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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 13e580e3f..998d57005 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,70 +1,10 @@ - -======== +# Mastodon Glitch Edition # -[][travis] -[][code_climate] +> Now with automated deploys! -[travis]: https://travis-ci.org/tootsuite/mastodon -[code_climate]: https://codeclimate.com/github/tootsuite/mastodon +[](https://travis-ci.org/glitch-soc/mastodon) -Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server. A decentralized solution 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. +So here's the deal: we all work on this code, and then it runs on dev.glitch.social and anyone who uses that does so absolutely at their own risk. can you dig it? -An alternative implementation of the GNU social project. Based on [ActivityStreams](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activity_Streams_(format)), [Webfinger](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebFinger), [WebSub](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebSub) and [Salmon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmon_(protocol)). - -Click on the screenshot to watch a demo of the UI: - -[][youtube_demo] - -[youtube_demo]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO1jQ8_rAMU - -The project focus is a clean REST API and a good user interface. 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. - -If you would like, you can [support the development of this project on Patreon][patreon]. Alternatively, you can donate to this BTC address: `17j2g7vpgHhLuXhN4bueZFCvdxxieyRVWd` - -[patreon]: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=619786 - -## Resources - -- [List of Mastodon instances](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/List-of-Mastodon-instances.md) -- [Use this tool to find Twitter friends on Mastodon](https://mastodon-bridge.herokuapp.com) -- [API overview](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-the-API/API.md) -- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/FAQ.md) -- [List of apps](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/Apps.md) - -## Features - -- **Fully interoperable with GNU social and any OStatus platform** - Whatever implements Atom feeds, ActivityStreams, Salmon, WebSub and Webfinger is part of the network -- **Real-time timeline updates** - See the updates of people you're following appear in real-time in the UI via WebSockets -- **Federated thread resolving** - 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 -- **Media attachments like images and WebM** - Upload and view images and WebM videos attached to the updates -- **OAuth2 and a straightforward REST API** - Mastodon acts as an OAuth2 provider so 3rd party apps can use the API, which is RESTful and simple -- **Background processing for long-running tasks** - Mastodon tries to be as fast and responsive as possible, so all long-running tasks that can be delegated to background processing, are -- **Deployable via Docker** - 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 - -## Development - -Please follow the [development guide](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Running-Mastodon/Development-guide.md) from the documentation repository. - -## Deployment - -There are guides in the documentation repository for [deploying on various platforms](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation#running-mastodon). - -## Contributing - -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) - -**IRC channel**: #mastodon on irc.freenode.net - -## Extra credits - -- The [Emoji One](https://github.com/Ranks/emojione) pack has been used for the emojis -- The error page image courtesy of [Dopatwo](https://www.youtube.com/user/dopatwo) - - +- You can view documentation for this project at [glitch-soc.github.io/docs/](https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/). +- And contributing guidelines are available [here](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [here](https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/contributing/). |