Mastodon documentation
Mastodon is a free, open-source GNU social-compatible social network server. A decentralized alternative 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.
Using Mastodon
Using the API
- API documentation
- Streaming API documentation
- Testing the API with cURL
- OAuth details
- Tips for app developers
- Push notifications
Running Mastodon
Please note: It is highly recommended to run a tagged release of Mastodon and not run off the current master branch.
- Resources needed
- Production guide
- Docker guide
- Alternative: Running on Heroku
- Development guide
- Alternative: Development with Vagrant
- Administration guide
- Maintenance Tasks
- Tuning Mastodon
- System Configuration Alternatives