Tween (software)

Tween is a Twitter client for Microsoft Windows, written in Visual Basic .NET. It was one of the most popular Twitter clients in Japan,^[2] and it was open-source.

Tween
Original author(s)	@kiri_feather[1]
Developer(s)	@kiri_feather
Initial release	November 21, 2007
Stable release	1.4.9.0 / March 15, 2013 (2013-03-15)
Preview release	0.9.9.1 / February 18, 2011 (2011-02-18)
Operating system	Windows
Platform	.NET Framework 4.0 (or later)
Type	Twitter client
License	Proprietary
Website	Tween - Twitter Client(Japanese)

Summary

Originally, Tween was developed for heavy users. For this reason, Tween is a Twitter client with various functions. There are web mode and API mode, and users can switch between modes. Web mode allows users to avoid API limit's operation.^[3]

History

The first beta version was released at Hatena Diary on Nov. 21, 2007.^[4] Originally web mode was an only way to get data, then API mode was implemented. 0.7.7.7 was released on Oct. 2, 2009, and API mode was set as default.^[5] 1.2.0.0 or later became Proprietary software.