Nitter Redirect

Name: Nitter Redirect
Rating: 4.0682 (44 reviews)
Author: Simon Brazell

By: Simon Brazell

Redirects Twitter requests to Nitter, the privacy friendly alternative.

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Nitter Redirect is a Chrome extension that enhances your Twitter browsing privacy by automatically redirecting Twitter URLs to Nitter, a privacy-friendly alternative. It listens exclusively to requests made to various Twitter domains including twitter.com, mobile.twitter.com, pbs.twimg.com, and video.twimg.com, redirecting them to specified Nitter instances.

Users can customize which Nitter instance to use and easily toggle redirection on or off. The extension requires no unnecessary permissions, ensuring security and trustworthiness. Its open-source code is hosted on GitHub, encouraging transparency and community contributions. With recent updates, it now correctly handles redirections for Twitter URLs containing /tweets. Support the project through donations if you find it useful.

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Version:

1.1.5 Last updated: 2020-07-26

Version code:

5070409

Creation date:

2019-09-14

Risk:

Permissions:

storage
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
*://twitter.com/*
*://www.twitter.com/*
*://mobile.twitter.com/*
*://pbs.twimg.com/*
*://video.twimg.com/*

Content scripts matches:

twitter.com
www.twitter.com
mobile.twitter.com
pbs.twimg.com
video.twimg.com

Size:

22.40KB

Email:

si*****@brazell.com.au

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Website

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-21

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 2,648 ▲ 7

Other rankings

#6 in redirect keyword 55

#13 in direct link keyword 12 ▲ 1

#43 in appreciate keyword 38

#105 in request keyword 25

#152 in twitter keyword 27 ▲ 2

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Nitter Redirect (v1.1.5)

3,000 4.33

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Developed by:

Simon Brazell

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/nitter-redirect/

Email:

si*****@brazell.com.au

Website:

https://github.com/SimonBrazell/nitter-redirect

User Reviews

Pros: no-setup use, works for Twitter links, helpful as a fallback after LibRedirect changes, and lightweight code. Cons: reliability problems with ongoing failures, broken x.com redirects, lack of maintenance and unresponsiveness, and security/SSL warnings when reaching nitter.net. Overall, reviews are mixed: some like the no-config operation, but many report broken redirects, maintenance concerns, and security warnings.

Pros

No setup required; works with no config or sign-ins.
Works for Twitter (twitter.com) links.
Useful as an alternative when LibRedirect removed Nitter.
Lightweight, minimalist code.

Cons

Reliability issues; often stops working or does not work.
X.com/Twitter redirects fail or do nothing.
Not maintained / developer unresponsive; outdated.
Security/SSL warnings when connecting to nitter.net.

Recent reviews

by st*****, 2026-05-23

by Fi*****, 2026-04-20

Does not work.

by Ag*****, 2026-03-10

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Is Nitter Redirect Safe?

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

Nitter Redirect requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Request access to the following domains: twitter.com, twimg.com
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Risk likelihood

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Nitter Redirect has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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