Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Linux




The best open source alternative to Pocketwit is Gwibber. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Pocketwit and six of them is open source so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source alternatives to Pocketwit are Choqok, Earthquake, qTwitter and Oysttyer.




Choqok - KDE Micro-Blogging Client The name comes from an ancient Persian word, means Sparrow! Currently supports Twitter.com and Identi.ca services. It currently features:

Terminal-based Twitter Client with Streaming API support. Only supports Ruby 1.9 and later.

qTwitter is an application interacting with microblogging services, such as Twitter, Identi.ca and others based on StatusNet application (former laconica). It aims to be as compact as possible still providing outstanding usability.


