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Add to SafariWhen comparing Choqok vs oysttyer, the Slant community recommends Choqok for most people. In the question“What are the best Twitter clients for Linux?” Choqok is ranked 3rd while oysttyer is ranked 7th.
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Pros
Pro Plugins that extend functionality are available
Pro Highly customizable
Custom keybindings, color schemes, etc. Even the plugins are customizable.
Pro Unfurls long URLs
Shows non-shortened URLs on hover so you can check if you feel safe visiting the URL before clicking it.
Pro automation
since it is a command-line tool, it can be used for automation. This is great!
Pro Filters promoted tweets
Promoted tweets are not included in the feed.
Cons
Con Out of date
More than two years since the last code commit, this app will fail when Twitter changes their API.
Con No multi-column layout option
You can just see one feed at a time. No way to set up side-by-side feeds.
Con 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.
Con Requires the KDE framework
Con No GUI
oysttyer is a command-line only tool.
Con Doesn't support Unicode
Tweets in scripts other than Latin appear encoded; unreadable.
Con Out of date
More than two years since the last code commit, this app will fail when Twitter changes their API.
