--- title: Install Cawbird Twitter Client on Kubuntu using the Snap Store | Snapcraft description: Get the latest version of Cawbird Twitter Client for on Kubuntu - Cawbird Twitter Client (Corebird fork) url: https://snapcraft.io/install/cawbird/kubuntu --- [Canonical Snapcraft](https://snapcraft.io/) # Install Cawbird Twitter Client on **Kubuntu** # Cawbird Twitter Client (cawbird) [Lucy Llewellyn (lucyllewy)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/lucyllewy "View all snaps from Lucy Llewellyn (lucyllewy)") * [Lucy Llewellyn (lucyllewy)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/lucyllewy "View all snaps from Lucy Llewellyn (lucyllewy)") * [Social](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=social) [Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/cawbird/kubuntu#install) #### 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]: [2]: ### Package name * cawbird --- ### License * GPL-3.0+ --- ### 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. --- ### Websites * [github.com/IBBoard/cawbird](https://github.com/IBBoard/cawbird "https://github.com/IBBoard/cawbird") --- ### Contact * [github.com/diddlesnaps/cawbird/issues](https://github.com/diddlesnaps/cawbird/issues "https://github.com/diddlesnaps/cawbird/issues") --- ##### Report a Snap Store violation * [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/cawbird/kubuntu#report-snap-modal) --- ## Enable snaps on Kubuntu and install Cawbird Twitter Client Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully. Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions. ### Enable snapd If you’re running [Kubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)](https://kubuntu.org/) or later, including [Kubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu) and [Kubuntu 18.10 (Cosmic Cuttlefish)](https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CosmicCuttlefish/ReleaseNotes/Kubuntu), you don’t need to do anything. Snap is already installed and ready to go. Versions of Kubuntu between [14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)](https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-14-04-lts) and [15.10 (Wily Werewolf)](https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-15-10) don’t include *snap* by default, but *snap* can be installed from the command line as follows: ``` sudo apt update sudo apt install snapd ``` ### Install Cawbird Twitter Client To install Cawbird Twitter Client, simply use the following command: ``` sudo snap install cawbird ``` ### Other popular snaps… [See more...](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) [See more in Featured](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=featured) ### More things to do… #### [Get the snap store](https://snapcraft.io/snap-store) Browse and find snaps from the convenience of your desktop using the snap store snap. #### [Learn more about snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs) Interested to find out more about snaps? Want to publish your own application? Visit [snapcraft.io](https://snapcraft.io/) now. 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