{"id":541,"slug":"mastodon","name":"Mastodon","short_description":"Mastodon is a free, decentralized, open source microblogging network.","url":"https://github.com/topics/mastodon","github_count":1650,"created_by":"Eugen Rochko","logo_url":"https://explore-feed.github.com/topics/mastodon/mastodon.png","released":"October 5, 2016","wikipedia_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software)","related_topics":["activitypub","fediverse","microblog","social-network","webfinger"],"aliases":[],"github_url":"https://github.com/mastodon","content":"\u003cp\u003eMastodon is a free and open source microblogging network built as a decentralized federation of independently-operated servers. The server-side technology is Ruby on Rails, and the front end is written in JavaScript (React.js and Redux). It implements the \u003ca href=\"https://activitypub.rocks/\"\u003eActivityPub\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https://webfinger.net/\"\u003eWebFinger\u003c/a\u003e protocols for interoperability with other social networks. \u003ca href=\"https://joinmastodon.org/apps\"\u003eThere are several client applications for different platforms available.\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","created_at":"2024-07-29T13:48:02.183Z","updated_at":"2026-06-18T00:14:42.557Z","topic_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/topics/mastodon","html_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/topics/mastodon","projects_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/projects?keyword=mastodon","lists_url":"https://awesome.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/lists?topic=mastodon"}