# Nitter alternatives in 2026: what still works for scripts and agents By Steven Van · 2026-10-07 Unif's curl test found Nitter instances down or blocked and lists the free options still working for scripts and agents, with their limits. Public Nitter instances no longer work, according to [a curl test published by the Unif team](). On October 7, 2026, nitter.net timed out, nitter.privacydev.net refused the connection, and xcancel.com returned HTTP 451. The viewer sites sotwe and twstalker returned a Cloudflare challenge (HTTP 403) to non-browser requests. [Unif API]() offers free X endpoints as one alternative. ## How the test worked The team made two requests per target with curl, a default User-Agent and no cookies: NASA's profile and one public post. They recorded the HTTP status, the content type, and whether a program could read the post's text and like count without running JavaScript. x.com itself returned a 147 KB HTML shell that loads its data through JavaScript. ## What still works for scripts - **FxTwitter and vxTwitter:** JSON for a single post, and for a single user on FxTwitter. Neither has search or replies, and neither states a rate limit. - **X's syndication endpoint:** returns a single post as JSON. It is undocumented, and the rules for its token parameter have changed before. - **X's oEmbed endpoint:** returns embed HTML inside JSON, with no metrics. - **Unif's /tools/x/\* endpoints:** profiles, posts, media, replies, search, trends, communities and followers, as JSON or Markdown. ## Unif's free X endpoints The eight GET endpoints sit under unifapi.com/tools/x/ and need no login, account or key. Responses carry X-RateLimit headers. Errors use an { error: { type, message } } shape, and lists return { items, hasMore, nextCursor }. Adding format=md returns Markdown, and adding format=json to any viewer URL returns the data the page shows. The free limit is 20 lookups per 10 minutes per visitor, and a search counts as two. Protected accounts are not supported, and nothing free guarantees throughput. For volume, the post points to the metered X / Twitter API with a workspace key, pay as you go, which uses the same field names. ![Unif API]() Unif API Prebuilt AI marketing agents for SEO, GEO, influencer research, social listening, and competitor analysis — run them inside Claude, ChatGPT, or Codex over one MCP server. [View Unif API →]() Sources [Original source]() [Read Nitter alternatives in 2026: what still works for scripts and agents on Creators Toolbox]() --- Canonical source: https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/unif-api-nitter-alternatives-in-2026-what-still-works-for-scripts-and-agents