sopel-cancelx

A Sopel plugin to cancel X links

Installing

Releases are hosted on PyPI, so after installing Sopel, all you need is pip:

$ pip install sopel-cancelx

Configuring

The easiest way to configure sopel-cancelx is via Sopel's configuration wizard—simply run sopel-plugins configure cancelx and enter the values for which it prompts you.

alternate_domains

This is a list of alternate X/Twitter domains to cancel. By default it contains:

• vxtwitter.com
• fixvx.com
• nitter.net

You will need to include any of the default entries that you want to keep when creating your own list using Sopel's config wizard or manually editing your config file.

replacement_domain

The domain name to use when canceling a link. Defaults to twiiit.com (will redirect to a random Nitter instance, backed by at least some health-checking), but can be customized to use your favorite or a self-hosted instance.

Note that this plugin only changes the domain; services using a URL structure differing from Twitter/Nitter themselves are not currently supported. As of October 2026, a small list of compatible public instances is available at status.d420.de.

Using

Post a link to Twitter and watch Sopel automatically provide a canceled version:

<dgw> https://x.com/i/status/2016567703478194406
<SopelTest> [X Cancelled] https://twiiit.com/i/status/2016567703478194406
<dgw> the link that started me down this path, vanquished!

Changelog

0.2.1

Change default replacement_domain from xcancel.com to twiiit.com, as it's unclear whether XCancel will ever resume normal operations.

0.2.0

Add config setting to choose a replacement domain other than xcancel.com.

0.1.2

Tighten up matching; add manually-run test suite.

0.1.1

Remove partially broken import of alternate_domains from sopel-twitter.

0.1.0

First release of sopel-cancelx.