X circle generators compared: which ones still work in 2026

The short version

The three that work without a login were run on the same public account, on the same day. The two that need an account or an extension were not run: what is written about them comes from their own pages.

Mootmap

Ours, so briefly. You type a username and get a map: the account in the middle of an island, the closest 7 people on its heart, the next 15 on the land, up to 28 more on the water. You leave with a square picture, a vertical story picture, a short video or a link. Under the picture there are highlights (top mutual, biggest fan, posting style, peak hour) and the full ranking, with interactions counted in each direction and a tick to take anyone out.

The score is written out on the page: reply 3, quote 2.5, mention 1.5, repost 1, each halving every 30 days, with two-way exchanges counting up to double. Nothing about the account is stored unless you ask for a link, and a link is deleted after 30 days. The tool is here.

WishKit

WishKit's X Circle is the closest to ours in what it does. No login, free, up to 50 people in three rings of 8, 16 and 26, with medals on the top three. The ways out are the same kind: post on X, an animation, a picture for Instagram, a PNG, a link. Under the picture it shows a ranking with interactions in each direction and lets you untick people, as we do. It also explains its score on the page: reply 3, quote 2, mention 1.5, repost 1, halving every 30 days.

Two differences are worth knowing. The first is storage: its page says finished circles are saved on its servers so that shared links open at once, while Mootmap keeps a circle only if you ask for a link. The second is what the tool is for: it is a free extra from a company that sells a feedback board for apps, and the page ends by inviting you to try that product. Mootmap is only its tools, and it is paid for by ads instead. The look differs too: rings of photos there, a map here.

CutNoodle

CutNoodle is a set of free browser tools for video and audio that also has a group of X tools; X Circle is one of them. No login, any public account, up to 50 people in rings, more than a dozen backgrounds and a control for the photo size. You leave with a PNG, a copied image or a share link that lasts 30 days. Its page describes the same weights we use (reply 3, quote 2.5, mention 1.5, repost 1, a 30-day half-life), and like Mootmap it stores a circle only when you make a link.

What it has that we do not: more X tools around the circle, among them a photo mosaic, a recap in story cards and a score for how much two accounts talk. What we did not find on its circle page: a video, a vertical story picture, or highlights next to the ranking (those live in its separate recap tool).

Circleboom

Circleboom is a management suite for X accounts with a free circle generator inside it. Its page says you need a Circleboom account, made with an email and a password, connected to your X profile. Circleboom describes itself as an official enterprise developer for X. It can build the circle two ways, by activity or by follower count.

We did not run it, because it needs an account. If you already use Circleboom, or you prefer a tool from a company with official developer status over one that reads public posts through an independent service, it is the one to look at.

XKit Tools

XKit Tools, by the developer rxliuli, has an interaction circle generator with a username field. When we pressed Generate it asked for a browser extension from the Chrome Web Store and for a logged-in X session. The page does not say how people are ranked. We did not install the extension, so we cannot describe the result.

Chirpty and Twitter Circle

Chirpty is the name many people still use for these pictures. Its site now shows one message: "Recent changes to Twitter mean that Chirpty can't continue." Twitter Circle (twittercircle.com) still shows its form, but the page carries the notice "Twitter Circle has been shut down." If you came looking for either, this is how to make the same kind of picture now.

Where Mootmap is weaker

• It is new. The others have drawn thousands of circles; ours has just opened, and its counter stays hidden until it reaches a number worth showing.
• It is one tool. CutNoodle and Circleboom surround their circle with other things to do on X. More are planned here, not built.
• It depends on an unofficial source. Like the other no-login tools it reads public posts through an independent service that X does not run. When that service is slow, so are we.
• It shows ads. That is how it stays free without selling something else.

Which one to use

• A circle for any public account, no login: Mootmap, WishKit or CutNoodle. Choose by the picture you like and by what you want to leave with.
• Nothing stored unless you ask: Mootmap or CutNoodle.
• A video or a story picture as well as the square one: Mootmap or WishKit.
• Other X tools next to the circle: CutNoodle.
• A company with official X developer status, and you do not mind an account: Circleboom.

How this was checked

On 5 October 2026 we opened each tool's page and read what it says about login, price, ranking and storage. Mootmap, WishKit and CutNoodle were then run on the same public account. For XKit Tools we pressed the button and stopped at the request for an extension. Circleboom, Chirpty and Twitter Circle are described from their pages only. Tools change: if something here is out of date, write to us and it will be corrected.

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