When it comes to Twitter, there are all types of users from the casual to the 'pro' who needs a lot of functionality. Many users opt for TweetDeck, which is a standalone desktop client later purchased by Twitter in 2011. While TweetDeck had a strong legacy following, the app has withered in development.

Tweeten is now available as an open beta with the goal of making TweetDeck look and feel like a modern desktop Twitter client for Windows users. The standalone app is ready for 32- and 64-bit installations and many of us have been using it behind the scenes for a few weeks — and now so can you

Tweeten is a standalone version of TweetDeck that is a skinning of the TweetDeck web client slipped into an app wrapper. However, Tweeten takes TweetDeck further through more customizations and features today, with even more being planned for future updates.