Twitter2irc

notes for a review of different twitter<->IRC gateways.

Pros and cons of each, plus what each does that the others do not.

bitlbee

• Pro
  • very well known
  • multi-protocol, multi-account
• Con
  • relies heavily on a command channel with its own commands, rather than IRCisms

tircd

• Pro
  • displays users "real names" on @mentions (also a con: increases verbositude)
  • relies heavily on "natural" IRCisms (invite, kick, /msg, etc)
• Con
  • not a general IM solution. twitter/identica only

minbif

• Pro
  • multi protocol. (multiaccount is unknown/assumed?)
• Con
  • libpurple has heavy dependancies in debian at least (X crap!! :(

twirssi

• Con
  • chews the CPU
  • uses an irssi window, but otherwise appears unrelated to any interface settings from irssi. (ie, colours, logging, etc, all have to be setup anew)
  • is not a general IM solution. twitter/identica only
  • twirssi specific solution only.
• Pro
  • loading full conversations on the fly
  • nice colouring of hashtags and @mention names

TODO

• setup configuration
• aspects of twitter
  • retweet
  • quoted retweet
  • view conversation
  • live search
  • twitter lists
  • following and unfollowing
  • private messaging
  • blocking
• screenshots