Scweet
Scrape tweets, profiles, followers and more from Twitter/X — no API key needed
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you need to scrape Twitter/X data and don't have or want an official API key. The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and works as of June 2026. Install it for research, archival, or data collection tasks. Caveat: requires dedicated X accounts (never use personal accounts), browser cookie extraction, and likely proxies for any serious volume; X's undocumented endpoints can break after platform changes.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires a valid X/Twitter auth_token extracted from browser cookies (F12 → Application → Cookies → x.com → auth_token); username/password login is not supported.
- Low friction — pure Python wheel with six runtime dependencies (python-dotenv, sqlmodel, SQLAlchemy, curl_cffi, XClientTransaction, pydantic).
- Actively maintained as of June 2026 with 1594 repository stars and recent releases.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license (permissive) — you can use, modify, and distribute Scweet freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.
last release 2026-04-14 (122 days) · last repo commit 2026-06-24 · 1,594 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 140,986 downloads/mo, #11,256 on PyPI
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pip install -U Scweet
from Scweet import Scweet
s = Scweet(auth_token="YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN")
tweets = s.search("bitcoin", since="2025-01-01", limit=500, save=True)- Whether curl_cffi and XClientTransaction are stable, well-maintained dependencies or carry their own risk profile.
- Current rate limits and typical throughput per account per day in production use.
- Reliability of the self-healing manifest scrape feature (manifest_scrape_on_init=True) after X platform changes.
What it is and what it does
Scweet is a Python library that scrapes public tweets, user profiles, followers, and following lists from Twitter/X by calling the platform's internal GraphQL API. It authenticates using browser cookies (auth_token) rather than an official API key, making it accessible without a developer account. The library stores credentials and account state in a local SQLite database (scweet_state.db), supports both synchronous and asynchronous APIs, and can save results to CSV or JSON.
It's designed for researchers, data collectors, and developers who need to extract Twitter/X data at scale. The package includes built-in support for multiple accounts, per-account proxies, resume functionality for interrupted scrapes, and a CLI interface. It depends on sqlmodel and SQLAlchemy for state management, curl_cffi for HTTP requests, and pydantic for data validation. The library can also run hosted on Apify with no local setup required.
Use it for
- Search and archive tweets by keyword, hashtag, date range, or engagement filters without an official API key.
- Download a user's full tweet history or profile metadata for analysis or backup.
- Collect follower/following lists at scale using multiple dedicated accounts with rotating proxies.
- Resume interrupted large-scale scrapes from a checkpoint without losing progress.
- Run scraping jobs via CLI or Python API with automatic CSV/JSON export.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you need to scrape Twitter/X data and don't have or want an official API key.
The package is actively maintained, has no known vulnerabilities, and works as of June 2026. Install it for research, archival, or data collection tasks. Caveat: requires dedicated X accounts (never use personal accounts), browser cookie extraction, and likely proxies for any serious volume; X's undocumented endpoints can break after platform changes.
Install
scweet on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction — pure Python wheel with six runtime dependencies (python-dotenv, sqlmodel, SQLAlchemy, curl_cffi, XClientTransaction, pydantic). Actively maintained as of June 2026 with 1594 repository stars and recent releases.
Requires a valid X/Twitter auth_token extracted from browser cookies (F12 → Application → Cookies → x.com → auth_token); username/password login is not supported.
License in practice
MIT license (permissive) — you can use, modify, and distribute Scweet freely in commercial and private projects with minimal restrictions.
Quickstart
pip install -U Scweet
from Scweet import Scweet
s = Scweet(auth_token="YOUR_AUTH_TOKEN")
tweets = s.search("bitcoin", since="2025-01-01", limit=500, save=True)Verify before relying
- Whether curl_cffi and XClientTransaction are stable, well-maintained dependencies or carry their own risk profile.
- Current rate limits and typical throughput per account per day in production use.
- Reliability of the self-healing manifest scrape feature (manifest_scrape_on_init=True) after X platform changes.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.9 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 6 packagespython-dotenvsqlmodelSQLAlchemycurl_cffiXClientTransactionpydantic |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 122 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 140,986 / month, #11,256 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: DevelopersIntended Audience :: Science/ResearchLicense :: OSI Approved :: MIT LicenseProgramming Language :: Python :: 3.10Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP :: Indexing/SearchTopic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules |
Evidence: scweet-5.3-py3-none-any.whl
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