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[][circleci]
[][code_climate]
[circleci]: https://circleci.com/gh/tootsuite/mastodon
[code_climate]: https://codeclimate.com/github/tootsuite/mastodon
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.
**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.
This repository specifically is for [Plural Café](https://plural.cafe) and has three branches:
* **master** (**edge** on Docker Hub) for all development and staging work,
* **glitch** for all commits from upstream that will automatically be synched to this repository, and
* **production** (**latest** on Docker Hub) for what goes onto the main website.
In addition, there are several repositories in this GitHub organization:
* **pluralcafe/mastodon** is this repository and is the codebase for what Plural Café runs,
* [**pluralcafe/utils**](https://github.com/pluralcafe/utils) are an assortment of scripts and tutorials to help in Mastodon system administration or general helper files this instance uses,
* [**pluralcafe/barkeep**](https://github.com/pluralcafe/barkeep) is forked from [mbilokonsky/ambassador](https://github.com/mbilokonsky/ambassador) and serves as the Ambassador bot that is run on the instance.
This instance is a fork of a fork: this has the [Mastodon Glitch Edition](https://github.com/glitch-soc/mastodon) commits. Documentation for Mastodon Glitch Edition [can be found here](https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/). Anyone wishing to use Glitch Edition in a Docker image for their own site can use the `pluralcafe/mastodon:glitch` image.
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## Resources
- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/FAQ.md)
- [Use this tool to find Twitter friends on Mastodon](https://bridge.joinmastodon.org)
- [API overview](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-the-API/API.md)
- [List of Mastodon instances](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/List-of-Mastodon-instances.md)
- [List of apps](https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/Apps.md)
- [List of sponsors](https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors)
## Features
**No vendor lock-in: Fully interoperable with any conforming platform**
It doesn't have to be Mastodon, whatever implements ActivityPub or OStatus is part of the social network!
**Real-time timeline updates**
See the updates of people you're following appear in real-time in the UI via WebSockets. There's a firehose view as well!
**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 short videos**
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!
**OAuth2 and a straightforward REST API**
Mastodon acts as an OAuth2 provider so 3rd party apps can use the API
**Fast response times**
Mastodon tries to be as fast and responsive as possible, so all long-running tasks are delegated to background processing
**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
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