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Add link to quick start guide, link to general documentation, fix link to list of servers, remove Liberapay
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[][circleci]
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[][code_climate]
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[][weblate]
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[circleci]: https://circleci.com/gh/tootsuite/mastodon
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[code_climate]: https://codeclimate.com/github/tootsuite/mastodon
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[weblate]: https://weblate.joinmastodon.org/engage/mastodon/
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Mastodon is a **free, open-source social network server** based on **open web protocols** like ActivityPub and OStatus. The social focus of the project is a viable decentralized alternative to commercial social media silos that returns the control of the content distribution channels to the people. The technical focus of the project is a good user interface, a clean REST API for 3rd party apps and robust anti-abuse tools.
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Click on the screenshot below 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=IPSbNdBmWKE
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**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].
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[patreon]: https://www.patreon.com/mastodon
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---
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## Resources
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- [Quick start guide](https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/08/mastodon-quick-start-guide/)
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- [Find Twitter friends on Mastodon](https://bridge.joinmastodon.org)
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- [API overview](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-the-API/API.md)
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- [Documentation](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation)
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- [List of servers](https://joinmastodon.org/#getting-started)
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- [List of apps](https://joinmastodon.org/apps)
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- [List of sponsors](https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors)
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## Features
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**No vendor lock-in: Fully interoperable with any conforming platform**
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It doesn't have to be Mastodon, whatever implements ActivityPub or OStatus is part of the social 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. There's a firehose view as well!
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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 short videos**
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Upload and view images and WebM/MP4 videos attached to the updates. Videos with no audio track are treated like GIFs; normal videos are looped - like vines!
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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
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**Fast response times**
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Mastodon tries to be as fast and responsive as possible, so all long-running tasks are delegated to background processing
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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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## License
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Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Eugen Rochko & other Mastodon contributors (see AUTHORS.md)
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This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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## Extra credits
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The elephant friend illustrations are created by [Dopatwo](https://mastodon.social/@dopatwo)
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