Important note: Please update to version 0.8.7 to fix issues with twhirl’s twitter support.
(Linux users, please use this installer!)
What is twhirl?
twhirl is a social software desktop client, based on the Adobe AIR platform.
Some of twhirl’s features:
- runs on both Windows (2000/XP/Vista) and Mac OSX
- connects to multiple Twitter, laconi.ca, Friendfeed and seesmic accounts
- notifications on new messages
- shorten long URLs (using snurl, twurl or is.gd)
- cross-post twitter updates to Pownce and Jaiku
- post images to TwitPic
- search tweets using Twitter Search and TweetScan
- timeline filtering
- color schemes
- automatically check for new versions
There are a lot more things twhirl can do to improve your twitter experience, and it offers various configuration options to adapt to your personal needs.
twhirl takes twitter from cool to AWESOME!
Latest Changes
Version 0.8.7 (December 11, 2008)
- handling a change in twitter’s API for verifying credentials
- upgraded twhirl to Adobe AIR 1.5
Version 0.8.6 (September 19, 2008)
- generic laconi.ca support
- IdentiSpy tracking support
- bug fixes for Twitter support
Version 0.8.4 (July 21, 2008)
- added: full support for identi.ca including real-time updates via XMPP
- added: add your seesmic account to twhirl
- changed: summize search renamed to Twitter Search
- changed: allowing higher Twitter API usage values
Find out more about this release on our blog, or have a look at the changelog for changes in earlier versions.
Feedback
We want to know what you think about twhirl! Please send your feedback to info@twhirl.org or reply to @twhirl on twitter.
Support
If you need help installing, configuring or using twhirl, always feel free to contact us on twitter by replying to @twhirl Or become a part of the twhirl user community at Satisfaction.
Get twhirl
Install twhirl or update to the latest release by clicking on the automatic installer
Manual Installation
- Download and install Adobe AIR (if not already installed)
- Download and install the latest twhirl release
