# Tithonus

> Modifies your Twitter experience by disintegrating your tweets as you scroll deeper into your feed.

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

## Overview

- **ID:** `tithonus`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Nel
- **Category:** feeds-news-blogging,social-communication
- **Version:** 2.0
- **Last updated:** 2020-10-20
- **First published:** 2019-04-23
- **Size:** 59 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/tithonus/)
- **Website:** [https://github.com/kescher/tithonus](https://github.com/kescher/tithonus)

## Description

Tithonus is a Mozilla Firefox add-on named after the immortal Trojan prince. It modifies your Twitter experience by gradually decaying and eroding your tweets as you scroll deeper into your feed. Control the decay rate or turn off the effect through the options panel. Explore the GitHub repository for more details.

## Rankings

- #134,625 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `tabs`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `*.twitter.com`

## Safety

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

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- 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/tithonus)