Twitter can be used as a device-independent, global command line that sits on top of a large user-base.
— Twitter Fan Wiki, January 2008
Despite the rules concerning the Twitter API use having gotten stricter throughout the years, Twitter remains a popular network for bot makers and enthusiasts, which can be easily proved by the variety of bots operating on it:
- @censusAmericans: tweeting the census one real American at a time
- @congressedits: shows anonymous Wikipedia edits that are made from IP addresses in the US Congress
- @Betelgeuse_3: based on the “obnoxious, devious ghost named Betelgeuse” from the 1988 movie Beetlejuice
- @infinitedeserts: an infinity of deserts
- @JustDiedBot: tweets about celebrity deaths once they are posted on Wikipedia
- @bartleby_scrvnr: responds to @ mentions using lines from Bartleby, the Scrivener
- @riverlevel_1867: one of 2,400+ water level-monitoring UK Twitter bots
- @GenerateACat: generates a drawing of a cat when someone follows or tweets at it
Browse by category¶
Image Twitter bots
Twitter bots posting images.
GIF Twitter bots
Twitter bots posting animated GIFs.
Game Twitter bots
These Twitter bots are all fun and games.
Poetry Twitter bots
Twitter bots that write and collect poetry.
Generative Twitter bots
Twitter bots that make things.
Non-English Twitter bots
Est-ce que votre Twitter bot parle français?
IoT Twitter bots
“Internet of things” Twitter bots, practically robots!
CBDQ Twitter bots
Twitter bots made with Cheap Bots, Done Quick!
Open source Twitter bots
Twitter bots you can use to make more Twitter bots.
Maintained lists¶
Lists maintained by the Botwiki team¶
- Bots posting polls
- NYC bots 🗽
- XKCD Bots: bots inspired by the xkcd webcomic
- Verified Twitter bots
- Days of the week
— 😌📚 microdosing literature through friendly twitter bots
— postmodern dream girl (@akratique) August 7, 2019
General¶
- @everyword-alike bots, maintained by @hugovk
- Bots in the tiny_universe, maintained by @hugovk
- Music bots, maintaned by @ASchoenbot
- Activist bots, created by Leonardo Flores
- Self-care bots, created by Claire S.
- Bots that use the NY Public Library data collection, created by @nypl_labs
- Bots posting famous art, created by Andrei Taraschuk
- “Every lot: bots, created by Neil Freeman
- See also: @bestofeverylot
- The Omnibots list, maintained by Tully Hansen
Can I give a Twitter bot as a wedding gift?
— byron hulcher (@hypirlink) September 8, 2016
Science, education¶
- Scientific literature using Twitter bots, maintained by Alexis Verger (see related article)
- Bots watching Wikipedia, by R. M. Livingstone
- Gallery, library, archive and museum bots, maintained by Neal Stimler
- Museum Bots, maintained by John Emerson
Non-English bots¶
- Bots tweeting in Finnish, maintained by @hugovk
- Bots tweeting in German, maintained by Esther Seyffarth
- Bots tweeting in Spanish, maintained by @isa_arch
- Bots tweeting in French, maintained by @White_fangs
- Bots tweeting in Esperanto, maintained by @rubekoleska
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