Shitter
Ranked 3 of 3 social media viewers by recommenders
Free read-only Twitter front end with many working instances; critics note Firefox image loading bugs and no explanation of the fork.
Free read-only Twitter front end with many working instances; critics note Firefox image loading bugs and no explanation of the fork.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Many working instances available
“many working instances right now”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Shitter – A Nitter Fork” Read-only viewing changes how people engage
“It's read only, which changes how people engage.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Shitter – A Nitter Fork” Admired as a clever idea
“Rarely am I so envious of another’s idea.”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Shitter – A Nitter Fork”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Images fail to load in Firefox
“there seems to be a bug loading images (e.g. profile pictures or attached pictures to tweets) in Firefox”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Shitter – A Nitter Fork” Readme does not explain the fork
“The readme doesn't even say anything about why the fork is created”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Shitter – A Nitter Fork” “there is not even a sentence explaining why it's a fork”
Comment from 23 Oct 2026 in “Shitter – A Nitter Fork”
Other social media viewers people recommend
The two most recommended other social media viewers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twitter Viewer | 9 | 10 | 47% | 1 | — | — |
| imginn.com | 6 | 1 | 86% | 6 | — | — |
| ShitterThis page | 5 | 2 | 71% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“The readme doesn't even say anything about why the fork is created”
“Rarely am I so envious of another’s idea.”
“there is not even a sentence explaining why it's a fork”
“It's read only, which changes how people engage.”
“there seems to be a bug loading images (e.g. profile pictures or attached pictures to tweets) in Firefox”
“many working instances right now”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.