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[][travis]
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[][code_climate]
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[travis]: https://travis-ci.org/tootsuite/mastodon
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[code_climate]: https://codeclimate.com/github/tootsuite/mastodon
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Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server. A decentralized solution to commercial platforms, it avoids the risks of a single company monopolizing your communication. Anyone can run Mastodon and participate in the social network seamlessly.
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An alternative implementation of the GNU social project. Based on [ActivityStreams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activity_Streams_(format)), [Webfinger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebFinger), [WebSub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSub) and [Salmon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_(protocol)).
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Click on the screenshot to watch a demo of the UI:
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[][youtube_demo]
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[youtube_demo]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO1jQ8_rAMU
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The project focus is a clean REST API and a good user interface. Ruby on Rails is used for the back-end, while React.js and Redux are used for the dynamic front-end. A static front-end for public resources (profiles and statuses) is also provided.
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If you would like, you can [support the development of this project on Patreon][patreon]. Alternatively, you can donate to this BTC address: `17j2g7vpgHhLuXhN4bueZFCvdxxieyRVWd`
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[patreon]: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=619786
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## Resources
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- [List of Mastodon instances](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/List-of-Mastodon-instances.md)
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- [Use this tool to find Twitter friends on Mastodon](https://mastodon-bridge.herokuapp.com)
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- [API overview](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-the-API/API.md)
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- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/FAQ.md)
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- [List of apps](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/Apps.md)
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## Features
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- **Fully interoperable with GNU social and any OStatus platform**
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Whatever implements Atom feeds, ActivityStreams, Salmon, WebSub and Webfinger is part of the network
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- **Real-time timeline updates**
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See the updates of people you're following appear in real-time in the UI via WebSockets
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- **Federated thread resolving**
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If someone you follow replies to a user unknown to the server, the server fetches the full thread so you can view it without leaving the UI
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- **Media attachments like images and WebM**
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Upload and view images and WebM videos attached to the updates
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- **OAuth2 and a straightforward REST API**
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Mastodon acts as an OAuth2 provider so 3rd party apps can use the API, which is RESTful and simple
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- **Background processing for long-running tasks**
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Mastodon tries to be as fast and responsive as possible, so all long-running tasks that can be delegated to background processing, are
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- **Deployable via Docker**
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You don't need to mess with dependencies and configuration if you want to try Mastodon, if you have Docker and Docker Compose the deployment is extremely easy
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## Development
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Please follow the [development guide](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Running-Mastodon/Development-guide.md) from the documentation repository.
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## Deployment
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There are guides in the documentation repository for [deploying on various platforms](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation#running-mastodon).
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## Contributing
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You can open issues for bugs you've found or features you think are missing. You can also submit pull requests to this repository. [Here are the guidelines for code contributions](CONTRIBUTING.md)
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**IRC channel**: #mastodon on irc.freenode.net
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## Extra credits
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- The [Emoji One](https://github.com/Ranks/emojione) pack has been used for the emojis
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- The error page image courtesy of [Dopatwo](https://www.youtube.com/user/dopatwo)
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