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About Twitter Downloader
The reasons behind Twitter Downloader, the way it fetches a post from X, and the limits on what it can save.
Reviewed · Twitter Downloader team
Twitter Downloader downloads the videos, GIFs and photos attached to public posts on X, the platform once called Twitter. Paste in a link and it shows each version of the media X holds, so you can choose which one to save.
The reason for the site
There is no button on X for saving a video. Services that step in to fill that gap are often buried in ads, pop-under windows and buttons that deliver something other than the video. Many of them re-encode the file, turning a crisp 1080p upload into a blurry copy, or add their own logo on top.
Our aim was the reverse: a single page, a single box, and the original file back. None of that calls for an app, a sign-up or a single advert.
What happens when you paste a link
- Fetching the post. Once you paste a link, our server requests the post from X just as X's website would for a visitor who is logged out. Should that request fail, it falls back to the public endpoint X provides for embedded posts.
- Showing the options. For every video X stores a few MP4 copies at different resolutions, and it keeps photos in several sizes too. We show all of them, highest quality at the top, each with its dimensions and an estimate of its file size.
- Saving a file. Pressing a button relays that file from X's media servers, via our API, and it lands on your device as an attachment with a readable file name. The relay refuses any source other than X's own media servers.
- Replays of broadcasts. Instead of one file, X delivers these in thousands of short segments. For the quality you choose, our API gives your browser a signed list of segments and passes along only those inside your chosen time range. Your browser then stitches them into an MP4 with no re-encoding, so the complete file is never on our servers.
Rules the site follows
Untouched originals
You get the exact file sitting on X's servers. It is never re-encoded, upscaled, cut down or given a watermark in transit.
Signed-out view only
The tool views X just as someone who is logged out would. It holds no login, so protected and hidden posts remain private.
No storage, no tracking
No accounts, cookies or analytics, and no list of your past downloads. Files flow through and are not kept.
Nothing sneaky
There are no ads, pop-ups, countdowns, decoy buttons or "download our app" nags. Each file has a single button that does just what its label says.
Where it draws the line
- Protected and hidden posts are off limits. A post X keeps from logged-out visitors is invisible to us as well, and we make no attempt to work around that.
- No Spaces, and nothing still broadcasting live. Once a broadcast is over and its replay is kept, it can be saved.
- Nothing hosted elsewhere. When a post links to YouTube or a news site, X only shows a preview of it.
- Nothing upscaled. The ceiling is the quality of the original upload, and a 720p file will never be passed off as 1080p or 4K.
Our relationship with X
The money question
You will find no adverts here, nothing for sale and no paid upgrade. Our editorial policy covers how guides get written and fixed, and how the running costs are met.
Anything else?
The FAQ page answers 29 questions, covering everything from link formats to copyright. If your question is missing, our email address is on the contact page.