https://github.com/Anthchirp/mastodon-defederate

Aiding small Mastodon instance admins by tracking larger instances' server blocklists
https://github.com/Anthchirp/mastodon-defederate

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Aiding small Mastodon instance admins by tracking larger instances' server blocklists

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/Anthchirp/mastodon-defederate
• Owner: Anthchirp
• License: bsd-3-clause
• Created: 2022-11-12T00:31:25.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2022-11-22T09:01:02.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-13T14:52:46.643Z (7 months ago)
• Topics: mastodon
• Language: Python
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• Size: 50.8 KB
• Stars: 134
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 3
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Tools for Mastodon Instance Blocklist Management

If you are running a small Mastodon instance then you do not have the benefit

of moderation teams that larger instances have. This means that you may see

toots from instances that you are not interested in.

Particularly when you use relays to discover interesting content there is a

high probability that you will quickly discover eg. openly racist instances

that nobody in their right mind needs or wants.

With a personal Mastodon instance it will be your job to either block

individual users from those instances, or manually defederate (that is: block)

the server for everyone on your instance.

So if you trust some larger instance to do a good job at maintaining their

instance block list then this tool allows you to piggyback on their work and

use their blocklists on your instance.

## Installation

You will need Python 3.6+ with `pip`.

Then run `pip install defederate`.

## Parse a public 3rd-party blocklist

```bash

$ defederate show social.example.com

Current blocklist on social.example.com:

 SILENCE: badhost1.example.com

 SILENCE: badhost2.example.com

 (...)

 SUSPEND: badhost1.example.net

 SUSPEND: badhost2.example.net

 (...)

```

The server you are requesting the blocklist from must allow public access.

This can also parse blocklists in Markdown format, for example the [blocklist](https://github.com/chaossocial/about/raw/master/blocked_instances.md) used by [chaos.social](https://chaos.social):

```bash

$ defederate show https://github.com/chaossocial/about/raw/master/blocked_instances.md

```

## Notes

* [Concerns](https://mast.uxp.de/web/@[email protected]/109336212305901991)

* [Similar/related project](https://gitlab.comwork.io/oss/mastodon-term-services)

* [Similar/related project](https://github.com/hachyderm/hack)

* [Similar/related project](https://mastodon-tools.dingelstad.works/)

* [related Mastodon PR](https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/15664)