What are the best Twitter clients for Linux?

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6 Options Considered

Best Twitter clients for Linux	Price	Last Updated
-- Birdie	-	Dec 11, 2018
-- Choqok	-	Dec 4, 2018
-- Turpial	-	Nov 2, 2018
-- Polly	-	Oct 27, 2018
-- corebird	-	Oct 27, 2018

Birdie

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Elementary OS focussed, might not work properly on other distros

The dev has decided to continue development based on Elementary OS APIs, entirely dropping support for other ditros. https://www.birdieapp.eu/building-our-future-on-elementary-os/ See More

Top Pro

Simple

The app has just 5 tabs - home, replies, direct messages, profile and search. That's it. See More

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Limited configuration options

The tradeoff to Birdie's simplicity is that if you don't like something about how it presents the information, you most likely won't be able to change it. See More

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Good looking interface

Birdie has paid attention to details - cohesive icons, functional typography, color scheme that's easy on the eyes, layout and letter spacing that makes reading the feed comfortable, etc. See More

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No built-in spell checker

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Lacks a built-in URL shortener

Choqok

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Plugins that extend functionality are available

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No multi-column layout option

You can just see one feed at a time. No way to set up side-by-side feeds. See More

LearnedCeuthonymus's Experience

Works like a charme with openSUSE LEAP 15.0 See More

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Highly customizable

Custom keybindings, color schemes, etc. Even the plugins are customizable. See More

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Out of date

More than two years since the last code commit, this app will fail when Twitter changes their API. See More

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Unfurls long URLs

Shows non-shortened URLs on hover so you can check if you feel safe visiting the URL before clicking it. See More

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Feels out of place on non-KDE systems

As a KDE application, it doesn't look right on desktop environments other than KDE, such as Gnome, that's used by Ubuntu's Unity. See More

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Requires the KDE framework

Turpial

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Out of date

More than two years since the last code commit, this app will fail when Twitter changes their API. See More

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Highly configurable

Turpial offers a plethora of confugration options. Within settings you can customize notifications, services, what happens on startup, how filters behave, the integration with the web browser, how to set up an API proxy, etc. And all of those categories of options go into great detail. For example, you can set the refreshrate on a per-column basis. See More

DedicatedEreshkigal's Experience

good client but not updated in several years, some flaws (cuts the tweets before the end) See More

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Can't display inline images

Images are embedded. See More

corebird

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No ability to change the tiny font that it uses

Absolutely no ability to customize UI. Completely unusable on high DPI displays. See More

PracticalFulgora's Experience

Completely pathetic and inexcusable that you can't adjust font size. See More

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Borderline outdated

According to the installation: Warning: runtime/org.baedert.corebird.Locale/x86_64/stable is end-of-life, with reason: Vital Twitter API endpoints have been retired and as a consequence, Corebird is unmaintained and will not work in the future. See More

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Not for infinite scrolling

After showing a limited number of posts, the infinite scrolling no longer works with an "too many requests" error. See More

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Unpleasent UI

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