# Shitter

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Shitter and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free read-only Twitter front end with many working instances; critics note Firefox image loading bugs and no explanation of the fork.

## Why people recommend it

- Many working instances available (1 comments): "many working instances right now" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50208668))
- Read-only viewing changes how people engage (1 comments): "It's read only, which changes how people engage." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50209745))
- Admired as a clever idea (1 comments): "Rarely am I so envious of another’s idea." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50212987))

## What people warn about

- Images fail to load in Firefox (1 comments): "there seems to be a bug loading images (e.g. profile pictures or attached pictures to tweets) in Firefox" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50209178))
- Readme does not explain the fork (2 comments): "The readme doesn't even say anything about why the fork is created" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50213425)) "there is not even a sentence explaining why it's a fork" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50211846))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Twitter Viewer](https://hackerapproved.com/p/twitter-viewer.md): 9 recommend
- [imginn.com](https://hackerapproved.com/p/imginn-com.md): 6 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Shitter", https://hackerapproved.com/p/shitter/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).