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Dev tools · December 19, 2012

Firefeed - A Twitter clone built with Firebase

An open source Twitter clone built with Firebase

Firefeed - A Twitter clone built with Firebase launched on December 19, 2012 with 81 votes, #26 of 501 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 13 years on.

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Firefeed is an open source Twitter clone built with Firebase, a backend platform for building applications. The project provides developers with a ready-made social media application structure they can study, modify, or deploy. It demonstrates how to implement core Twitter-like features such as posting, following, and feed functionality using Firebase's database and authentication services. Firefeed is suitable for developers learning social media application architecture or those needing a foundation for a Firebase-based social platform.

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