your liking. Bug reports and feature requests can be submitted via the GitHub repository, ensuring ongoing improvements and user-driven updates. Better Twitter is perfect for users seeking to reduce noise and distractions on the platform.

## Rankings

- #2,198 — Overall
- #261 — Social & Communication
- #354 — Appearance
- #3 — twitter data
- #5 — twitter
- #35 — retweet

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `twitter.com`
- `mobile.twitter.com`
- `x.com`
- `*.x.com`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Low risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Injects scripts into web pages, which may alter or extract site contents, resulting in a substantial risk.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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## Review summary

Better Twitter is praised for removing clutter and unwanted distractions on Twitter, enhancing user focus and reducing overstimulation. It is well-maintained with responsive developers. However, several users report persistent issues with hiding retweets and promoted tweets, especially in non-English interfaces. Some features like hiding trends and suggestions are inconsistent or temporarily buggy. The add-on currently lacks support for Firefox on Android, limiting mobile usability.

### Pros

- Effectively removes unwanted Twitter features such as "What's going on", vanity metrics, and clutter, improving user focus.
- Helps reduce overstimulation on Twitter, making the experience feel cleaner and less overwhelming.
- Developer is responsive and actively maintains the add-on, addressing user issues promptly.
- Works as advertised for most functions and stays unobtrusive during use.
- Helps users focus on content without distractions from trends, promoted tweets, and suggestions.

### Cons

- The "hide retweets" feature does not work as intended, with retweets still visible on profiles.
- Promoted tweets are often not blocked, especially outside of English language interfaces, leading to persistent ads.
- Some features like hiding "Trends for you", "Who to follow", and topics have performance issues or inconsistencies.
- The add-on does not work on Firefox for Android, limiting on-the-go use.
- Recent updates caused the sidebar to hide more than intended, removing search box and follow info temporarily.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/better-twitter-extension)