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Mastodon gGmbH

Decentralised social network server speaking the open ActivityPub protocol: thousands of independently run instances federate into one network no company can own or shut down. It became the flagship of the Fediverse and the practical alternative to centralised platforms.

StatusActive
Categorycommunication
LicenseAGPL-3.0-only
Websitehttps://joinmastodon.org/

Preservation rating

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Mirror redundancy4 out of 5 (4/5)
Documentation3 out of 5 (3/5)
Reproducibility2 out of 5 (2/5)
License5 out of 5 (5/5)
Metadata5 out of 5 (5/5)

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Details

ChecksumsSHA256
Reproducible buildNo
HistoryCreated by Eugen Rochko in 2016 as a decentralized alternative to commercial social networks.
Versions4.3.x
MaintainersMastodon gGmbH & community
Last verified2026-07-02

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SHA-256mastodon-4.6.3.tar.gz

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