Fast X CLI. Cookie auth. Zero fuss.

Tweet, reply, read threads, search, mentions — powered by X/Twitter GraphQL and your existing browser session.

copy & run 

tar -xzf bird-macos-universal-v*.tar.gz
install -m 755 bird ~/.local/bin/bird

bird whoami
bird tweet "hi from bird.fast"

Install

Private release

Download the universal tarball from GitHub Releases.

tar -xzf bird-macos-universal-v*.tar.gz
install -m 755 bird ~/.local/bin/bird

Verify

Confirm the installed binary and authenticated account.

bird --version
bird whoami

Build from source

Requires Node 24, pnpm, and Bun.

pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
pnpm run build

Commands

Everything you need for a fast “read → reply → move on” loop.

bird tweet "ship it"

How it works

01

Use your existing session

Cookie auth. No password prompt. Reads from Safari/Chrome/Firefox (configurable).

02

GraphQL first

Talks to X’s internal endpoints. Query IDs rotate — bird auto-refreshes and caches them.

03

Fast, scriptable output

Human output by default. Flip to --json or --plain when you need stability.