twitter-mastodon-relay/README.md

twitter-mastodon-relay

Twitter -> Mastodon relay running on Node. No rate limits, entirely based on Nitter instances.

installation

git clone https://git.gay/a/twitter-mastodon-relay.git
cd twitter-mastodon-relay
npm i
cp config.example.json
# edit your config according to your needs here, see below for more info
npm start

configuration

The default config looks like this:

{
  "account": "jack",
  "instance": "https://nitter.pussthecat.org",
  "credentials": {
    "url": "https://mastodon.fake.instance",
    "accessToken": "xxx"
  },
  "spoiler": "Mirrored from {{username}} on Twitter.",
  "visibility": "unlisted",
  "updateInterval": 30000,
  "prev": "",
  "linkOriginal": true
}

• account is the Twitter account you wish to mirror.
• instance is the Nitter instance you'd like to use
• credentials are your Mastodon credentials.
  • url is the URL of the Mastodon instance you are using.
  • accessToken is the access token to the application you made for this.
• spoiler is the text used to spoiler/add content warnings to your posts.
• visibility is the visibility of the mirrors. public, unlisted, private and direct are the accepted values.
• prev is the previous post mirrored by the bot, don't mess with this value.
• linkOriginal is a boolean value to determine if the toot should mirror posts with or without the link.

roadmap

• Twitter threads being mirrored properly
• Videos be mirrored properly
• Replace Nitter with own scraper

instances

• Relay of @yoloswagstudios, maintained by @tacohitbox@catcatnya.com