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Mastodon (social network)

Mastodon
Original author(s)Eugen Rochko[1]
Developer(s)Mastodon gGmbH[2]
Initial release16 March 2016 (2016-03-16)[3]
Stable release
4.3.3[4] Edit this on Wikidata / 16 January 2025 (16 January 2025)
Preview release
4.3.0-rc1 / 30 September 2024 (2024-09-30)
Repository
Written inRuby on Rails, JavaScript (React.js, Redux)
Operating systemCross-platform
PlatformiOS, Android, Linux, BSD, macOS, Microsoft Windows
Available in93 languages[5]
TypeMicroblogging
LicenseAGPLv3+[6]
Websitejoinmastodon.org Edit this at Wikidata
A cartoon Mastodon mascot
The mascot of the Mastodon social network

Mastodon is an open source, self-hosted, social networking service. Mastodon uses the ActivityPub protocol for federation which allows users to communicate between independent Mastodon instances and other ActivityPub compatible services. Mastodon has microblogging features similar to Twitter, and is generally considered to be a part of the Fediverse.[7][8][9]

Mastodon was created by Eugen Rochko and revealed to the public via Hacker News in October 2016.[10] Not long after, it quickly gained popularity and became the dominant platform in the fediverse and overtaking the previous leader, GNU social. It gained significant adoption in 2022 following the acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk.[11][12][13]

The project is maintained by the German non-profit Mastodon gGmbH.[14] Development of Mastodon is crowd-funded, and does not contain any support for advertisements or monetized features.

In mid-January 2025, the Mastodon team announced[15] it would transition to a new non-profit to run the Mastodon project[16][17][18] and called for funding assistance.[19]

  1. ^ Lekach, Sasha (6 April 2018). "The coder who built Mastodon is 24, fiercely independent, and doesn't care about money". Mashable. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. ^ "The company behind Mastodon". joinmastodon.org. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2022.
  3. ^ "v0.1.0". 16 March 2016. Archived from the original on 30 March 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2019 – via GitHub.
  4. ^ . 16 January 2025 https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.3.3. Retrieved 19 January 2025. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ English plus 92 translations listed in "Mastodon translations in Crowdin". Crowdin. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  6. ^ "mastodon/mastodon". Mastodon. 5 November 2022. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  7. ^ Chan, Wilfred (2 November 2022). "Mastodon gained 70,000 users after Musk's Twitter takeover. I joined them". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  8. ^ Farokhmanesh, Megan (7 April 2017). "A beginner's guide to Mastodon, the hot new open-source Twitter clone". The Verge. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  9. ^ Wong, Joon Ian (6 April 2017). "How to use Mastodon, the Twitter alternative that's becoming super popular". Quartz. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Show HN: A new decentralized microblogging platform". 5 October 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
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  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference MSN1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference CNET1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Knight, Will. "The Man Behind Mastodon Built It for This Moment". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Archived from the original on 8 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  15. ^ "The people should own the town square". Mastodon Blog. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025. we are establishing a new legal home for Mastodon and transferring ownership and stewardship. We are taking the time to select the appropriate jurisdiction and structure in Europe. Then we will determine which other (subsidiary) legal structures are needed to support operations and sustainability.
  16. ^ "Mastodon will soon be owned by a nonprofit entity". Engadget. 13 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
  17. ^ Mehta, Ivan (13 January 2025). "Mastodon announces transition to nonprofit structure". TechCrunch. Retrieved 15 January 2025. it is planning to create a new nonprofit organization in Europe and hand over ownership of entities responsible for key Mastodon ecosystem and platform components. This means one person won't have control over the entire project. The organization is trying to differentiate itself from social networks controlled by CEOs like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.
  18. ^ Preston, Dominic (13 January 2025). "Mastodon's CEO and creator is handing control to a new nonprofit organization". The Verge. Retrieved 15 January 2025. we are going to transfer ownership of key Mastodon ecosystem and platform components to a new nonprofit organization... "When founder Eugen Rochko started working on Mastodon, his focus was on creating the code and conditions for the kind of social media he envisioned," Mastodon says. "The legal setup was a means to an end, a quick fix to allow him to continue operations. From the start, he declared that Mastodon would not be for sale and would be free of the control of a single wealthy individual, and he could ensure that because he was the person in control, the only ultimate decision-maker."
  19. ^ Belanger, Ashley (13 January 2025). "Mastodon's founder cedes control, refuses to become next Musk or Zuckerberg". Ars Technica. Retrieved 15 January 2025. To become a more user-focused paradise of "resilient, governable, open and safe digital spaces," Mastodon is going to need a lot more funding. The blog called for donations to help fund an annual operating budget of $5.1 million (5 million euros) in 2025. That's a massive leap from the $152,476 (149,400 euros) total operating expenses Mastodon reported in 2023.
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