Cawbird

Twitter Client Source

Description

Cawbird is a native GTK+ twitter client that provides vital features such as Direct Messages (DMs), tweet notifications, conversation views.

Additional features include local viewing of videos, multiple inline images, Lists, Filters, multiple accounts, etc.

Source

Notice

Was working perfectly since release 1.3.1, no longer working due to Space Karen's API changes; archived on 2023-01-23. A new Cawbird 2.0 with support for Mastodon was being worked on at https://github.com/CodedOre/NewCaw and has been archived for personal reasons.

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Rating

Mobile Fit: 5

Perfect - this app fits your phone screen just fine out of the box and works nicely with touch input!

Project status: archived

This project has been archived by its maintainers. It might still work for you, but you won't get any help if something is wrong.

Project status: inactive

This project has not seen any commit activity in two years. It may work fine for you, there may be dragons, and most importantly, don't expect updates or a response to your bug reports!

The project repository was created on 2019-08-03.

The last known commit happened on 2023-01-23.
Please note: This information is not updated continuously. This particular listing was last updated on 2025-03-31

Features

✔ This app is (according to its appstream metadata or description) intended to be compatible with mobile devices.

Packaging

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green: current and packaged,
red: packaged, but not current, ratings and other details may not apply.

Build and install your own flatpak: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CodedOre/NewCaw/main/build-aux/Flatpak/uk.co.ibboard.Cawbird.Devel.json

If you're lucky*, you can install this app by just hitting this button:

Install

* You need to have an appstream:// handler, e.g., GNOME Software or KDE Discover, installed and the app needs to be available in a configured software repository, more details.

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Licensing and technical details

License: GPL-3.0-or-later Metadata: CC0-1.0

Frameworks: GTK3

Programming languages: Vala C

Build system: meson

AppStream Metadata URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IBBoard/cawbird/master/data/uk.co.ibboard.cawbird.appdata.xml.in