qTwitter is a free and open source application that enables you to use twitter.com social networking website directly from your Desktop.

Here are some key features of "qTwitter":

· OAuth-based authentication scheme for Twitter accounts,
· support for Twitter and Identi.ca for: friends and public timeline, posting, replying, retweeting, deleting and (dis)favoring statuses, downloading, sending and deleting direct messages,
· support for working with multiple accounts at the same time,
· storing statuses lists between sessions,
· automatic checking for updates,
· integrated support for one-click URL shortening via 8 different services,
· full interaction with TwitPic API, allowing for easy one-click image uploading and posting updates,
· system tray notifications (via knotify and Growl),
· customizable statuses list length and look (via the use of themes),
· in-session passwords storing (can be disabled),
· HTTP proxy support,
· being recognized as a source of updates,
· translation to 8 languages in run-time

Requirements:

· Qt
· Xcode

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· merging friends timeline with mentions (@-replies) timeline,
· fixed notifications - now notify about new statuses (NOT unread ones) and display unread statuses count,
· improved URL shortening (all urls at one go, customizable shortcut, pluggable),
· automatic #hashtagging,
· fixes in parsing links in statuses (by Stephan Beyer),
· initial plugin architecture (subject to change),
· improvements in build system (detecting correct libdir on *NIXes and automatic generation of translations),
· code cleanup in Twitter API library (by Stephan Beyer).