A detailed description of the TwinMic beamline installed at Elettra, Italy, is presented. The beamline hosts a unique soft X-ray microscope supporting both transmission and scanning X-ray microscopy (TXM and STXM, respectively) within the one instrument. The beamline presently fosters the following techniques: STXM, TXM and ptychography, that can be combined with low-energy X-ray fluorescence and X-ray absorption near-edge structure spectroscopies. A detailed update of the design, operational modes and future upgrades of the TwinMic beamline is presented.