Open Source Twitterrific AlternativesTwitter Clients and other similar apps like Twitterrific

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

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  1. Gwibber icon
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    Gwibber is an open source microblogging client for GNOME developed with Python and GTK.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  2. Choqok icon
     40 likes

    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:

    • Supporting Twitter.com micro-blogging service.
    • Supporting Identi.ca micro-blogging service. (U.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • KDE
     
  3. Earthquake icon
     8 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. qTwitter icon
     2 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. AndStatus icon
     7 likes

    AndStatus is an Open Source low traffic social networking client with tree-like threaded conversations. It supports different Social networks, including GNU social (StatusNet, e.g. Quitter.se, LoadAverage, etc.), and Pump.io (previously also Twitter).

    Cost / License

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  6. Oysttyer icon
     4 likes

    Oysttyer is a console text-based command-line Twitter client and Perl platform, fork of ttytter

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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