# sindresorhus/refined-twitter

Browser extension that simplifies the Twitter interface and adds useful features

Repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/refined-twitter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/refined-twitter
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: chrome-extension, twitter, twitter-extension, userstyle, javascript, browser-extension
Archived: true
Last push: 2021-01-23T18:29:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3191, "days_push": 2048, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1297, forks 88 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:17.129404+00:00)

## What it is
A browser extension that simplifies the Twitter web interface and adds quality-of-life features like hiding promoted tweets, auto-loading new tweets, and fixing image downloads. Written in JavaScript for Chrome and Opera.

## Use cases
- hide promoted tweets on twitter
- simplify the twitter web interface
- auto-load new tweets without clicking
- fix image file extension when saving from twitter
- add syntax highlighting to twitter code blocks
- improve twitter performance and reduce clutter

## When to choose
- you use the old Twitter web interface and want a cleaner experience
- you want to remove promoted content and engagement-bait from your timeline

## When to avoid
- you use the current Twitter/X website - the extension is unmaintained and broken by Twitter's rewrite
- you need a supported, actively updated tool

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: abandoned
- function: browser-extension, ui-components, theme
- domain: social-media, browser-extensions, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: browser, browser-extension
- tags: twitter, user-experience, ui-tweaks, unmaintained

## Member repositories
- sindresorhus/refined-twitter (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:17.129404+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:53:54.310134+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sindresorhus/refined-twitter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:17.129404+00:00, sha bb18a801a5c6)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.