tootsuite/mastodon
Mastodon
Mastodon is a decentralized microblogging platform and federated social network. It allows users to publish short text updates, media, and links to a chronological feed across a distributed architecture that removes reliance on a single central authority.
The software enables the creation of self-hosted social servers, giving administrators local control over user accounts and content. These independent instances synchronize user profiles and interactions across a global network of servers using the ActivityPub protocol for cross-platform social networking.
The platform includes community content moderation tools for filtering phrases and managing account visibility through muting, blocking, and reporting. It also provides programmable interfaces for third-party data access and supports multi-language localization.
Features
- ActivityPub Implementations - Implements the ActivityPub protocol to synchronize social data across a decentralized network of servers.
- Federated Social Servers - Provides server software for running independent, self-hosted social network instances that function as nodes in a decentralized network.
- Self-Hosted Microblogging Platforms - Provides a self-hosted environment for administrators to manage microblogging data and user roles.
- Short Status Updates - Implements a micro-blogging feed for publishing short text updates with media attachments.
- SQLite or PostgreSQL Storage - Uses PostgreSQL as the primary relational database for managing user profiles and social relationship graphs.
- Self-Hosted Instances - Provides the necessary tools to deploy and run independent social network instances on user-controlled infrastructure.
- Social Post Distribution - Distributes posts and user profiles across a decentralized network to follower feeds.
- Decentralized Social Networks - Operates as a decentralized social network allowing users to interact across different independent server platforms.
- Community Moderation Systems - Includes administrative tools for filtering phrases and managing account visibility via muting, blocking, and reporting.
- Ruby on Rails Frameworks - Built on the Ruby on Rails framework using the model-view-controller pattern for server logic.
- Federated Data Synchronization - Synchronizes user interactions and content across different servers using a shared communication protocol.
- Content Moderation Tools - Provides utilities for filtering phrases and managing account visibility through muting, blocking, and reporting to maintain community standards.
- REST APIs - Provides public-facing programmatic interfaces for interacting with social data and server features.
- Background Job Processing - Offloads heavy tasks like remote delivery and media processing to a Redis-backed background job queue.
- Token-Based Authentication - Secures programmatic API access using unique secret tokens granted to authorized third-party applications.
- Federated Social Platforms - Links multiple independent servers using open standards to enable cross-platform social interactions.
- Social Media - Enables interaction with decentralized social networking instances.
