tdlib-purple vs twin

tdlib-purple

libpurple Telegram plugin using tdlib (by ars3niy)

twin

Text mode window environment. A "retro" program for embedded or remote systems, that doubles as X11 terminal and text-mode equivalent of VNC server (by cosmos72)

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tdlib-purple		twin
	Project
3	Mentions	14
144	Stars	614
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	5.4
7 months ago	Latest Commit	6 months ago
C++	Language	C
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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tdlib-purple

Posts with mentions or reviews of tdlib-purple. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-25.

Is there a way to have a full TUI desktop environment?
5 projects | /r/linux | 25 Apr 2023

For telegram, you could try something like tdlib-purple along with finch. It's basically the console version of pidgin if you've used that before, and it was really quite nice when I last used it a decade ago. :)
Telegram desktop from debian stable repo is too old to use, literally, it won't let you log in. Is there any plan to update it before the next stable release?
2 projects | /r/debian | 8 Mar 2022

There is also a pidgin plugin tdlib. Works for me.
Why Telegram had to follow Apple and Google when they suspended a voting app
4 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 25 Sep 2021

Yep. And not only bots - 3rd-party clients are much better tolerated compared to wa/signal.
Telegram has a clean, compact 3rd-party client that just works: https://github.com/ars3niy/tdlib-purple/
Signal has arcane, bloated (multiple dependencies, requires Java), and brittle client library https://github.com/hoehermann/purple-signal (there are other semi-abandoned projects)
WA 3rd-party clients are flat-out dead: https://github.com/davidgfnet/whatsapp-purple (and bunch more, all dead, or half-dead) Plus, WA would ban people they suspect to use 3rd-party clients.

twin

Posts with mentions or reviews of twin. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-25.

Is there a way to have a full TUI desktop environment?
5 projects | /r/linux | 25 Apr 2023

Twin - a Textmode WINdow environment, by Massimiliano Ghilardi https://github.com/cosmos72/twin
Asks the Textualize developers anything
3 projects | /r/Python | 13 Mar 2023

There is a twin project that is kind of neat, providing the highest fidelity interface possible (text mode, vnc, X gui) but doesn't have terminal multiplexing built in, or a browser interface.
Viewing Multiple Detached Windows
1 project | /r/tmux | 28 Sep 2022

Is it necessary to be in tmux? twin might be an easier solution: https://github.com/cosmos72/twin https://opensource.com/article/20/1/multiple-consoles-twin
What Is TTY?
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Aug 2022

Kind of related, Textmode Window Environment is interesting.
https://github.com/cosmos72/twin
A couple screenshots are on the old SourceForge site.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/twin/
Fun terminal programs GO!
4 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 13 Jul 2022
Sound Setup Program - For my game in development
1 project | /r/dosgaming | 26 May 2022

Nice! I don't know why, but this reminded me of the port(?) of the MSDOS user interface to UNIX-like systems.
Hi! I made simple TUI desktop for Linux named TBox
6 projects | /r/linux | 4 Nov 2021

Kind of like TWIN? https://github.com/cosmos72/twin
Favorite tui programs?
5 projects | /r/commandline | 1 Nov 2021

https://github.com/cosmos72/twin/ Seems its still getting some updates.
Best 💯
2 projects | /r/linuxmasterrace | 25 Oct 2021

If you've never used Twin then you don't know what youre missing!
The Xterm Window Manager Homepage
8 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 9 Oct 2021

A similar concept is available as TWIN: the Textmode WINdowing environment. This is mentioned at the bottom of the "See Also" list at TFA.
https://github.com/cosmos72/twin/
Screenshots at the (presumably old?) Sourceforge page:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/twin/

What are some alternatives?

When comparing tdlib-purple and twin you can also consider the following projects:

dendrite - Dendrite is a second-generation Matrix homeserver written in Go!

vtm - Text-based desktop environment

purple-signal - Pidgin/libpurple plugin for signal using libsignal-service-java (and parts of signal-cli).

xserver-SIXEL - A X server implementation for SIXEL-featured terminals, based on @pelya's Xsdl kdrive server(https://github.com/pelya/xserver-xsdl)

whatsapp-purple - WhatsApp protocol implementation for libpurple (pidgin)

tmux - tmux source code

org.telegram.desktop

twin.macro - 🦹‍♂️ Twin blends the magic of Tailwind with the flexibility of css-in-js (emotion, styled-components, solid-styled-components, stitches and goober) at build time.

wordgrinder - A word processor which gets the hell out of your way and lets you get some work done.

cinnamon - A Linux desktop featuring a traditional layout, built from modern technology and introducing brand new innovative features.

jcurses - Java Curses implementation

awesome-tuis - List of projects that provide terminal user interfaces