Post, read, search, and reply on X (Twitter) using your browser cookies — no API key required.
Use bird to interact with X (Twitter) via your existing browser session.
Bird reads cookies from your browser automatically (Firefox or Chrome).
Run bird check to verify authentication sources are working.
For headless use, set SWEETISTICS_API_KEY or pass --engine sweetistics.
bird whoami # show authenticated user
bird read <url-or-tweet-id> # read a single tweet
bird thread <url-or-tweet-id> # read full thread
bird timeline -n 20 # home timeline (default 10)
bird mentions -n 10 # your mentions
bird search "query" -n 5 # search tweets
bird tweet "text" # post a tweet
bird reply <id-or-url> "text" # reply to a tweet
bird check first if auth errors occur