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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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[–] Enjoyer_of_Games@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Transform2942@lemmy.ml 3 points 23 hours ago

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