If you searched for an "ssstwitter alternative", it helps to first name what you are actually missing. ssstwitter is a well-known web-based downloader for videos from X (formerly Twitter): you paste a post URL, it gives you the video file. It does that job, on desktop and on mobile, without an account. Where people run into a wall is when the thing they wanted to keep was never the video — it was the post: the wording, the author, the link, the context.
That is a different category of tool, not a better version of the same one. This page lays out the difference honestly so you can pick by the job, not by the marketing.
What each tool is built for
ssstwitter is a video downloader. Per its own site: you paste a tweet URL, it works from the browser with no installation required (an Android app is also offered), it works on iPhone and Android, it needs no account, and it only handles posts from public accounts. If your goal is "get that MP4 onto my phone", that is exactly the tool's purpose.
xPostCopier is a post copier that also downloads media. It is a Chrome extension that adds buttons underneath every post on x.com. One click puts the post's text, the author name and @handle, the link and a screenshot onto your clipboard — and its Download All action saves the media as files at the same time. It also has a free web page, the X post downloader, that takes a pasted URL like any web downloader does.
Side by side
| What you want to end up with | Video downloader (web) | xPostCopier |
|---|---|---|
| Video file (MP4) | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Post text as real, searchable text | ✗ Not its purpose | ✓ One click |
| Author name + @handle | ✗ Not its purpose | ✓ One click |
| Post link, cleaned up | ⚠ You already had it | ✓ One click |
| Screenshot of the post | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| Paste straight into another platform | ✗ No | ✓ 7 platforms |
| Works without installing anything | ✓ Yes | ⚠ Web page yes, extension no |
| Works in a phone browser | ✓ Yes | ⚠ Web page yes, extension is desktop |
Read that table honestly and the pattern is clear: the two tools overlap on exactly one row — the video file — and diverge on everything else. Neither is a replacement for the other. A downloader is not failing at copying text; copying text is simply not what it was made to do.
Why the text is usually the part you needed
Think about what you do with a saved post a week later. You quote it in a newsletter. You cite it in a document. You search your notes for the phrase you half-remember. You credit the person who wrote it. A video file does none of that — an MP4 sitting in your Downloads folder is invisible to search and carries no author, no wording, no link back to the source.
When xPostCopier's Download All puts a post on your clipboard, what lands is a structured block: author, @handle, the post text, the link and the timestamp, with the media saved as files alongside. Paste it into Notion, Obsidian, Google Docs or an email and the text stays text — findable by search, quotable, attributable.
The part no downloader does: pasting it back out
Copying is half the workflow. The other half is putting the content somewhere else. xPostCopier's paste helper works on seven platforms — LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Bluesky, Reddit and Wykop — dropping the copied post into the composer with attribution to the original author. That is a content-curation workflow, and it starts from text, not from a video file.
If it really is the video you want
Then use a downloader — including ours, if it suits you. The free X post downloader takes a pasted post link in any browser, phone included, with no extension and no sign-up. Behind it, quality labels run from 4K and 1440p down through 1080p, 720p, 480p and 360p, depending on what the original post actually contains, and it handles both video and GIF posts. See also our 2026 rundown of X video downloaders.
What it costs
The web downloader page is free. The extension starts with a 3-day free trial, extended by 7 more days when you sign in with Google. After that, Premium is $8.99 per week, $30 per month or $70 per year. Post history holds 20 saved posts during the trial and 2000 on Premium.
FAQ
Is xPostCopier a drop-in replacement for ssstwitter? For downloading a video from a pasted link, our web downloader covers the same ground. For everything else, it is a different category of tool — it copies posts, which a video downloader does not attempt.
Do I need to install anything? Not for the web downloader page. The clipboard buttons on x.com come from the Chrome extension, which is desktop-only.
Does it work with private accounts? No. Like any such tool, it only sees posts that are publicly visible to you.
Can I get the text of a post without the video? Yes — that is the Copy Text button, and it is the whole reason this comparison exists.