Desktop Apps
- Windows
- MetroTwit
- Native .Net programming
- MetroTwit
- Linux
- Polly
- Native Linux
- Fast
- Polly
Display Live Tweets
- ActivityWalls (As of 1/17/15)
- http://www.activitywalls.com/
- Shows time
- Scrolls pictures along bottom, but not in-line, constantly so there is always motion
- Most recent tweets look static
- Free
- WallOfSilver (As of 1/17/15)
- http://www.wallofsilver.net/
- Shows 1 tweet at a time
- Cycles through most recent tweets, so always action
- Shows time
- Shows pictures
- TweetPing
- http://tweetping.net/
- Shows worldwide location of tweets as they happen
- TwitterFontana (As of 1/17/15)
- http://twitterfontana.com/
- Only shows 3 at a time max
- Keeps scrolling through last bunch of tweets, so it looks active
- Shows time
- Doesn't show pictures
- Free
- TwitterFall (as of 1/17/15)
- http://www.twitterfall.com
- Many tweets displayed
- Has presentation mode, with title bar
- Multiple searches, users, lists together
- Can filter out words or block users
- Most recent tweets look static
- Doesn't show pictures
- Shows time
- Free
- Visible Tweets (As of 1/17/15)
- http://visibletweets.com/
- Uses Flash
- 3 animation types to move between tweets
- 1 tweet at a time
- Shows times
- Doesn't show pictures
- Always scrolling through many most recent tweets
- Free
- Hootsuite HootFeed (As of 1/17/15)
- https://hootsuite.com/hootfeed
- Shows about 4 tweets
- Doesn't show pictures
- Shows time
- Some customization (Name and logo)
- Profanity filter
- Free
- TweetWally (As of 1/17/15)
- http://www.tweetwally.com/
- Very simple layout
- Shows time
- Shows pictures inline
- Most recent tweets look static
- Twijector (As of 1/17/15)
- http://twijector.com/
- Shows time
- Most recent tweets look static
- LiveTweetApp (As of 1/17/15)
- https://app.livetweetapp.com/
- Free version doesn't show pictures
- Costs $40 / day
- Seems to time out a lot
- Loops through most recent tweets to keep motion
- Don't Like
- TweetBeam (As of 1/17/15)
- http://www.tweetbeam.com/
- Only shows 1 tweet at a time
- Doesn't show pictures
- Doesn't show tweet times
- Free for personal use
- Might be fun on a large touch screen to select tweet to display
- CrowdConvergence (As of 1/17/15)
- https://www.crowdconvergence.com/
- Very expensive
- Trial only has 1 hour of time
- ConfWall (As of 1/17/15)
- https://confwall.com
- Very expensive
- Can email in to get free access for free events
- ParaTweet
- www.paratweet.com
- Requires Windows/Mac for AdobeAir to run a display app
- Free account is available
- Add multiple search terms
- Might need to keep moderation window open to keep tweets coming in
- Free version doesn't have moderation, but rest works
- Doesn't show time
- Doesn't show pictures
- TweetMonsters (As of 1/17/15)
- http://tweetmonsters.com/
- Only shows 1 at a time
- Tint (As of 1/17/15)
- https://www.tintup.com
- Requires paid for hashtag searches
- __TweetWall (As of 1/17/15)
- TwitWalls (As of 1/17/15)
- http://twitwalls.com/
- In German
- Doesn't show time
- Doesn't show pictures
- TweetBeam (As of 1/17/15)
- Closed
- Monittor (No longer works with newest API as of 1/17/15)
- http://monitter.com/
- Simple
- Can show multiple columns for multiple searches
- Black on white, or white on black
- TwitPipe
- http://twitpipe.com/
- Has 3 columns
- Don't like
- StreamTwitter
- http://streamtwitter.com/
- Have to pay
- PulsoViral
- http://www.pulsoviral.com/
- Very limited free account
- Monittor (No longer works with newest API as of 1/17/15)
RSS Feeds
- User: https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/user_timeline.rss?screen_name=xxxx
- Mentions: http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=@xxxx
- Favorites: http://api.twitter.com/1/favorites.rss?screen_name=xxxx
- Search: http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=fluffy%20bunnies (%20 acts as 'space')
- Hashtag search: http://search.twitter.com/search.atom?q=%23xxxx (%23 acts as '#')