Awesome Mastodon

Curated list of Mastodon-related stuff!

Mastodon is the world’s largest free, open-source, decentralized microblogging network. See the Official category to learn more about the network.

Contents

• Official
• Clients
• Federated servers
• Tools
• User styles
• User scripts
• Bots
• News & magazines bots
• Associations
• Blogs
• Libraries
• Hosting

Official

• Website
• GitHub repository
• Documentation & official explaination
• API documentation

Clients

• Tusky - Android client.
• Twidere - Android app for Twitter, GNU Social and Mastodon.
• Tooty - Experimental multi-account Mastodon Web client (Elm).
• toot - Mastodon CLI client (Python).
• madonctl - Mastodon CLI client (Go).
• naumanni - Web user interface specially designed for Mastodon.
• Tooter - Native client for SailfishOS.
• Fedilab - Android client.
• Pinafore - Alternative web client for Mastodon, focused on speed and simplicity.
• Tootle - Simple Mastodon client designed for elementary OS.
• Brutaldon - Brutaldon is a brutalist, Web 1.0 web interface for Mastodon.
• Halcyon - Alternative web client for Mastodon and Pleroma with a Twitter-like interface.
• Whalebird - Electron-based Mastodon client.
• Planiverse - Minimalist, no-JS Web client for Mastodon.
• Toot! - Mastodon client for iOS.
• Sengi - Desktop oriented webapp for Mastodon and Pleroma, focused on multi-accounts usages.

Federated servers

• Mastodon - Most known microblogging platform.
• Pleroma - Lightweight microblogging platform.
• GnuSocial - Oldest microblogging platform.
• Microblog.pub - Single-user lightweight microblogging platform.
• Hubzilla - Blog/social networks platform with file, contacts and events sharing.
• Friendica - Social network platform.
• Peertube - Video sharing platform.
• FunkWhale - Audio sharing platform.
• Plume - Blogging platform.
• WriteFreely - Blogging platform.
• Prismo - Link aggregation platform.
• PixelFed - Photograph sharing platform.
• NextCloud Social - Microblogging inside the cloud platform.

Tools

• Mastodon instances - List of Mastodon instances.
• unmung.com/mastoview - Preview the local or federated timeline of any instance.
• Toot scheduler - Schedule now, toot later.
• Last - Aggregate toots on a web page providing Atom feed and an epub (Perl).
• Forget - Delete toots after a user defined period of time (Python source code).
• Mastodon Toot Bookmarklet - Bookmarklet to toot the current page (source code)
• Mastodon – Simplified Federation! - Redirect clicks on remote follow/interaction buttons to your own instance (source code).
• Fediverse Explorer - Trending hashtags and popular toots, regenerated every hour.
• Mastodon #nowplaying Toot Bookmarklet - Bookmarklet to toot the music you’re currently listening to. Works with YouTube. (source code)

User styles

• Variable width - Makes Mastodon scale with the browser’s width.
• Narrow drawer - With the variable width style, makes the drawer narrower and the other columns scale accordingly.

User scripts

• NSFW Remover - Automatically display NSFW images.
• Customizable interface - Move and resize columns on a grid.
• BirdSite - Browser extension for cross-posting Mastodon toots to Twitter.

Bots

• feed2toot - Automatically parses RSS feeds, identifies new posts and posts them on Mastodon (Python).
• usercount - Bot which posts user statistics to Mastodon (Python).
• autofollow - Autofollow bot for Mastodon (Python).
• hnbot - Posts the Hacker News stories with 100+ points (Python).
• translator - Translate any toot into the desired language using @translator@toot.works [langcode].
• [@TrendingBot@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@TrendingBot) - Shows you what’s trending on Mastodon.
• Remindr - Automatically send reminders to both Mastodon and Twitter from a list of resources (Python).
• News Bot - mirrors Twitter accounts on Mastodon (ClojureScript), source available on GitHub.
• Welcome Bot - Automatically send a welcome DM to new users (Python).

News & magazines bots

Please note: most of them are non-official. Also, we do not recommend any, they are just listed here for your information.

English

• [@fsf@status.fsf.org](https://status.fsf.org/fsf) - FSF Free Software Foundation.
• [@HackerNewsBot@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@HackerNewsBot) - Hacker News.
• [@btc@framapiaf.org](https://framapiaf.org/@btc) - News about the Bitcoin Cryptocurrency (marketcap, community, rise/drop alerts).
• [@ethereum@framapiaf.org](https://framapiaf.org/@ethereum) - News about the Ethereum Cryptocurrency (marketcap, community, rise/drop alerts).
• [@monero@framapiaf.org](https://framapiaf.org/@monero) - News about the Monero Cryptocurrency (marketcap, community, rise/drop alerts).
• [@launchradar@mastodon.cloud](https://mastodon.cloud/@launchradar) - News about space flight, astronomy and astrophysics.

Français

• [@BFMTV@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@BFMTV) - BFMTV.
• [@courrierinter@mastodon.xyz](https://mastodon.xyz/@courrierinter) - Courrier international.
• [@artefr@mamot.fr](https://mamot.fr/@artefr) - Arte.
• [@datagueule@framapiaf.org](https://framapiaf.org/@datagueule) - DATA Gueule.
• [@lemondebot@mastodon.xyz](https://mastodon.xyz/@lemondebot) - Le Monde.
• [@libe@mamot.fr](https://mamot.fr/@libe) - Libération.
• [@lecanardenchaine@mamot.fr](https://mamot.fr/@lecanardenchaine) - Le Canard Enchaîné.
• [@lefigaro@mastodon.xyz](https://mastodon.xyz/@lefigaro) - Le Figaro.
• [@lesjoursfr@mamot.fr](https://mamot.fr/@lesjoursfr) - Les Jours.
• [@mdiplo@mamot.fr](https://mamot.fr/@mdiplo) - Le Monde Diplomatique.
• [@Mediapart@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@Mediapart) - Mediapart officiel (non actif).
• [@mediapartbot@mastodon.xyz](https://mastodon.xyz/@mediapartbot) - Mediapart bot actif.
• [@NextInpact@mamot.fr](https://mamot.fr/@NextInpact) - NextInpact.
• [@reflets@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@reflets) - Reflets.info.

Associations

English

• [@torproject@mastodon.social](https://mastodon.social/@torproject) - Tor Project.

Français

• [@aprilorg@pouet.april.org](https://pouet.april.org/@aprilorg) - APRIL.
• [@Attac@mamot.fr](https://mamot.fr/@Attac) - Attac France.
• [@acrimed@mamot.fr](https://mamot.fr/@acrimed) - Acrimed.
• [@framasoft@framapiaf.org](https://framapiaf.org/@Framasoft) - Framasoft.
• [@LaQuadrature@mamot.fr](https://mamot.fr/@LaQuadrature) - La Quadrature du Net.

Blogs

English

Français

• [@HygieneMentale@oc.todon.fr](https://oc.todon.fr/@HygieneMentale) - Hygiène Mentale.
• [@journalduhacker@framapiaf.org](https://framapiaf.org/@journalduhacker) - Journal du Hacker.
• [@korbenbot@mastodon.xyz](https://mastodon.xyz/@korbenbot) - Korben (bot).

Libraries

• Mastodon.py - Python wrapper for the Mastodon API.
• Megalodon - Mastodon API client library for node.js.

Hosting

• Masto.host - Fully managed Mastodon hosting.