mastodon

GitHub describes it as Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community. The repository metadata lists Ruby as its primary language. The metadata lists the AGPL-3.0 license. This article stays within the project description and details documented in the GitHub repository README.

GitHub describes it as Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community. The repository metadata lists Ruby as its primary language. The metadata lists the AGPL-3.0 license. The README describes the project this way: Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub where users can follow friends and discover new ones. On Mastodon, users can publish anything they want: links, pictures, text, and video. All Mastodon servers are interoperable as a federated network (users on one server can seamlessly communicate with users from another one, including non-Mastodon software that implements ActivityPub!)

The README section "Features" states: Part of the Fediverse. Based on open standards, with no vendor lock-in. - the network goes beyond just Mastodon; anything that implements ActivityPub is part of a broader social network known as the Fediverse. You can follow and interact with users on other servers (including those running different software), and they can follow you back.

The README section "Features" states: Real-time, chronological timeline updates - updates of people you're following appear in real-time in the UI.

The README section "Features" states: Media attachments - upload and view images and videos attached to the updates. Videos with no audio track are treated like animated GIFs; normal videos loop continuously.

The repository README is the source for this review. It does not replace a local installation or an independent test.

• Source 1 · Project repository
• Source 2 · README