Corebird, an open-source GTK+3 twitter app, has reached the 1.3 release with some new features and build system improvements.

Corebird 1.3 changelog:

• The build system will now check for gtksink
• Remove libgee dependency
• The compose tweet window will now save the current text on cancel
• Allow self-retweeting
• Fade loaded inline media in
• Twitter wont send mp4 urls for their videos anymore starting August 1st, so support HLS videos
• Query full-length DMs
• Support muting in profiles

How to install Corebird 1.3 in Ubuntu 16.04:

Besides building the software from source, you can install the latest release from third-party PPA, Ubuntu 16.04 and its derivatives are supported.

1. Add PPA

Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the command below to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/corebird 

Type in your password when it prompted and hit Enter.

2. If you have a previous release installed, just launch Software Updater and upgrade it after checking for updates.

Or run the commands below one by one in terminal to update and install Corebird Twitter client:

sudo apt update

sudo apt install corebird

3. (Optional) For those who want to revert to Corebird 1.1, the stock version in Ubuntu 16.04, purge the PPA via ppa-purge:

sudo apt install ppa-purge && sudo ppa-purge ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/corebird

That’s it. Enjoy!

Corebird, a native GTK3 Twitter client, has reached 1.2.1 release with some fixes. Here are the changes according to its release page:

• Fix a11y labelling of several switches in the settings dialog
• Fix an input window clipping bug in the tweet info page
• Fix a few cases of overlapping widgets into window borders
• Remove the “Save as” context menu from inline media. This has not been working in a while but the context menu was still there.
• Rename the .sidebar style class to .topbar. This was used in corebird before gtk+ used it, but now that the sidebar is at the top, the .sidebar style from gtk+ themes collides with the horizontal alignment we use, so use the more fitting ‘.topbar’.
• Show a focus outline in the topbar again. We are setting a custom background color here, so we also need to set a fitting outline color.
• Fix a coloring but in the topbar, where wildcard selectors in themes would overrde our foreground color.

How to Install Corebird 1.2.1:

While the 16.04 universe repository provides the old Corebird 1.1 release, you can upgrade to version 1.2.1 via third-party PPA since there’s no official Linux installer.

Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the commands below one by one to add PPA and install corebird:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/corebird

sudo apt update

sudo apt install corebird

For those who don’t want to add PPA, grab the .deb installer from the link below:

Select download:

• corebird_1.2.1-1~ubuntu16.04_amd64.deb for 64bit 16.04
• corebird_1.2.1-1~ubuntu16.04_i386.deb for 32bit 16.04

Then click install via Ubuntu Software, or by running command in terminal:

sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/PACKAGE_NAME; sudo apt-get -f install

Corebird, an open source twitter client for Linux, just got a new release after almost half a year of development.

The new Corebird 1.2 brings some UI changes, improvements to HiDPI displays, and more. See the full changelog:

• Inline media and avatars are no longer cached on disk
• Videos now indicate download progress showing a preview thumbnail with a circular progress overlay
• We download higher-resolution avatars on HiDPI displays now
• The build system usage has seen a major refactoring an cleanup, thanks to Rico Tzschichholz
• The sidebar is now at the top and dark
• Favorites now us a heart icon
• Sending tweets is now cancellable (e.g. when multiple images are attached, in which case it might take a while)
• Inline media are now displayed “full-size”, scaled to the current window size.
• Instagram videos are now correctly marked as videos, instead of was images
• If you have GTK+ >= 3.19, there’s now a GtkShortcutsWindow accessible from the app menuexplaining the various keyboard shortcuts. Note that Corebird still compiles and runs with GTK+ 3.16
• The big “add media” button in the compose window has been replaced with a regular text button. The added images are scaled down and displayed below it
• You can quote your own tweets now
• The settings dialog now contains a setting to hide “inappropriate content”, and it is enabled by default.
• The file selection dialog in the compose window now keeps you from selecting files > 3MB.

How to Install Corebird 1.2 in Ubuntu:

There’s no official Corebird binary packages. Unofficial builds are available in PPA for Ubuntu 15.10 and Ubuntu 16.04. Since it requires GTK+ 3.16, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is not supported.

1. Launch terminal from App Launcher or via Ctrl+Alt+T shortcut key. When it opens, paste below command and hit run:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/corebird

Type in password (no visual feedback when typing) when it asks and hit Enter to continue.

2. Then refresh your system cache and install the software:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install corebird

For those who don’t want to add PPA, grab the .deb package (select i386 for 32bit, amd64 for 64bit) from THIS PAGE, and click install via Software Center.