Mastodon — One-Click Install

Installation Notice

• Mastodon is a heavy app, and may take a bit longer to fully start up.
• Must be on Tipi Version 1.4.0 for the expose app to work!

Local Domain Varibale

• The local domain variable ca be the same as the exposed domain (Ex: social.example.com). But you could have the exposed domain as social.example.com and the username url as example.com.

Initial User Setup

1. SSH into your Tipi Server
2. Fill in your credentials (some_username,[email protected], some_very_good_password), then run the command:

   sudo docker exec -it -w /app/www mastodon bin/tootctl accounts create some_username --email [email protected] --confirmed --role Owner 
   

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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, 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!)

Click below to learn more in a video:

Features

No vendor lock-in: Fully interoperable with any conforming platform

It doesn't have to be Mastodon; whatever implements ActivityPub is part of the social network! Learn more

Real-time, chronological timeline updates

Updates of people you're following appear in real-time in the UI via WebSockets. There's a firehose view as well!

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 loop continuously!

Safety and moderation tools

Mastodon includes private posts, locked accounts, phrase filtering, muting, blocking and all sorts of other features, along with a reporting and moderation system. Learn more

OAuth2 and a straightforward REST API

Mastodon acts as an OAuth2 provider, so 3rd party apps can use the REST and Streaming APIs. This results in a rich app ecosystem with a lot of choices!