Comparison of Twitter SDKs

(Compiled on June 6, 2018)

	Tweepy	Twarc	Twitter4J	Ruby Gem
Programming Language	Python	Python	Java	Ruby
Latest Commit	2 days ago	13 days ago	December 25, 2016	November 9, 2017
Documentation	http://docs.tweepy.org/en/v3.6.0	https://github.com/tweepy/tweepy	http://twitter4j.org/javadoc/index.html	https://www.rubydoc.info/gems/twitter
Documentation Quality	Good	Good	Average	Average
# of Github Stars	5,155	421	2,201	4,055
# of Open Issues	282	17	N/A	87
Includes tests?	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
License	MIT	MIT	Apache 2.0	MIT
Community	Discord	N/A	N/A	N/A
Notes	Easy to Use	Easy to Use	Android and Google App Engine ready	Easy to Use
	"Getting Started" Tutorial in the Docs	Automatic handling of rate limits	Built-in OAuth support	Documentation limited to auto-generated RubyDoc
	Built-in OAuth support	Unable to get full collected "tweet set" until script has been stopped	No additional dependencies
			Documentation limited to auto-generated JavaDocs