# sindresorhus/anatine

[DEPRECATED] :bird: Pristine Twitter app

Repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/anatine
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/anatine
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: deprecated, twitter, electron, electron-app
Archived: true
Last push: 2017-02-01T08:47:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3773, "days_push": 3500, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1083, forks 76 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:31.295651+00:00)

## What it is
Anatine was an Electron-based desktop Twitter app that wrapped the Mobile Twitter site with desktop enhancements like dark mode, keyboard shortcuts, and background behavior. It is now deprecated and no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- use twitter as a native desktop app
- get a dark mode twitter client
- browse twitter with keyboard shortcuts
- keep twitter running in the system tray
- wrap mobile twitter for desktop use

## When to choose
- you need a historical reference for building an Electron site-wrapper app
- you want to fork and maintain a Twitter desktop client yourself

## When to avoid
- you want a working Twitter desktop client today
- you need maintained software with active support
- you rely on Twitter's current site structure, which broke this app

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: gui, developer-tools
- domain: social-media, desktop-applications, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: twitter, deprecated, electron-app, social-media-client, dark-mode, macos, linux, electron, desktop

## Member repositories
- sindresorhus/anatine (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:31.295651+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:51:12.424419+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sindresorhus/anatine (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:31.295651+00:00, sha a1f0f939f2f8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.