tweepy — open-source Social Community

Updated 2026-10-13 · tool · Social Community · rev 2 · structured JSON

Tweepy is the MIT-licensed Python client that wraps the sanctioned X (Twitter) API v2 for developers building compliant integrations.

Is tweepy open source?

Yes, tweepy is open source under the MIT license.

How much does tweepy cost?

tweepy is free to use.

Can I self-host tweepy?

Yes, tweepy can be self-hosted (the source is available under the MIT license).

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Tweepy is an MIT-licensed Python library (~11.2k GitHub stars) that gives developers a clean interface to the official X (Twitter) API v2. It handles OAuth 1.0a and OAuth 2.0 authentication plus API key / bearer tokens against a sanctioned developer app, so there is no ban risk the way scraping libraries (twikit, twscrape, snscrape) carry. Free and self-installed via pip; you bring your own X API credentials, which are subject to X's paid tiers and per-tier rate limits.

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