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.
| [Ӿ] [ℕ] [🏛] |
Quote Demonstration
Two weeks after X Corp’s legal letter forced the project offline, Nitter says it will continue.
- Source: @Itsfoss via 🐦 Twitter.
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.
lol the markdown quotes are missing a space,
>not.And the ai promo 🚩
litterally doesn’t matter
Developing tools related to Twitter is a waste of time. They are actively hostile to developers now
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.
adversarial interoperability
I have found my calling
It’s a term I picked up from Cory Doctorow.
Of course it is haha. The GOAT has a real knack for neologisms
i thought nitter got blocked…
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
is it a new url?
The Nitter project is active again but the nitter.net instance is not currently operating. You can use other instances such as xcancel.com
Instead of candles, he needs to buy petrol, cloth and bottles.
