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Description: Displays a real time twitter stream
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Clone URL: git://github.com/alexyoung/gobbler.git
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Gobble loads tweets in a scrolling view. It’s similar to Twistori

Installation

  1. Download the source
  2. Edit the config.yml file to watch topics that you’re interested in
  3. Set up a suitable rack-friendly web server (Passenger) or just run it locally

Info

  • It uses a background daemon to regularly fetch tweets from the twitter search API
  • It’s zero-conf, so the web app will automatically launch the daemon as required
  • It uses Sinatra and the BBC’s glow framework

Todo

  • Multiple searches