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Hotot Alternatives

Hotot Alternatives

Hotot

Hotot, is a lightweight & open source microblogging desktop client for Twitter and Identi.ca, coding using Python language and designed for Linux.

Features

Multi/single column view

The program relies on a multi column customizable view perspective, in which the user can display the "time line" in one column and other commonly used functions, like "mentions"; "searches"; "profiles"; and "retweets", in separate columns listed all side by side. Also, the view can be minimized to single column view.
Color-coded Tweets

Tweets are colored depending on if they are sent by the user, contain user's mention, or usual timeline tweets using different colors.

Threaded Conversations

Used to expand the tweet thread to explore replies and reactions to the original tweet.
Hotot's Threaded Conversation.

Images Preview

Images included in tweets can be previewed in the timeline and are clickable to view them in their original hoster.

Content Filter/Kismet Content Firewall

These two components are used to filter, mask, or archive certain tweets based on sender and/or content.

Images Uploader

A built in image uploader is available using TwitPic, img.ly, and plixi.com.
Image hosters supported by Hotot's ImageUploader.

Url Shortener

Used to shorten long urls using service providing like TinyURL, Kamacracy, is.gd, v.gd, Bit.ly, and custom url shortener.

Geolocation View

To reveal location information like neighborhood, town, or exact point a tweet was sent from with "Tweet Location" enabled using Google Maps.

On spot Translation

Provides translation of selected tweets upon request using Google Translate within the timeline inside the application itself.
Hotot's on-spot translation plugin appearing in darker grey in English from German.

Read Later Integration

Using Instapaper or Pocket read-later service to save tweets for later check.

Best Commercial Hotot Alternatives

Looking for a program that is like Hotot? We have our top picks here. If you need another program that has some of the features of Hotot on your device, read what we recommend in this post.

Tweetbot

Tweetbot

CommercialMaciPhoneiPadApple WatchTwitter

Tweetbot is an award-winning, full-featured* Twitter client for the Mac. It has a beautiful interface with light & dark themes, multiple-column support and much...

Features:

  • Block ads
  • Clean design
  • Night mode/Dark Theme
  • Twitter

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