# mattdonnelly/Swifter

[DEPRECATED] :bird: A Twitter framework for iOS & OS X written in Swift

Repository: https://github.com/mattdonnelly/Swifter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mattdonnelly-swifter
Language: Swift
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: deprecated
Last push: 2022-06-23T10:03:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4469, "days_push": 1532, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2348, forks 374 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:40.073460+00:00)

## What it is
Swifter is a Swift framework for interacting with the Twitter API on iOS and OS X, supporting OAuth authentication and Twitter endpoints including timelines, users, lists, and streaming. The project is officially deprecated and no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- authenticate users with Twitter OAuth in an iOS app
- fetch a user's Twitter home timeline in Swift
- post tweets from a Mac app
- get a user's followers by user ID or screen name
- consume Twitter's streaming API on Apple platforms

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy iOS or macOS app already built on Swifter
- you need a pure Swift Twitter client for an older Twitter API version

## When to avoid
- starting any new project, since Twitter deprecated the APIs it relies on and the library is unmaintained
- you need X (Twitter) API v2 support or current authentication flows
- you need a library with active support and bug fixes

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: http-client, auth, sdk
- domain: apis, social-media, mobile-development, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: twitter, oauth, deprecated, swift, social-networking, ios, macos

## Member repositories
- mattdonnelly/Swifter (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:40.073460+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 2026-08-30T02:36:59.321422+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mattdonnelly/Swifter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:40.073460+00:00, sha 5d6121f45ddd)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.