# buckket/twtxt

Decentralised, minimalist microblogging service for hackers.

Repository: https://github.com/buckket/twtxt
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/twtxt
Homepage: http://twtxt.readthedocs.org/en/stable/
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: microblog, microblogging, twtxt, decentralized, python
Last push: 2024-12-23T12:10:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3867, "days_push": 618, "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 2236, forks 87 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:29.418299+00:00)

## What it is
twtxt is a decentralised, minimalist microblogging tool and format specification where your identity is a publicly accessible text file of timestamped posts. It ships a Python CLI client that fetches tracked feeds asynchronously and builds a personal timeline, integrating well with UNIX tools.

## Use cases
- post status updates from the command line without a centralized platform
- follow other people's feeds by tracking their twtxt.txt URLs
- self-host a microblog as a plain text file on my own server
- read a decentralized timeline like a feedreader in the terminal
- pipe tweets using echo, date, and other shell utilities

## When to choose
- you want a hacker-friendly, decentralized microblog with no signup or platform lock-in
- you prefer plain text files and UNIX tooling over web apps
- you want a lightweight CLI client with async feed fetching

## When to avoid
- you need a graphical or web-based social media experience
- you want rich media, replies, or algorithmic timelines
- you need a large active social network rather than a niche protocol

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: cli, http-client, web-scraping
- domain: social-media, self-hosted, privacy
- platform: python, cli, cross-platform
- tags: microblogging, decentralized, twtxt, flat-file, feedreader, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- buckket/twtxt (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:29.418299+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 2026-08-30T02:44:16.856146+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/buckket/twtxt (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:29.418299+00:00, sha 082ff41f69c6)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/twtxt/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:25:23.572585+00:00, sha 5d9650057552)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.