diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1d1fdf8873..b883e96d17 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
# GoToSocial
GoToSocial is an [ActivityPub](https://activitypub.rocks/) social network server, written in Golang.
@@ -5,16 +6,19 @@ GoToSocial is an [ActivityPub](https://activitypub.rocks/) social network server
With GoToSocial, you can keep in touch with your friends, post, read, and share images and articles. All without being tracked or advertised to!
- 
+ 
**GoToSocial is still [ALPHA SOFTWARE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Alpha)**. It is already deployable and useable, and it federates cleanly with many other Fediverse servers (not yet all). However, many things are not yet implemented, and there are plenty of bugs! We foresee entering beta around the beginning of 2024.
-Documentation is at [docs.gotosocial.org](https://docs.gotosocial.org). You can skip straight to the API documentation [here](https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/api/swagger/). To build from source, check the [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) file.
+Documentation is at [docs.gotosocial.org](https://docs.gotosocial.org). You can skip straight to the API documentation [here](https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/api/swagger/).
+
+To build from source, check the [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) file.
Here's a screenshot of the instance landing page!
-
+
+
## Table of Contents
@@ -24,27 +28,21 @@ Here's a screenshot of the instance landing page!
- [Features](#features)
- [Mastodon API compatibility](#mastodon-api-compatibility)
- [Granular post settings](#granular-post-settings)
- - [Customizability for admins](#customizability-for-admins)
+ - [Customizability](#customizability)
- [Easy to run](#easy-to-run)
- [Safety + security features](#safety--security-features)
- [Various federation modes](#various-federation-modes)
- [OIDC integration](#oidc-integration)
- [Backend-first design](#backend-first-design)
-- [Wishlist](#wishlist)
-- [Getting Started](#getting-started)
-- [Third-Party Packaging](#third-party-packaging)
- - [Distribution packaging](#distribution-packaging)
- - [Self-hosting](#self-hosting)
- [Known Issues](#known-issues)
- - [Client App Issues](#client-app-issues)
- - [Federation Issues](#federation-issues)
-- [Contributing](#contributing)
-- [Building](#building)
-- [Releases](#releases)
- - [Stable](#stable)
- - [Snapshots](#snapshots)
+- [Getting Started](#getting-started)
+ - [Stable Releases](#stable-releases)
+ - [Snapshot Releases](#snapshot-releases)
- [Docker](#docker)
- [Binary release .tar.gz](#binary-release-targz)
+ - [From Source](#from-source)
+ - [Third-party Packaging](#third-party-packaging)
+- [Contributing](#contributing)
- [Contact](#contact)
- [Credits](#credits)
- [Libraries](#libraries)
@@ -56,13 +54,14 @@ Here's a screenshot of the instance landing page!
- [NLnet](#nlnet)
- [License](#license)
+
## What is GoToSocial?
GoToSocial provides a lightweight, customizable, and safety-focused entryway into the [Fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse), and is comparable to (but distinct from) existing projects such as [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/), [Pleroma](https://pleroma.social/), [Friendica](https://friendi.ca), and [PixelFed](https://pixelfed.org/).
If you've ever used something like Twitter or Tumblr (or even Myspace!) GoToSocial will probably feel familiar to you: You can follow people and have followers, you make posts which people can favourite and reply to and share, and you scroll through posts from people you follow using a timeline. You can write long posts or short posts, or just post images, it's up to you. You can also, of course, block people or otherwise limit interactions that you don't want by posting just to your friends.
-
+
**GoToSocial does NOT use recommendation algorithms or collect data about you to suggest content or 'improve your experience'**. The timeline is chronological: whatever you see at the top of your timeline is there because it's *just been posted*, not because it's been selected as interesting (or controversial) based on your personal profile.
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ GoToSocial doesn't claim to be *better* than any other application, but it offer
Because GoToSocial uses [ActivityPub](https://activitypub.rocks/), you can hang out not just with people on your home server, but with people all over the [Fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse), seamlessly.
-
+
Federation means that your home server is part of a network of servers all over the world that all communicate using the same protocol. Your data is no longer centralized on one company's servers, but resides on your own server and is shared — as you see fit — across a resilient web of servers run by other people.
@@ -88,7 +87,9 @@ This project sprang up in February/March 2021 out of a dissatisfaction with the
It began as a solo project, and then picked up steam as more developers became interested and jumped on.
-For a detailed view on what's implemented and what's not, and progress made towards [beta release](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Beta), please see [the roadmap document](./ROADMAP.md). The [FAQ](docs/faq.md) contains a higher-level overview.
+For a detailed view on what's implemented and what's not, and progress made towards [beta release](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Beta), please see [the roadmap document](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/ROADMAP.md).
+
+---
## Features
@@ -117,18 +118,17 @@ It also allows you to customize how people interact with your posts:
- 'Likeable' toggle.
- 'Replyable' toggle.
-### Customizability for admins
+### Customizability
-Plenty of [config options](./example/config.yaml) for admins to play around with, including:
+Users can [choose from a variety of fun themes](https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/user_guide/settings/#select-theme) for their profile, or even write their own [custom CSS](https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/user_guide/settings/#custom-css).
-- Easily adjustable post length.
-- Media upload size settings.
+Plenty of [config options](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/example/config.yaml) for admins to play around with too.
### Easy to run
No external dependencies apart from a database (or just use SQLite!). Simply download the binary + assets (or Docker container), and run.
-GoToSocial plays nice with single-board computers, old laptops and tiny $5/month VPSes.
+GoToSocial uses only about 150-250MiB of RAM, so it plays nice with single-board computers, old laptops and tiny $5/month VPSes.
### Safety + security features
@@ -159,87 +159,67 @@ Instead, like Matrix.org's [Synapse](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse) proj
On top of this API, web developers are encouraged to build any front-end implementation or mobile application that they wish, whether Tumblr-like, Facebook-like, Twitter-like, or something else entirely.
-## Wishlist
-
-These cool things will be implemented if time allows (because we really want them):
-
-- **Groups** and group posting!
-- Reputation-based 'slow' federation.
-- Community decision-making for federation and moderation actions.
-- User-selectable custom templates for rendering public posts:
- - Twitter-style
- - Blogpost
- - Gallery
- - Etc.
-
-## Getting Started
-
-All docs for installation and configuration are hosted at [docs.gotosocial.org](https://docs.gotosocial.org).
-
-## Third-Party Packaging
-
-Thank you so much to the cool people who have put time and energy into packaging GoToSocial!
+---
-### Distribution packaging
+## Known Issues
-These packages are not maintained by GoToSocial, so please direct questions and issues to the repository maintainers (and donate to them!).
+Since GoToSocial is still in alpha, there are plenty of bugs. We use [GitHub issues](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Abug) to track these.
-[](https://repology.org/project/gotosocial/versions)
+Since every ActivityPub server implementation has a slightly different interpretation of the protocol, some servers don't quite federate properly with GoToSocial yet. We're tracking these issues [in this project](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/projects/4). Eventually, we want to make sure that any implementation that can federate nicely with Mastodon should also be able to federate with GoToSocial.
-### Self-hosting
+---
-You can deploy your own instance of GoToSocial with the help of:
+## Getting Started
-- [YunoHost GoToSocial Packaging](https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/gotosocial_ynh) by [OniriCorpe](https://github.com/OniriCorpe).
-- [Ansible Playbook (MASH)](https://github.com/mother-of-all-self-hosting/mash-playbook): The playbook supports a many services, including GoToSocial. [Documentation](https://github.com/mother-of-all-self-hosting/mash-playbook/blob/main/docs/services/gotosocial.md)
-- GoToSocial Helm Charts:
- - [GoToSocial Helm Chart](https://github.com/fSocietySocial/charts/tree/main/charts/gotosocial) by [0hlov3](https://github.com/0hlov3).
+Check our [releases page](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/releases) and our [getting started](https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/getting_started/) documentation.
-## Known Issues
+### Stable Releases
-Since GoToSocial is still in alpha, there are plenty of bugs. We use [GitHub issues](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Abug) to track these. The [FAQ](docs/faq.md) also describes some of the features that haven't been implemented yet.
+We package our stable releases for both binary builds and Docker containers, so that you don't have to build from source yourself.
-### Client App Issues
+The Docker image `superseriousbusiness/gotosocial:latest` will always correspond to the latest stable release. Since this tag is overwritten frequently, you may want to use Docker CLI flag `--pull always` to ensure that you always have the most up-to-date image every time you run using this tag. Alternatively, run `docker pull superseriousbusiness/gotosocial:latest` manually just before use.
-GoToSocial works great with Tusky and Semaphore, but some other client applications still need work or have issues connecting to GoToSocial. We're tracking them [right here](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/projects/5). It's our goal to make any app that's compatible with the Mastodon API work seamlessly with GoToSocial.
+### Snapshot Releases
-### Federation Issues
+We also make snapshot builds every time something is merged into the main branch, so you can run from whatever code is on main if you wish.
-Since every ActivityPub server implementation has a slightly different interpretation of the protocol, some servers don't quite federate properly with GoToSocial yet. We're tracking these issues [in this project](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/projects/4). Eventually, we want to make sure that any implementation that can federate nicely with Mastodon should also be able to federate with GoToSocial.
+Please be warned that you do so at your own risk! We try to keep main working properly, but we make absolutely no guarantees. Take a stable release instead if you're unsure.
-## Contributing
+#### Docker
-You would like to contribute to GtS? Great! ❤️❤️❤️ Check out the issues page to see if there's anything you intend to jump in on, and read the [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) file for guidelines and setting up your dev environment.
+To run from main using Docker, use the `snapshot` Docker tag. The Docker image `superseriousbusiness/gotosocial:snapshot` will always correspond to the latest commit on main. Since this tag is overwritten frequently, you may want to use Docker CLI flag `--pull always` to ensure that you always have the most up-to-date image every time you run using this tag. Alternatively, run `docker pull superseriousbusiness/gotosocial:snapshot` manually just before use.
-## Building
+#### Binary release .tar.gz
-Instructions for building GoToSocial from source are in the [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) file.
+To run from main using a binary release, download the appropriate .tar.gz file for your architecture from our [self-hosted Minio S3 repository](https://minio.s3.superseriousbusiness.org/browser/gotosocial-snapshots).
-## Releases
+Snapshot binary releases in the S3 bucket are keyed by Github commit hash. To get the latest one, sort by Last Modified, or check out the list of commits [here](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/commits/main), copy the SHA of the latest one, and paste it in the Minio console filter. Snapshot binary releases are expired after 28 days, to keep our hosting costs down.
-### Stable
+### From Source
-We package our stable releases for both binary builds and Docker containers, so that you don't have to build from source yourself.
+Instructions for building GoToSocial from source are in the [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) file.
-Check our [releases page](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/releases) and our [getting started](https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/getting_started/) documentation.
+### Third-party Packaging
-The Docker image `superseriousbusiness/gotosocial:latest` will always correspond to the latest stable release. Since this tag is overwritten frequently, you may want to use Docker CLI flag `--pull always` to ensure that you always have the most up-to-date image every time you run using this tag. Alternatively, run `docker pull superseriousbusiness/gotosocial:latest` manually just before use.
+Thank you so much to the cool people who have put time and energy into packaging GoToSocial!
-### Snapshots
+These packages are not maintained by GoToSocial, so please direct questions and issues to the repository maintainers (and donate to them!).
-We also make snapshot builds every time something is merged into the main branch, so you can run from whatever code is on main if you wish.
+[](https://repology.org/project/gotosocial/versions)
-Please be warned that you do so at your own risk! We try to keep main working properly, but we make absolutely no guarantees. Take a stable release instead if you're unsure.
+You can also deploy your own instance of GoToSocial with the help of:
-#### Docker
+- [YunoHost GoToSocial Packaging](https://github.com/YunoHost-Apps/gotosocial_ynh) by [OniriCorpe](https://github.com/OniriCorpe).
+- [Ansible Playbook (MASH)](https://github.com/mother-of-all-self-hosting/mash-playbook): The playbook supports a many services, including GoToSocial. [Documentation](https://github.com/mother-of-all-self-hosting/mash-playbook/blob/main/docs/services/gotosocial.md)
+- [GoToSocial Helm Chart](https://github.com/fSocietySocial/charts/tree/main/charts/gotosocial) by [0hlov3](https://github.com/0hlov3).
-To run from main using Docker, use the `snapshot` Docker tag. The Docker image `superseriousbusiness/gotosocial:snapshot` will always correspond to the latest commit on main. Since this tag is overwritten frequently, you may want to use Docker CLI flag `--pull always` to ensure that you always have the most up-to-date image every time you run using this tag. Alternatively, run `docker pull superseriousbusiness/gotosocial:snapshot` manually just before use.
+---
-#### Binary release .tar.gz
+## Contributing
-To run from main using a binary release, download the appropriate .tar.gz file for your architecture from our [self-hosted Minio S3 repository](https://minio.s3.superseriousbusiness.org/browser/gotosocial-snapshots).
+You would like to contribute to GtS? Great! ❤️❤️❤️ Check out the issues page to see if there's anything you intend to jump in on, and read the [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) file for guidelines and setting up your dev environment.
-Snapshot binary releases in the S3 bucket are keyed by Github commit hash. To get the latest one, sort by Last Modified, or check out the list of commits [here](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/commits/main), copy the SHA of the latest one, and paste it in the Minio console filter. Snapshot binary releases are expired after 28 days, to keep our hosting costs down.
+---
## Contact
@@ -247,7 +227,10 @@ For questions and comments, you can [join our Matrix space](https://matrix.to/#/
For bugs and feature requests, please check to see if there's [already an issue](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/issues), and if not, open one or use one of the above channels to make a request (if you don't have a Github account).
+---
+
## Credits
+
### Libraries
@@ -315,6 +298,7 @@ The following open source libraries, frameworks, and tools are used by GoToSocia
- [wagslane/go-password-validator](https://github.com/wagslane/go-password-validator); password strength validation. [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html).
- [yuin/goldmark](https://github.com/yuin/goldmark); markdown parser. [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html).
+
### Image Attribution and Licensing
Sloth logo by [Anna Abramek](https://abramek.art/).
@@ -323,9 +307,9 @@ Sloth logo by [Anna Abramek](https://abramek.art/).
The Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License license applies specifically to the following files and subdirectories of this repository:
-- [sloth logo png](./web/assets/logo.png)
-- [sloth logo svg](./web/assets/logo.svg)
-- [all default avatars](./web/assets/default_avatars)
+- [sloth logo png](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/web/assets/logo.png)
+- [sloth logo svg](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/web/assets/logo.svg)
+- [all default avatars](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/web/assets/default_avatars)
Under the terms of the license, you are free to:
@@ -340,7 +324,7 @@ In alphabetical order (... and order of smell):
- f0x \[[donate with liberapay](https://liberapay.com/f0x)\]
- kim \[check out my code @ [codeberg](https://codeberg.org/gruf), or find me @ [@kim](https://k.iim.gay/@kim)\]
- tobi \[[donate with liberapay](https://liberapay.com/GoToSocial/)\]
-- maloki \[[@maloki@goblin.technology](https://goblin.technology/@maloki)\]
+- vyr
### Special Thanks
@@ -348,6 +332,8 @@ A huge thank you to CJ from [go-fed](https://github.com/go-fed/activity): withou
Thanks to everyone who has used GtS, opened an issue, suggested something, given funding, and otherwise encouraged or supported the project!
+---
+
## Sponsorship + Funding
**Please note: GoToSocial has NO CORPORATE SPONSORS and does not desire corporate sponsorship. In addition, we do not take donations from any of the following: adult websites, affiliate and review websites, casinos and gambling, insurance and financial products (credit), pharmacy products, SEO services and social media buying, VPN and proxy services, and essay writing services. Donations from such sources will be automatically rejected.**
@@ -370,13 +356,17 @@ Crowdfunded donations to our OpenCollective and Liberapay accounts go towards pa
-Combined with the above crowdfunding sources, 2023 Alpha development of GoToSocial is also funded by a 50,000 EUR grant from the [NGI0 Entrust Fund](https://nlnet.nl/entrust/), via [NLnet](https://nlnet.nl/). See [here](https://nlnet.nl/project/GoToSocial/#ack) for more details. The successful grant application is archived [here](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/archive/nlnet/2022-next-generation-internet-zero.md).
+Combined with the above crowdfunding sources, 2023 Alpha development of GoToSocial was funded by a 50,000 EUR grant from the [NGI0 Entrust Fund](https://nlnet.nl/entrust/), via [NLnet](https://nlnet.nl/). See [here](https://nlnet.nl/project/GoToSocial/#ack) for more details. The successful grant application is archived [here](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/archive/nlnet/2022-next-generation-internet-zero.md).
+
+2024 Beta development of GoToSocial is being funded by an additional 50,000 EUR grant from the [NGI0 Entrust Fund](https://nlnet.nl/entrust/), via [NLnet](https://nlnet.nl/).
+
+---
## License
-GoToSocial is free software, licensed under the [GNU AGPL v3 LICENSE](LICENSE). We encourage forking and changing the code, hacking around with it, and experimenting.
+GoToSocial is free software, licensed under the [GNU AGPL v3 LICENSE](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/LICENSE). We encourage forking and changing the code, hacking around with it, and experimenting.
See [here](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-affero-gpl.html) for the differences between AGPL versus GPL licensing, and [here](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html) for FAQ's about GPL licenses, including the AGPL.
@@ -386,4 +376,5 @@ If you modify the GoToSocial source code, and run that modified code in a way th
Copyright (C) GoToSocial Authors
-(I'm adding this here to take the crown of having the 1000th commit ~ kim)
+
+
diff --git a/ROADMAP.md b/ROADMAP.md
index d5a825d9bf..4721bcd8e0 100644
--- a/ROADMAP.md
+++ b/ROADMAP.md
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ Big thank you to all of our [Open Collective](https://opencollective.com/gotosoc
- [Timeline](#timeline)
- [Mid 2023](#mid-2023)
- [Mid/late 2023](#midlate-2023)
- - [Late 2023](#late-2023)
- [Early 2024](#early-2024)
- - [BETA Milestone](#beta-milestone)
+ - [BETA milestone](#beta-milestone)
- [Remainder 2024 - early 2025](#remainder-2024---early-2025)
+- [Wishlist](#wishlist)
## Beta Aims
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ What follows is a rough timeline of features that will be implemented on the roa
### Early 2024
-- [ ] **Move activity** -- use the ActivityPub `Move` activity to support migration of a user's profile across servers.
-- [ ] **Sign-up flow** -- allow users to submit a sign-up request to an instance; allow admins to moderate sign-up requests.
+- [x] **Move activity** -- use the ActivityPub `Move` activity to support migration of a user's profile across servers.
+- [x] **Sign-up flow** -- allow users to submit a sign-up request to an instance; allow admins to moderate sign-up requests.
### BETA milestone
@@ -77,3 +77,16 @@ These are provided in no specific order.
- [ ] **Moderation: Append content warning / mark-as-sensitive all content from an instance/account**.
More tbd!
+
+## Wishlist
+
+These cool things will be implemented if time allows (because we really want them):
+
+- **Groups** and group posting!
+- Reputation-based 'slow' federation.
+- Community decision-making for federation and moderation actions.
+- User-selectable custom templates for rendering public posts:
+ - Twitter-style
+ - Blogpost
+ - Gallery
+ - Etc.
diff --git a/docs/environment.yml b/docs/environment.yml
index fe4f2c8ba6..a3cb5d6ef7 100644
--- a/docs/environment.yml
+++ b/docs/environment.yml
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@ dependencies:
- pillow==10.2.0
- pip==24
- python==3.12
+ - mkdocs-include-markdown-plugin=6.2.0
- pip:
- mkdocs-swagger-ui-tag==0.6.9
diff --git a/docs/faq.md b/docs/faq.md
index 8645efa5e2..546c2064a6 100644
--- a/docs/faq.md
+++ b/docs/faq.md
@@ -34,18 +34,8 @@ To see posts, you have to start following people! Once you've followed a few peo
## How can I sign up for a server?
-Right now the only way to create an account is by the server's admin to run a command directly on the server. A web-based signup flow is in the roadmap but not implemented yet.
+We introduced a sign-up flow in v0.16.0. The server you want to sign up to must have enabled registrations/sign-ups, as detailed [right here](./admin/signups.md).
## Why's it still in alpha?
-Take a look at the [list of open bugs](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Abug) and the [roadmap](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/ROADMAP.md) for a more detailed rundown, but the main missing features at the time of this writing are:
-
-- backfill of posts
-- web-based signup
-- scheduling posts
-- account migration
-- shared block lists across servers
-
-## Will you support tables in Markdown?
-
-Not at the moment, as most clients handle them terribly.
+Take a look at the [list of open bugs](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Abug) and the [roadmap](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/ROADMAP.md) for a more detailed rundown.
diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md
index 50501234f3..2f4d445333 100644
--- a/docs/index.md
+++ b/docs/index.md
@@ -1,120 +1,17 @@
-# What is GoToSocial?
-
-GoToSocial is an [ActivityPub](https://activitypub.rocks/) social network server, written in Golang.
-
-With GoToSocial, you can keep in touch with your friends, post, read, and share images and articles. All without being tracked or advertised to!
-
-
- 
-
-
-GoToSocial provides a lightweight, customizable, and safety-focused entryway into the [Fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse), and is comparable to (but distinct from) existing projects such as [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/), [Pleroma](https://pleroma.social/), [Friendica](https://friendica.net), and [PixelFed](https://pixelfed.org/).
-
-**GoToSocial is still [ALPHA SOFTWARE](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle#Alpha)**. It is already deployable and useable, and it federates cleanly with many other Fediverse servers (not yet all). However, many things are not yet implemented, and there are plenty of bugs! We foresee entering beta around the beginning of 2024.
-
-Here's a screenshot of the instance landing page!
-
-
-
-If you've ever used something like Twitter or Tumblr (or even Myspace!) GoToSocial will probably feel familiar to you: You can follow people and have followers, you make posts which people can favourite and reply to and share, and you scroll through posts from people you follow using a timeline. You can write long posts or short posts, or just post images, it's up to you. You can also, of course, block people or otherwise limit interactions that you don't want by posting just to your friends.
-
-**GoToSocial does NOT use recommendation algorithms or collect data about you to suggest content or 'improve your experience'**. The timeline is chronological: whatever you see at the top of your timeline is there because it's *just been posted*, not because it's been selected as interesting (or controversial) based on your personal profile.
-
-GoToSocial is not designed for 'must-follow' influencers with tens of thousands of followers, and it's not designed to be addictive. Your timeline and your experience is shaped by who you follow and how you interact with people, not by metrics of engagement!
-
-GoToSocial doesn't claim to be *better* than any other application, but it offers something that might better *for you* in particular.
-
-
-
-## History and Status
-
-This project sprang up in 2021 out of a dissatisfaction with the safety + privacy features of other Federated microblogging/social media applications, and a desire to implement something a little different.
-
-It began as a solo project, and then picked up steam as more developers became interested and jumped on.
-
-## Known Issues
-
-Since GoToSocial is still in alpha, there are plenty of bugs. We use [GitHub issues](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3Abug) to track these. The [FAQ](./faq.md) also describes some of the features that haven't been implemented yet.
-
-### Client App Issues
-
-GoToSocial works great with Tusky, Semaphore and Feditext, but some other client applications still need work or have issues connecting to GoToSocial. We're tracking them [right here](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/projects/5). It's our goal to make any app that's compatible with the Mastodon API work seamlessly with GoToSocial.
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-### Federation Issues
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-Since every ActivityPub server implementation has a slightly different interpretation of the protocol, some servers don't quite federate properly with GoToSocial yet. We're tracking these issues [in this project](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/projects/4). Eventually we want to make sure that any implementation that can federate nicely with Mastodon should also be able to federate with GoToSocial.
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-## Contributing
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-You wanna contribute to GtS? Great! ❤️❤️❤️ Check out the issues page to see if there's anything you wanna jump in on, and read the CONTRIBUTING.md file on the repository for guidelines and setting up your dev environment.
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-## Building
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-Instructions for building GoToSocial from source are also in the CONTRIBUTING.md file.
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-## Contact
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-For questions and comments, you can [join our Matrix channel](https://matrix.to/#/#gotosocial:superseriousbusiness.org) at `#gotosocial:superseriousbusiness.org`. This is the quickest way to reach the devs. You can also mail [admin@gotosocial.org](mailto:admin@gotosocial.org).
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-For bugs and feature requests, please check to see if there's [already an issue](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/issues), and if not, open one or use one of the above channels to make a request (if you don't have a Github account).
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-## Credits
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-### Image Attribution and Licensing
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-Sloth logo by [Anna Abramek](https://abramek.art/).
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The GoToSocial sloth mascot is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
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-For more information on GoToSocial image licensing, see [here](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial#image-attribution-and-licensing).
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-### Developers
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-In alphabetical order:
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-- daenney
-- f0x \[[donate with liberapay](https://liberapay.com/f0x)\]
-- kim
-- tobi \[[donate with liberapay](https://liberapay.com/GoToSocial/)\]
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-### Special Thanks
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-A huge thank you to CJ from [go-fed](https://github.com/go-fed/activity): without your work GoToSocial would not have been possible.
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-Thanks to everyone who has used GtS, opened an issue, suggested something, given funding, and otherwise encouraged or supported the project!
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-## Sponsorship + Funding
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-**Please note: GoToSocial has NO CORPORATE SPONSORS and does not desire corporate sponsorship. In addition, we do not take donations from any of the following: adult websites, affiliate and review websites, casinos and gambling, insurance and financial products (credit), pharmacy products, SEO services and social media buying, VPN and proxy services, and essay writing services. Donations from such sources will be automatically rejected.**
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-### Crowdfunding
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-If you would like to donate to GoToSocial to keep the lights on during development, [you can do so via our OpenCollective page](https://opencollective.com/gotosocial#support)!
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-If you prefer, we also have an account on LiberaPay! You can find that [right here](https://liberapay.com/GoToSocial/).
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-Crowdfunded donations to our OpenCollective and Liberapay accounts go towards paying the core team, paying server costs, and paying for GtS art, design, and other bits and bobs.
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-💕 🦥 💕 Thank you!
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-### NLnet
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-Combined with the above crowdfunding sources, 2023 Alpha development of GoToSocial is also funded by a 50,000 EUR grant from the [NGI0 Entrust Fund](https://nlnet.nl/entrust/), via [NLnet](https://nlnet.nl/). See [here](https://nlnet.nl/project/GoToSocial/#ack) for more details. The successful grant application is archived [here](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/archive/nlnet/2022-next-generation-internet-zero.md).
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-## License
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-GoToSocial is free software, licensed under the GNU AGPL v3 LICENSE. We encourage forking and changing the code, hacking around with it, and experimenting.
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-See [here](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-affero-gpl.html) for the differences between AGPL versus GPL licensing, and [here](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html) for FAQ's about GPL licenses, including the AGPL.
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-If you modify the GoToSocial source code, and run that modified code in a way that's accessible over a network, you *must* make your modifications to the source code available following the guidelines of the license:
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-> \[I\]f you modify the Program, your modified version must prominently offer all users interacting with it remotely through a computer network (if your version supports such interaction) an opportunity to receive the Corresponding Source of your version by providing access to the Corresponding Source from a network server at no charge, through some standard or customary means of facilitating copying of software.
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