---
name: "turpial"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "turpial"
version: "3.0+dfsg-1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/turpial"
---

# turpial(1)

Light, fast and fully functional Twitter client written in Python

## NAME

turpial - Light, fast and fully functional Twitter client written in Python

## SYNOPSIS

turpial \[options\]

## DESCRIPTION

Turpial is a microblogging client for social networks like Twitter and Identi.ca.

It is developed under a strict diet in order to consume very few resources, so it a perfect choice to be used with netbooks and systems with limited specs.

Turpial also has desktop integration features like notifications and themes and includes convenient features like muting users and url shorters.

For additional information, see *http://turpial.org.ve/*

## OPTIONS

- **-h, --help**

  Show a help message and exit.

- **-d, --debug**

  Show debug info in shell during execution.

- **-i** *INTERFACE,* **--interface=***INTERFACE*

  Select interface to use (gtk\|gtk+).

- **-c, --clean**

  Clean all bytecodes.

- **--version**

  Show the version of Turpial and exit.

- **--test**

  Only load timeline and friends.

## SEE ALSO

- •

  *http://turpial.org.ve/*

## AUTHOR

Wil Alvarez \<wil.alejandro at gmail.com\>

## COPYRIGHT

GNU GPL version 3 or later