X (Twitter) video downloader

X compresses hard, and the numbers explain why

X caps most uploads at 512MB and re-encodes everything to a modest bitrate, typically 1080p at around 5 Mbps for the best case and far less for short clips. The file you download is the file X serves — there is no hidden higher-quality master sitting behind the player.

GIFs on X are not GIFs at all. They are silent looping MP4 files, which is excellent news: you get a far smaller, far cleaner file than a real GIF would ever be, and it can be converted afterwards if you genuinely need the old format.

Threads, quote posts and which video actually gets grabbed

A single X URL can point at a post that contains its own video, quotes another post containing a different video, or sits inside a long thread with several clips. Grabnode extracts the media attached to the specific post you linked. If you want a clip from further up the thread, open that individual post and copy its own link.

Both x.com and twitter.com addresses work, as do links copied from the share sheet with tracking parameters attached — those are stripped before extraction.

What will not work

Protected accounts, posts from users who have blocked public viewing, deleted posts, Spaces audio and age-restricted media all require a session we deliberately do not have. Livestreams are only reachable once the recording is published as a normal post.