diff --git a/docs/supportedsites.md b/docs/supportedsites.md
index 2d0d983b..422d8680 100644
--- a/docs/supportedsites.md
+++ b/docs/supportedsites.md
@@ -1056,6 +1056,46 @@ Consider all sites to be NSFW unless otherwise known.
     <td>Required</td>
 </tr>
 
+<tr>
+    <td colspan="4"><strong>Nitter Instances</strong></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>Nitter.net</td>
+    <td>https://nitter.net/</td>
+    <td>Media Files, Replies, Search Results, Tweets</td>
+    <td></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>Nitter.lacontrevoie.fr</td>
+    <td>https://nitter.lacontrevoie.fr/</td>
+    <td>Media Files, Replies, Search Results, Tweets</td>
+    <td></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>Nitter.pussthecat.org</td>
+    <td>https://nitter.pussthecat.org/</td>
+    <td>Media Files, Replies, Search Results, Tweets</td>
+    <td></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>Nitter.1d4.us</td>
+    <td>https://nitter.1d4.us/</td>
+    <td>Media Files, Replies, Search Results, Tweets</td>
+    <td></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>Nitter.kavin.rocks</td>
+    <td>https://nitter.kavin.rocks/</td>
+    <td>Media Files, Replies, Search Results, Tweets</td>
+    <td></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>Nitter.unixfox.eu</td>
+    <td>https://nitter.unixfox.eu/</td>
+    <td>Media Files, Replies, Search Results, Tweets</td>
+    <td></td>
+</tr>
+
 <tr>
     <td colspan="4"><strong>Philomena Instances</strong></td>
 </tr>
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 6998a21e..a563bfd6 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ modules = [
     "newgrounds",
     "nhentai",
     "nijie",
+    "nitter",
     "nozomi",
     "nsfwalbum",
     "paheal",
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/nitter.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/nitter.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ba8253b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/nitter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,256 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright 2022 Mike Fährmann
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+"""Extractors for Nitter instances"""
+
+from .common import BaseExtractor, Message
+from .. import text
+
+
+class NitterExtractor(BaseExtractor):
+    """Base class for nitter extractors"""
+    basecategory = "nitter"
+    directory_fmt = ("{category}", "{user[name]}")
+    filename_fmt = "{tweet_id}_{num}.{extension}"
+    archive_fmt = "{tweet_id}_{num}"
+
+    def __init__(self, match):
+        BaseExtractor.__init__(self, match)
+        self.user = match.group(match.lastindex)
+
+    def items(self):
+        for tweet_html in self.tweets():
+            tweet = self._tweet_from_html(tweet_html)
+
+            attachments_html = tweet.pop("_attach", "")
+            if attachments_html:
+                attachments = list(text.extract_iter(
+                    attachments_html, 'href="', '"'))
+                attachments.extend(text.extract_iter(
+                    attachments_html, 'data-url="', '"'))
+            else:
+                attachments = ()
+            tweet["count"] = len(attachments)
+
+            yield Message.Directory, tweet
+            for tweet["num"], url in enumerate(attachments, 1):
+                if url[0] == "/":
+                    url = self.root + url
+                if "/video/" in url:
+                    url = "ytdl:" + url
+                    tweet["filename"] = url.rpartition(
+                        "%2F")[2].partition(".")[0]
+                    tweet["extension"] = "mp4"
+                else:
+                    text.nameext_from_url(url, tweet)
+                yield Message.Url, url, tweet
+
+    def _tweet_from_html(self, html):
+        extr = text.extract_from(html)
+        user = {
+            "name": extr('class="fullname" href="/', '"'),
+            "nick": extr('title="', '"'),
+        }
+        extr('<span class="tweet-date', '')
+        link = extr('href="', '"')
+        return {
+            "user": user,
+            "date": text.parse_datetime(
+                extr('title="', '"'), "%b %d, %Y · %I:%M %p %Z"),
+            "tweet_id": link.rpartition("/")[2].partition("#")[0],
+            "content": extr('class="tweet-content', "</div").partition(">")[2],
+            "_attach": extr('class="attachments', 'class="tweet-stats'),
+            "comments": text.parse_int(extr(
+                'class="icon-comment', '</div>').rpartition(">")[2]),
+            "retweets": text.parse_int(extr(
+                'class="icon-retweet', '</div>').rpartition(">")[2]),
+            "quotes"  : text.parse_int(extr(
+                'class="icon-quote', '</div>').rpartition(">")[2]),
+            "likes"   : text.parse_int(extr(
+                'class="icon-heart', '</div>').rpartition(">")[2]),
+        }
+
+    def _pagination(self, path):
+        base_url = url = self.root + path
+
+        while True:
+            page = self.request(url).text
+
+            yield from page.split('<div class="timeline-item')[1:]
+
+            more = text.extr(page, '<div class="show-more"><a href="?', '"')
+            if not more:
+                return
+            url = base_url + "?" + text.unescape(more)
+
+
+BASE_PATTERN = NitterExtractor.update({
+    "nitter.net": {
+        "root": "https://nitter.net",
+        "pattern": r"nitter\.net",
+    },
+    "nitter.lacontrevoie.fr": {
+        "root": "https://nitter.lacontrevoie.fr",
+        "pattern": r"nitter\.lacontrevoie\.fr",
+    },
+    "nitter.pussthecat.org": {
+        "root": "https://nitter.pussthecat.org",
+        "pattern": r"nitter\.pussthecat\.org",
+    },
+    "nitter.1d4.us": {
+        "root": "https://nitter.1d4.us",
+        "pattern": r"nitter\.1d4\.us",
+    },
+    "nitter.kavin.rocks": {
+        "root": "https://nitter.kavin.rocks",
+        "pattern": r"nitter\.kavin\.rocks",
+    },
+    "nitter.unixfox.eu": {
+        "root": "https://nitter.unixfox.eu",
+        "pattern": r"nitter\.unixfox\.eu",
+    },
+})
+
+
+class NitterTweetsExtractor(NitterExtractor):
+    subcategory = "tweets"
+    pattern = BASE_PATTERN + r"/([^/?#]+)(?:/tweets)?(?:$|\?|#)"
+    test = (
+        ("https://nitter.net/supernaturepics", {
+            "pattern": r"https://nitter\.net/pic/orig"
+                       r"/media%2F[\w-]+\.(jpg|png)$",
+            "range": "1-20",
+            "count": 20,
+            "keyword": {
+                "comments": int,
+                "content": str,
+                "count": 1,
+                "date": "type:datetime",
+                "likes": int,
+                "quotes": int,
+                "retweets": int,
+                "tweet_id": r"re:\d+",
+                "user": {
+                    "name": "supernaturepics",
+                    "nick": "Nature Pictures"
+                },
+            },
+        }),
+        ("https://nitter.lacontrevoie.fr/supernaturepics"),
+        ("https://nitter.pussthecat.org/supernaturepics"),
+        ("https://nitter.1d4.us/supernaturepics"),
+        ("https://nitter.kavin.rocks/supernaturepics"),
+        ("https://nitter.unixfox.eu/supernaturepics"),
+    )
+
+    def tweets(self):
+        return self._pagination("/" + self.user)
+
+
+class NitterRepliesExtractor(NitterExtractor):
+    subcategory = "replies"
+    pattern = BASE_PATTERN + r"/([^/?#]+)/with_replies"
+    test = (
+        ("https://nitter.net/supernaturepics/with_replies", {
+            "pattern": r"https://nitter\.net/pic/orig"
+                       r"/media%2F[\w-]+\.(jpg|png)$",
+            "range": "1-20",
+        }),
+        ("https://nitter.lacontrevoie.fr/supernaturepics/with_replies"),
+        ("https://nitter.pussthecat.org/supernaturepics/with_replies"),
+        ("https://nitter.1d4.us/supernaturepics/with_replies"),
+        ("https://nitter.kavin.rocks/supernaturepics/with_replies"),
+        ("https://nitter.unixfox.eu/supernaturepics/with_replies"),
+    )
+
+    def tweets(self):
+        return self._pagination("/" + self.user + "/with_replies")
+
+
+class NitterMediaExtractor(NitterExtractor):
+    subcategory = "media"
+    pattern = BASE_PATTERN + r"/([^/?#]+)/media"
+    test = (
+        ("https://nitter.net/supernaturepics/media", {
+            "pattern": r"https://nitter\.net/pic/orig"
+                       r"/media%2F[\w-]+\.(jpg|png)$",
+            "range": "1-20",
+        }),
+        ("https://nitter.lacontrevoie.fr/supernaturepics/media"),
+        ("https://nitter.pussthecat.org/supernaturepics/media"),
+        ("https://nitter.1d4.us/supernaturepics/media"),
+        ("https://nitter.kavin.rocks/supernaturepics/media"),
+        ("https://nitter.unixfox.eu/supernaturepics/media"),
+    )
+
+    def tweets(self):
+        return self._pagination("/" + self.user + "/media")
+
+
+class NitterSearchExtractor(NitterExtractor):
+    subcategory = "search"
+    pattern = BASE_PATTERN + r"/([^/?#]+)/search"
+    test = (
+        ("https://nitter.net/supernaturepics/search", {
+            "pattern": r"https://nitter\.net/pic/orig"
+                       r"/media%2F[\w-]+\.(jpg|png)$",
+            "range": "1-20",
+        }),
+        ("https://nitter.lacontrevoie.fr/supernaturepics/search"),
+        ("https://nitter.pussthecat.org/supernaturepics/search"),
+        ("https://nitter.1d4.us/supernaturepics/search"),
+        ("https://nitter.kavin.rocks/supernaturepics/search"),
+        ("https://nitter.unixfox.eu/supernaturepics/search"),
+    )
+
+    def tweets(self):
+        return self._pagination("/" + self.user + "/search")
+
+
+class NitterTweetExtractor(NitterExtractor):
+    """Extractor for nitter tweets"""
+    subcategory = "tweet"
+    directory_fmt = ("{category}", "{user[name]}")
+    filename_fmt = "{tweet_id}_{num}.{extension}"
+    archive_fmt = "{tweet_id}_{num}"
+    pattern = BASE_PATTERN + r"/[^/?#]+/status/(\d+)"
+    test = (
+        ("https://nitter.net/supernaturepics/status/604341487988576256", {
+            "url": "3f2b64e175bf284aa672c3bb53ed275e470b919a",
+            "content": "ab05e1d8d21f8d43496df284d31e8b362cd3bcab",
+        }),
+        # 4 images
+        ("https://nitter.lacontrevoie.fr/i/status/894001459754180609", {
+            "url": "9c51b3a4a1114535eb9b168bba97ad95db0d59ff",
+        }),
+        # video
+        ("https://nitter.pussthecat.org/i/status/1065692031626829824", {
+            "pattern": r"ytdl:https://nitter.pussthecat.org/video"
+                       r"/B875137EDC8FF/https%3A%2F%2Fvideo.twimg.com%2F"
+                       r"ext_tw_video%2F1065691868439007232%2Fpu%2Fpl%2F"
+                       r"nv8hUQC1R0SjhzcZ.m3u8%3Ftag%3D5",
+        }),
+        # content with emoji, newlines, hashtags (#338)
+        ("https://nitter.1d4.us/playpokemon/status/1263832915173048321", {
+            "keyword": {"content": (
+                r"re:Gear up for #PokemonSwordShieldEX with special Mystery "
+                "Gifts! \n\nYou’ll be able to receive four Galarian form "
+                "Pokémon with Hidden Abilities, plus some very useful items. "
+                "It’s our \\(Mystery\\) Gift to you, Trainers! \n\n❓🎁➡️ "
+            )},
+        }),
+        # Nitter tweet (#890)
+        ("https://nitter.kavin.rocks/ed1conf/status/1163841619336007680", {
+            "url": "e115bd1c86c660064e392b05269bbcafcd8c8b7a",
+            "content": "f29501e44d88437fe460f5c927b7543fda0f6e34",
+        }),
+    )
+
+    def tweets(self):
+        url = "{}/i/status/{}".format(self.root, self.user)
+        return (self.request(url).text,)
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
index 320bd3c5..8fa86a41 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ from ..cache import cache
 import itertools
 import json
 
-BASE_PATTERN = (
-    r"(?:https?://)?(?:www\.|mobile\.)?"
-    r"(?:(?:[fv]x)?twitter\.com|nitter\.net)"
-)
+BASE_PATTERN = r"(?:https?://)?(?:www\.|mobile\.)?(?:[fv]x)?twitter\.com"
 
 
 class TwitterExtractor(Extractor):
@@ -727,11 +724,6 @@ class TwitterTweetExtractor(TwitterExtractor):
             "pattern": r"https://\w+.cloudfront.net/photos/large/\d+.jpg",
             "count": 3,
         }),
-        # Nitter tweet (#890)
-        ("https://nitter.net/ed1conf/status/1163841619336007680", {
-            "url": "4a9ea898b14d3c112f98562d0df75c9785e239d9",
-            "content": "f29501e44d88437fe460f5c927b7543fda0f6e34",
-        }),
         # Twitter card (#1005)
         ("https://twitter.com/billboard/status/1306599586602135555", {
             "options": (("cards", True),),
diff --git a/scripts/supportedsites.py b/scripts/supportedsites.py
index 65a759d9..941a634b 100755
--- a/scripts/supportedsites.py
+++ b/scripts/supportedsites.py
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ SUBCATEGORY_MAP = {
     "search" : "Search Results",
     "status" : "Images from Statuses",
     "tag"    : "Tag Searches",
+    "tweets" : "",
     "user"   : "User Profiles",
     "watch"  : "Watches",
     "category"     : "Categories",