# NitterPlease

> Redirect X/Twitter to Nitter. Privacy-first Twitter alternative with built-in instance selector.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/nitterplease](https://chrome-stats.com/d/nitterplease)

## Overview

- **ID:** `nitterplease`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alvaro
- **Category:** social-communication
- **Daily users:** 1
- **Weekly downloads:** 2
- **Version:** 1.2.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-28
- **First published:** 2026-04-25
- **Size:** 96 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/nitterplease/)
- **Website:** [https://alvaros.dev](https://alvaros.dev/)

## Description

A modern Manifest V3 Browser Extension that seamlessly redirects Twitter/X links to Nitter instances. Because your mental health matters.

## Rankings

- #114,639 — Overall
- #179 — release

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `storage`
- `declarativeNetRequest`
- `declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess`

### Host permissions

- `*://twitter.com/*`
- `*://www.twitter.com/*`
- `*://x.com/*`
- `*://www.x.com/*`
- `*://nitter.net/*`
- `*://nitter.poast.org/*`
- `*://xcancel.com/*`
- `*://nitter.catsarch.com/*`
- `*://nitter.tiekoetter.com/*`
- `*://lightbrd.com/*`
- `*://nitter.space/*`
- `*://nitter.privacyredirect.com/*`
- `*://nuku.trabun.org/*`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Request access to the following domains: twitter.com, x.com, nitter.net, poast.org, xcancel.com, catsarch.com, tiekoetter.com, lightbrd.com, nitter.space, privacyredirect.com, trabun.org
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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