Twitter bots

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:

Some example bots include:

@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.

Emoji ✨ Twitter bots

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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

— 😌📚 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
The Botsistance, maintained by @EthanBeihl
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
Chatbots on Twitter, created by Sam Schmir
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

What are the most popular Twitter bots? And why you shouldn't care all that much.https://t.co/hL7bOypyrm pic.twitter.com/apnYPGEvm2
— Botwiki 🤖💾🎨 (@botwikidotorg) October 7, 2019