https://github.com/arkanosis/microstatus
Lightweight Mastodon- and GNU social-compatible ActivityPub and OStatus server implementation
https://github.com/arkanosis/microstatus
activitypub gnu-social mastodon microblog mstd ostatus social-network
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Lightweight Mastodon- and GNU social-compatible ActivityPub and OStatus server implementation
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/arkanosis/microstatus
- Owner: Arkanosis
- License: isc
- Created: 2017-04-11T23:56:29.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2022-11-08T20:26:01.000Z (over 3 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-07-09T20:50:49.979Z (8 months ago)
- Topics: activitypub, gnu-social, mastodon, microblog, mstd, ostatus, social-network
- Language: Rust
- Homepage: https://microstatus.org/
- Size: 79.1 KB
- Stars: 177
- Watchers: 13
- Forks: 4
- Open Issues: 2
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# microstatus [](https://crates.io/crates/microstatus) [](/LICENSE) [](https://travis-ci.org/Arkanosis/microstatus)
**microstatus** is a lightweight [Mastodon](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon)- and [GNU social](https://gnu.io/social/)-compatible [OStatus](https://www.w3.org/community/ostatus/) and [ActivityPub](https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/) server implementation.
## Current Status
microstatus is still under active design and not yet ready for mainstream usage.
If you need something that's mostly usable *today* and can't wait for microstatus to be ready, have a look at [GoToSocial](https://docs.gotosocial.org/):
* while still alpha software, it's already deployable and usable;
* it's very lightweight, self-contained and easy to deploy;
* it federates with Mastodon.
## Design goals
microstatus aims at the following objectives:
* provide a complete, standard compliant implementation of the OStatus and ActivityPub protocols;
* be extremely lightweight, self-contained and easy to deploy;
* federate with Mastodon and GNU social instances (at least);
* use a hackable, UNIX-friendly storage format;
* come with a nice client API.
microstatus (nice to have) non-goals include:
* providing a *scalable* implementation of the OStatus and ActivityPub protocols;
* handling billions of users;
* being compatible with Mastodon's, GNU social's or Twitter's *client* API;
* coming with a nice web or mobile UI.
## Compilation
Run `cargo build --release` in your working copy.
## Installation
Copy the `microstatus` binary wherever you want.
## Usage
```
Usage: microstatus
microstatus -h | --help
microstatus --version
Arguments:
working-directory working directory (file storage)
Options:
-h, --help Show this screen.
--version Show version.
```
## Contributing and reporting bugs
Contributions are welcome through [GitHub pull requests](https://github.com/Arkanosis/microstatus/pulls).
Please report bugs and feature requests on [GitHub issues](https://github.com/Arkanosis/microstatus/issues).
## License
microstatus is copyright (C) 2017-2022 Jérémie Roquet and licensed under the ISC license.