# orakaro/rainbowstream

A smart and nice Twitter client on terminal written in Python.

Repository: https://github.com/orakaro/rainbowstream
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rainbowstream
Homepage: https://github.com/orakaro/rainbowstream
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: python, terminal, twitter, rainbowstream
Last push: 2022-09-29T06:14:49+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": 4503, "days_push": 1434, "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 3526, forks 251 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:08.089566+00:00)

## What it is
Rainbow Stream is a terminal-based Twitter client written in Python, built on Python Twitter Tools. It supports streaming timelines, tweeting, searching, and rendering images as ASCII art or sixel graphics directly in the terminal.

## Use cases
- read and post tweets from the terminal
- follow a live Twitter timeline in the console
- view Twitter images as ASCII art in the terminal
- search and reply to tweets without a browser
- use Twitter through an HTTP/SOCKS proxy from the command line

## When to choose
- you prefer managing Twitter entirely from a terminal
- you want a lightweight, keyboard-driven Twitter client
- you work over SSH or in environments without a GUI

## When to avoid
- you need modern Twitter/X API features, since the project's last release was 2022 and API changes may break it
- you want a graphical Twitter client with rich media display
- you need official support or frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, http-client, terminal-ui
- domain: social-media, developer-tools
- platform: python, cli, windows, cross-platform
- tags: twitter-client, terminal-app, ascii-images, social-media, twitter-api, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- orakaro/rainbowstream (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:08.089566+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 2026-08-29T18:35:10.109204+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/orakaro/rainbowstream (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:08.089566+00:00, sha d48e60a9b2dd)
  - homepage: https://github.com/orakaro/rainbowstream (fetched 2026-08-29T09:29:11.818177+00:00, sha b4c8c9ec0971)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.