Gwibber
Gwibber (/ˈɡwɪbər/) was a microblogging client for the GNOME desktop environment. It brings the most popular social networking services like Facebook, Twitter, etc. into a single window and gives ability to control communication through one single application. It was created by Ryan Paul, a writer for Ars Technica.
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 Gwibber 2.0 | |
| Developer(s) | List of the Gwibber developers |
|---|---|
| Initial release | February 19, 2009 |
| Stable release | |
| Repository |  |
| Written in | Python |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Type | Microblogging client |
| License | GNU GPL |
| Website | gwibber |
It only runs on Linux and is written in Python using PyGTK. It ships with Ubuntu 10.04 and above. Gwibber supports multiple social networking sites in a combined social stream with URL shortening, saved searches, and a multicolumn UI.
In 2013 it was renamed to Friends and the frontend was rewritten in QML.[2]
Supported services
| Platform | Gwibber v. 1.x | Gwibber v. 2.x | Gwibber v. 3.x |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brightkite | No | Yes | ? |
| Digg | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Flickr | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Foursquare | ? | ? | Yes |
| FriendFeed | No | Yes | Yes |
| Google+ | No | No | No[3] |
| Google Reader | Yes | No | No |
| StatusNet | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OCS | No | Yes | ? |
| Pidgin | Yes | No | ? |
| Ping.fm | Yes | No | Yes |
| Pump.io | No | No | No |
| Qaiku | No | Yes | Yes |
| RSS/Atom | Yes | No* | Yes[4] |
| Sina | ? | ? | Yes |
| Sohu | ? | ? | Yes |
| Yes | Yes | Yes |
- Support for RSS/Atom will be re-added in Gwibber version 3[4]
See also
References
- "Gwibber project files : Gwibber". Launchpad.net. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
- https://launchpad.net/friends-app
- "Bug #805452 "Add Google+ Service to Gwibber" : Bugs : Gwibber". Bugs.launchpad.net. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
- "Bug #422602 "Bring back support for RSS/Atom feeds" : Bugs : Gwibber". Bugs.launchpad.net. Retrieved 2013-11-27.
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