# sferik/x-cli

A command-line power tool for Twitter.

Repository: https://github.com/sferik/x-cli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/x-cli
Homepage: https://sferik.github.io/t
Language: Ruby
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-24T21:11:32+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5397, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5583, forks 403 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:22.570984+00:00)

## What it is
A command-line power tool for Twitter/X that provides a full command tree for posting, searching, deleting, list management, and streaming from the X API. It includes an X API client library with OAuth 1.0a/2.0 authentication, automatic retry with backoff, and V1.1/V2 API support with fallback.

## Use cases
- post tweets from the command line
- search twitter from terminal
- stream filtered twitter posts in real time
- manage twitter lists via cli
- delete tweets in bulk from terminal
- script twitter api automation
- authenticate with twitter oauth from cli

## When to choose
- you want to interact with Twitter/X without opening a browser
- you need scriptable Twitter automation with OAuth and retry handling
- you want real-time filtered or sampled tweet streams in the terminal
- you prefer a mature CLI with bash completion and YAML config

## When to avoid
- you need a graphical Twitter client
- you primarily target platforms other than Twitter/X
- you need a library-first API rather than a CLI (though a client library is bundled)
- your use case depends on API features removed or restricted by X's current API policies

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: http-client, cli, auth, streaming, search-engine
- domain: developer-tools, social-media, apis
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli, ruby
- tags: twitter, x-api, oauth, social-media-cli, api-client, streaming-api, command-line, automation, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- sferik/x-cli (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:22.570984+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 2026-08-29T17:55:33.167154+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sferik/x-cli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:22.570984+00:00, sha f2e43408fde5)
  - homepage: https://sferik.github.io/t (fetched 2026-08-29T08:50:29.613457+00:00, sha 3aaeb5e778f4)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.