https://github.com/lostfictions/catbot
make cats
https://github.com/lostfictions/catbot
bot botally mastodon mastodon-bot procgen twitter-bot
Last synced: 12 months ago
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make cats
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/lostfictions/catbot
- Owner: lostfictions
- License: agpl-3.0
- Created: 2017-12-28T03:00:41.000Z (over 8 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-04-09T15:34:32.000Z (12 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-04-09T16:45:09.777Z (12 months ago)
- Topics: bot, botally, mastodon, mastodon-bot, procgen, twitter-bot
- Language: TypeScript
- Homepage: https://mastodon.social/@friends
- Size: 3.26 MB
- Stars: 9
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
## catbot
https://mastodon.social/@friends
https://bsky.app/profile/catfriends.bsky.social
a mastodon and ~~twitter~~ bsky bot for node. toots and ~~tweets~~ skeets very good friends.
> twitter support was removed in 2023 following twitter api changes which
> resulted in the shutdown of most bots.
this is a bot that generates images and posts them to mastodon ~~and twitter~~ and bsky. it's written in [typescript](https://www.typescriptlang.org/) and runs on [node.js](http://nodejs.org/).
you can run it on your computer and even remix it into something new! you'll need node and git installed. if you install node manually, you should match the node version listed in [the `.node-version`](.node-version) file — but instead of installing node directly i recommend using [fnm](https://github.com/Schniz/fnm), which can automatically handle installing and switching node versions by detecting `.node-version` files.
once you're set, run:
```sh
git clone https://github.com/lostfictions/catbot
cd catbot
corepack enable # enables use of the pnpm package manager
pnpm install
pnpm dev
```
running `pnpm dev` will generate an image and save it to a file on your computer. when posting to the internet, this bot runs using github actions' [scheduled events](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows#scheduled-events). check out the [workflow file](.github/workflows/twoot.yml) for more details.
if you clone the repository you can run your own remixed version that posts to mastodon using github actions too! no need to edit the workflow file — you'll just need to set some environment variables in the github repository settings:
- `MASTODON_TOKEN`: a Mastodon user API token
- `BSKY_USERNAME`: the bot's username on Bluesky
- `BSKY_PASSWORD`: the app password for the bot's account on Bluesky
- `PERSIST_DIR`: the directory in which to store data on which words have been used recently. (default: `persist`)
additionally, `MASTODON_SERVER` (hardcoded in [src/env.ts](src/env.ts)) controls the mastodon instance to which API calls should be made (usually where the bot user lives.)
this bot uses [dotenv](https://github.com/motdotla/dotenv), so if you're testing things locally, you can stick any of the above environment variables in a file named `.env` in the project root. (it's gitignored, so there's no risk of accidentally committing private API tokens you put in there.)
###### [more bots?](https://github.com/lostfictions?tab=repositories&q=botally)