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Mastodon is self-hostable microblogging software that connects servers through ActivityPub. As part of the Fediverse, users can follow and reply across different software while using chronological timelines, media, moderation, and APIs.
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Combine a local community with federation across the Fediverse
It provides real-time chronological timelines, image and video attachments, private posts, locked accounts, phrase filters, muting, blocking, reports, and moderation. As an OAuth2 provider it exposes REST and Streaming APIs that support a third-party client ecosystem.
Sources: [1]
For communities that want to own policy and data operations
It fits organizations that want to manage registration, moderation rules, branding, and data retention without depending on a central service while still interacting with external instances. Pilot staffing, reports, backups, and federation policy on a small instance.
Sources: [1]
Take responsibility for federation, moderation, and the full stack
The current README requires Ruby 3.3+, PostgreSQL 14+, Redis 7+, Node.js 22+, and FFmpeg 5.1+, with Docker configurations and a standalone guide. A public instance also owns spam and abuse response, legal obligations, media storage, upgrades, and federation decisions. Mastodon uses AGPLv3.
Sources: [1]
Official sources
- [1]Mastodon README(2026-09-13)
Supplemental curator note
Selected for separating a name shared with animals and music through the distinctive search vocabulary of ActivityPub, Fediverse, and instances.
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GitHub Topics
- mastodon
- docker
- microblog
- activity-stream
- webfinger
- social-network
- activitypub
- fediverse
- social-web
- Stars
- 50,297
- Forks
- 7,494
- Watchers
- 711
- Open issues
- 4,355
- Primary language
- Ruby
- License
- AGPL-3.0
- Repository last updated
- Sep 13, 2026
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