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+title = 'Nitter in 2024'
+date = 2024-09-05T10:34:46+03:00
+draft = false
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+Earlier this year, [Nitter has ceased development](https://github.com/zedeus/nitter/issues/1155#issuecomment-1913361757), due to the removal of guest accounts, but, you can still self host an alternative Twitter frontend, and we'll do it with something some love and some hate, Docker!
+
+We will be using [Privacydevel's Nitter fork](https://github.com/PrivacyDevel/nitter) for this.
+
+### Prerequisites:
+* A Linux server with Docker and Docker-compose installed
+* A few twitter accounts
+* A machine with a residential IP
+
+### Step 1. Getting accounts
+For this you will need a residential IP, as the login script won't work otherwise.  You can simply run it on your computer or on your phone using something like Termux. 
+
+After you get a bunch of alts, it is time to get their oauth tokens.
+```bash
+curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PrivacyDevel/nitter/master/twitter_oauth.sh -o twitter_oauth.sh
+vim twitter_oauth.sh
+```
+**twitter_oauth.sh**
+```sh
+...
+5 | username="yourUsernameHere"
+6 | password="yourPasswordHere"
+...
+```
+```sh
+bash twitter_oauth.sh
+```
+You'll end up with something similar in your terminal:
+```json
+{"oauth_token":"SECRET", "oauth_token_secret":"SECRET"}
+```
+Save it for later.
+
+### Setting up Nitter
+```bash
+# Clone the instance. We will be using /srv/nitter
+$ git clone https://github.com/PrivacyDevel/nitter.git /srv/nitter
+# Now we have to edit the guest_accounts.json file
+$ vim guest_accounts.json
+```
+**guest_accounts.json**
+```json
+[{"oauth_token":"SECRET", "oauth_token_secret":"SECRET"}]
+```
+```bash
+# We'll also have to edit the docker-compose.yml file to pass the guest_accounts.json to the container.
+$ vim docker-compose.yml
+```
+```yaml
+version: "3"
+
+services:
+
+  nitter:
+    image: ghcr.io/privacydevel/nitter:master
+    container_name: nitter
+    ports:
+      - "8080:8080" # Replace with "8080:8080" if you don't use a reverse proxy. 
+    volumes:
+      - ./nitter.conf:/src/nitter.conf:Z,ro
+      - ./guest_accounts.json:/src/guest_accounts.json:Z,ro
+    depends_on:
+      - nitter-redis
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    healthcheck:
+      test: wget -nv --tries=1 --spider http://127.0.0.1:8080/Jack/status/20 ||                                                                                                  exit 1
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 2
+    user: "998:998"
+    read_only: true
+    security_opt:
+      - no-new-privileges:true
+    cap_drop:
+      - ALL
+
+  nitter-redis:
+    image: redis:6-alpine
+    container_name: nitter-redis
+    command: redis-server --save 60 1 --loglevel warning
+    volumes:
+      - nitter-redis:/data
+    restart: unless-stopped
+    healthcheck:
+      test: redis-cli ping
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 5s
+      retries: 2
+    user: "999:1000"
+    read_only: true
+    security_opt:
+      - no-new-privileges:true
+    cap_drop:
+      - ALL
+
+volumes:
+  nitter-redis:
+
+```
+```bash
+$ vim nitter.conf # Now you can edit the nitter.conf file. I won't be going into it as it is fairly straightforward.
+$ docker-compose up -d
+```
+
+And voila! Now if you go to your server's IP on port 8080, you will be greeted by Nitter. Isn't that awesome?
+
+Thanks to [Phin](https://filehaus.su) for helping me set it up.