Tried it on mint (LTS). uname -a (base) Linux q 5.3.0-28-generic #30~18.04.1-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 17 06:14:09 UTC 2020 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

I get: /opt/app.twinkle.notes/twinkle (base) dist:/opt/app.twinkle.notes var:/home/q/.config/twinkle dist=/opt/app.twinkle.notes var=/home/q/.config/twinkle * Twinkle Lisp 2020 *

DevTools listening on ws://127.0.0.1:16780/devtools/browser/6d2dd982-a67d-4915-8517-83d4394054a3 error: file '/opt/app.twinkle.notes/lisp/lib/sqlite3.l': position 13622: line 386: invalid number #1: /opt/app.twinkle.notes/lisp/init.l:42: (load "lib/sqlite3.l") [2020-02-05 23:23:09,394950 init#0] finished due to run time error

This is the deb file on your website.