Nitter is a free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy and performance. There is no JavaScript or ads. All requests go through the backend, client never talks to Twitter and it prevents Twitter from tracking your IP or JavaScript fingerprint. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Nitter on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Main Nitter tag release.

💡Note: Check out my new guide on how to Install Nitter on Your UGREEN NAS.

• STEP 1

Please Support My work by Making a Donation.

• STEP 2

⚠️Mandatory STEP. Create an account on the X platform that you won’t be using. You only need it to get an API Key for Nitter. You never have to use this X account again in the future. Note: Write down your Username and Password. You will need this Username and Password later at STEP 8.

• STEP 3

⚠️Mandatory STEP. Download and Install Python on your Machine. You will need Python to run commands. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 4

⚠️Mandatory STEP. Download ZIP and unzip Nitter to a Folder. Go to the official Nitter github page. At the center of the page, click the green <> Code button then Download ZIP. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 5

On your computer unzip the file that you have previously downloaded at STEP 4. You will have a folder called nitter. Inside the nitter folder, open the tools folder. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 6

Inside the tools folder, right mouse click then click Open in Terminal.

• STEP 7

Inside the terminal, type in the following command then click enter on your keyboard. Some files will be automatically downloaded. Follow the instructions in the image below.

pip install -r requirements.txt

• STEP 8

After the files are successfully installed, type in the following command. In the command below, change YOUR_USERNAME with your X Username that you have previously created at STEP 2. In the command below, change YOUR_PASSWORD with your X Password that you have previously created at STEP 2.

python create_session_browser.py YOUR_USERNAME YOUR_PASSWORD --append sessions.jsonl

After you have written down the command, click enter on your Keyboard. After some seconds, your browser will automatically open and automatically log you into your X account without any action on your part. This will generate a file called session.jsonl in your tools folder.

• STEP 9

As you can see in the tools folder, a new file called sessions.jsonl has been generated. You will need this file later at STEP 13.

• STEP 10

Install Portainer using my step by step guide. If you already have Portainer installed on your Synology NAS, skip this STEP. Attention: Make sure you have installed the latest Portainer version.

• STEP 11

Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name it nitter. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 12

Download (click on the blue link below) then upload the nitter.conf file below in the nitter folder that you have previously created at STEP 11. Follow the instructions in the image below. 🔒Note: Support my work to unlock the password. You can use this password to download any file on mariushosting forever!

👉🏻Download nitter.conf

• STEP 13

Upload your sessions.jsonl file from the tools folder that you have previously generated at STEP 9. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 14

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Home then click inside the local rectangle. Follow the instructions in the image below.

On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 15

In the Name field type in nitter. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Note: Copy Paste the code below in the Portainer Stacks Web editor.

services:
  redis:
    image: redis
    command: redis-server --save 60 1 --loglevel warning
    container_name: Nitter-REDISx
    hostname: nitter-redis
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    read_only: true
    user: 1026:100
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "redis-cli ping || exit 1"]
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/nitter:/data:rw
    environment:
      TZ: Europe/Bucharest
    restart: on-failure:5

  nitter:
    image: zedeus/nitter:latest
    container_name: Nitterx
    hostname: nitter
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    read_only: true
    user: 0:0
    healthcheck:
     test: wget -nv --tries=1 --spider http://127.0.0.1:8080/Jack/status/20 || exit 1
     interval: 30s
     timeout: 5s
     retries: 2
    ports:
      - 9765:8080
    volumes:
        - /volume1/docker/nitter/nitter.conf:/src/nitter.conf:ro
        - /volume1/docker/nitter/sessions.jsonl:/src/sessions.jsonl:ro
    depends_on:
      redis:
        condition: service_healthy
    restart: on-failure:5

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value numbers for user with your own UID and GID values. (Follow my step by step guide on how to do this.) 1026 is my personal UID value and 100 is my personal GID value. You have to type in your own values.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for TZ. (Select your current Time Zone from this list.)

• STEP 16

Scroll down on the page until you see a button named Deploy the stack. Click on it. Follow the instructions in the image below. The installation process can take up to a few minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection.

• STEP 17

If everything goes right, you will see the following message at the top right of your screen: “Success Stack successfully deployed“.

• STEP 18

🟢Please Support My work by Making a Donation. Almost 99,9% of the people that install something using my guides forget to support my work, or just ignore STEP 1. I’ve been very honest about this aspect of my work since the beginning: I don’t run any ADS, I don’t require subscriptions, paid or otherwise, I don’t collect IPs, emails, and I don’t have any referral links from Amazon or other merchants. I also don’t have any POP-UPs or COOKIES. I have repeatedly been told over the years how much I have contributed to the community. It’s something I love doing and have been honest about my passion since the beginning. But I also Need The Community to Support me Back to be able to continue doing this work.

• STEP 19

The installation process can take up to a few seconds/minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection. Now open your browser and type in http://Synology-ip-address:9765 If everything goes right, you will see the Nitter dashboard. Search from something. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 20

Your search at a glance! No ADS, No Tracking! Even if you made an X account, that account was only needed to get an API token for nitter. The account is only needed so Nitter can talk to X’s API. It is not logging you in as that user on the frontend. When you search or browse on your own Nitter instance, Nitter itself does not track you the way the official X website/app does.

• STEP 21

Search for something else.

• STEP 22

Click on a user profile. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 23

The user profile at a glance! At the top right of the page, click on the gear icon to access the settings. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 24

Personalize your Nitter settings then save.

• STEP 25

Check out the benefits of using Nitter in the screenshot below.

Enjoy Nitter!

🆘TROUBLESHOOTING

Note: If you want to run the Nitter container over HTTPS, check How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS. In order to make Nitter work via HTTPS, it’s mandatory to activate WebSocket.

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