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title: Install Cawbird Twitter Client on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of Cawbird Twitter Client for Linux - Cawbird
  Twitter Client (Corebird fork)
url: https://snapcraft.io/cawbird
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# Cawbird Twitter Client (cawbird)

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latest/stable 1.5

Install latest/stable of Cawbird Twitter Client

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install cawbird
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* cawbird

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### License

* GPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* 17 August 2022 - latest/stable
* 25 January 2023 - latest/edge

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [github.com/IBBoard/cawbird](https://github.com/IBBoard/cawbird "https://github.com/IBBoard/cawbird")

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### Contact

* [github.com/diddlesnaps/cawbird/issues](https://github.com/diddlesnaps/cawbird/issues "https://github.com/diddlesnaps/cawbird/issues")

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* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/cawbird#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/cawbird#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/cawbird#tab-security)

#### Cawbird Twitter Client (Corebird fork)

Cawbird is a modern and lightweight Twitter client for the GNOME 3 desktop. It
features inline image and video preview, creation of lists and favorites,
filtering of tweets and full text search. Cawbird is able to manage multiple
Twitter accounts.

Cawbird is a fork of Corebird, which became unsupported after Twitter disabled
the streaming API. Cawbird works with the new APIs and includes a few fixes
and modifications that have historically been patched in to IBBoard's custom
Corebird build on his personal Open Build Service account[1].

Due to changes in the Twitter API[2], Cawbird has the following limitations:

* Cawbird will update every two minutes
* Cawbird does not get notified of the following, which will be refreshed on
  restart:
  + Unfavourite
  + Follow/Unfollow
  + Block/Unblock
  + Mute/Unmute
  + DM deletion
  + Some list changes

All limitations are limitations imposed by Twitter and are not the fault of the
Cawbird client.

[1]: <https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/home:IBBoard:desktop>
[2]: <https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/accounts-and-users/subscribe-account-activity/migration/introduction>

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## Install Cawbird Twitter Client on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/cawbird/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/cawbird/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/cawbird/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/cawbird/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/cawbird/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/cawbird/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/cawbird/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/cawbird/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/cawbird/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/cawbird/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/cawbird/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/cawbird/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/cawbird/raspbian)