I reverse engineered X to Read Threads without Any Account as Articles
Hi fellow hackers, I'm Ved, I came across the pain point of having a reader that could provide threads as articles after scrolling them many times and missing the context of the original info shared. To solve my itch I decided to build a thread reader without Ads(all existing sol. were full of them), since X/Twitter API was very pricey, I did some reverse engineering to convert rendered X.com/twitter pages to an API and host it in a VM (which obv. was dead cheap). All of your data is saved in LocalStorage. Including your comments and saved threads(there is a known issue with Linux…
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This tool converts X/Twitter threads into readable article format without requiring an account or API subscription. Built by reverse-engineering X.com's rendering system, it lets users read and save threads while keeping all data locally stored. The ad-free reader targets people who follow long Twitter threads but struggle to maintain context across multiple scrolls. The code is open-sourced and hosted on a personal VM to keep costs minimal.
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Hi fellow hackers, I'm Ved, I came across the pain point of having a reader that could provide threads as articles after scrolling them many times and missing the context of the original info shared. To solve my itch I decided to build a thread reader without Ads(all existing sol. were full of them), since X/Twitter API was very pricey, I did some reverse engineering to convert rendered X.com/twitter pages to an API and host it in a VM (which obv. was dead cheap). All of your data is saved in LocalStorage. Including your comments and saved threads(there is a known issue with Linux and MacOS browsers i think). Code is open-sourced at : https://github.com/vednig/unlaceapp App is available at : https://unlace.app There are two views inbuilt in app https://unlace.app/?url=https://x.com/ianwcrosby/status/1872... https://unlace.app/thread/ianwcrosby/status/1872724231999381... Reverse Engineered X API is available at https://xapi.betaco.tech/x-thread-api?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.co... Meanwhile you can enter any twitter thread url on https://unlace.app to get a clean and read friendly article. Here's the stack(if anyone's interested): - NextJS - FastAPI - Selenium That's all folks, looking towards a productive feedback session.
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