What’s twhirl?

twhirl is a desktop client for the Twitter microblogging service. Most of the features available on the Twitter website are accessible through twhirl, too. Plus, a lot of usability enhancements have been added.

twhirl is based on the new Adobe AIR platform that allows web development techniques to be used to create desktop applications. It is powered by the Flash-based Flex 3 framework, also from Adobe.

Who’s behind twhirl?

twhirl and the website http://www.twhirl.org were originally created by Marco Kaiser, a web and software developer from Germany.

In April 2008, Seesmic, Inc. acquired twhirl and continues its development. Marco joins the Seesmic team to work on twhirl and other projects.