kwitty

A chrome application of twitter

What is kwitty?

kwitty is a Chrome extension that transforms your Twitter experience. It allows users to sign in via OAuth or API proxy, choose between official retweet or quote style RT, expand shortened URLs, reveal inline rich contents such as photos and videos, and customize the appearance with 24 kinds of timeline themes and changeable backgrounds. Though no longer maintained, it remains functional and offers the perk of exporting or backing up tweets.

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By: kelviN

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Users: 2,000+ ▲ 1,000

Rating: 4.02 (122)

Version: 1.5.9 (Last updated: 2016-07-07)

Creation date: 2016-07-07

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

unlimitedStorage
notifications
tabs
*://*.twitter.com/*
*://*.appspot.com/*
http://api.longurl.org/
http://api.embed.ly/

Size: 258.05K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 18805 ▲ 3698

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Summary

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NOTE: kwitty is not maintained any more. Though you could continue to use it, but no more fixes or features will be added. The official client TweetDeck is suggested to use instead.

kwitty is a local, simple and tab based twitter web application for chrome.

Features:

Sign in with OAuth or API proxy.
Official retweet or quote style RT.
Click to show one level reply inline.
Expand shortened URLs and show rich content (photo, video etc.) inline.
Compact view in a window.
24 kinds of timeline themes.
Background customization.
Export/Backup tweets.

Options/Settings: Right click the app start icon, in the popup menu.

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Customizable
Minimalist UI
Swift actions (retweet, favorite, delete)

Cons

No search bar
Limited features compared to Twitter website/app
Some users have trouble with the theme upload

Most mentioned

No search bar
Minimalist UI
Swift actions
Export feature

Recent reviews

Well done twitter application with a few lacks. Research and @autocompletion would be great.

A Google user, 2012-03-28

Lekker simpel

A Google user, 2012-04-13

Well done twitter application with a few lacks. Research and @autocompletion would be great.

A Google user, 2012-03-28

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Safety

Risk impact

kwitty is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install kwitty if you trust the publisher.