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I made a userscript to format tweets into Lemmy markdown.
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Enjoyer_of_Games lemmy.ml Enjoyer_of_Games@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-03-12
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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.

itsfoss.com/news/nitter-retu…

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Quote Demonstration

Two weeks after X Corp's legal letter forced the project offline, Nitter says it will continue.

itsfoss.com/news/nitter-retu…

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.

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dadarobot lemmy.sdf.org dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-08
#2 · Quote Reply

i thought nitter got blocked...

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folaht lemmy.ml folaht@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-09-01
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

Instead of candles, he needs to buy petrol, cloth and bottles.

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FleetwoodLinux lemmy.zip FleetwoodLinux@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-30
#4 · Quote Reply

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

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bl4kers lemmy.ml bl4kers@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-06-05
#5 · Quote Reply

Developing tools related to Twitter is a waste of time. They are actively hostile to developers now

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dadarobot lemmy.sdf.org dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org
Joined: 2023-06-08
#6 · Quote Reply

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?

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Enjoyer_of_Games lemmy.ml Enjoyer_of_Games@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-03-12
#7 · Quote Reply

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

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Enjoyer_of_Games lemmy.ml Enjoyer_of_Games@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-03-12
#8 · Quote Reply

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.

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subversive_dev lemmy.ml Transform2942@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-05-07
#9 · Quote Reply

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

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Enjoyer_of_Games lemmy.ml Enjoyer_of_Games@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-03-12
#10 · Quote Reply

adversarial interoperability I have found my calling

It's a term I picked up from Cory Doctorow.

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subversive_dev lemmy.ml Transform2942@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-05-07
#11 · Quote Reply

It's a term I picked up from Cory Doctorow.

Of course it is haha. The GOAT has a real knack for neologisms

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DegradationDenial feddit.nl DegradationDenial@feddit.nl
Joined: 2026-08-31
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Edie [it/it/its/its/itself, she/her/her/hers/herself] lemmy.ml Edie@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-07-10
#13 · Quote Reply

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litterally doesn't matter

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Enjoyer_of_Games lemmy.ml Enjoyer_of_Games@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2026-03-12
#14 · Quote Reply

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You are tilting at windmills.

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