Twitter clients for Linux

26 May, 2008  |  Posted by Danesh  |  in Linux, Software, Web 2.0

Twitter

Know someone who’s never heard of twitter? I don’t.

There are loads of twitter desktop clients out there for Windows. I’m a Linux person so twittering from my command line is just one of the many was I twitter.

Linux and OpenSource Blog has published a list for desktop clients for Linux. Might come in handy for you.

  • ktwitter - A simple Twitter script for KDE.
  • twitter.el - Twitter from Emacs!
  • twit.el - Another Emacs client.
  • Vim Twitter - Twitter from Vim!
  • gTwitter - a Twitter client for Linux.
  • GtkTwitter - a Twitter client for Linux and Windows which using GTK.
  • Twitbar - a Twitter client for Gnome users to post from the Deskbar
  • Twit and Wayd - Two addons for Gnome Deskbar that allow posting updates to Twitter
  • BLT - twitter meets the Bourne shell, with a hint of biff.
  • Twitux - a Twitter client for the Gnome desktop. Features includes: gui-notifications, url tinyzer, and more..
  • ZenTwitter - bash script which uses zenity and curl (could be launched from custom desktop/menu/panel icons)
  • mitter - A very simple Python and pygtk client.
  • prism-twitter - prism based
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • BlinkList
  • Reddit
  • Slashdot
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Furl
  • Google
  • Live
  • Facebook
  • Pownce
  • TwitThis
  • E-mail this story to a friend!
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3 Responses so far | Have Your Say!

  1. Andy  |  May 26th, 2008 at 9:35 pm #

    Hi,

    There’s an alpha version of Adobe AIR available for Linux, so I’ve been using twhirl on Linux :D There are a couple of notable twitter clients based on AIR too, like Spaz..

    Just thought it’s nice to know =)

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  2. Twitter clients for Linux  |  May 26th, 2008 at 11:01 pm #

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  3. Danny  |  May 26th, 2008 at 11:34 pm #

    Thanks for the update Andy. I have not tried AIR, guess it’s time now.

    Danny - Gravatar

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