We are delighted to announce that Mastodon has been awarded a 614k service agreement by the Sovereign Tech Fund ( SovTechFund) to support...

   We’ve just released two new t-shirts on our shop, based on slogan suggestions from the community, and featuring lovely artwork from our artist...

   Welcome to the 24th edition of Trunk & Tidbits We’ve been publishing this monthly series, behind the scenes of the code from the Mastodon team,...

   People come to the Fediverse to connect with others around communities and topics of interest. We’ve seen people enjoy their time on Mastodon the...

   Profiles are the primary way for people using Mastodon to meet’ one another on a deeper level - beyond a threaded conversation or search results. You...

   Welcome to our monthly engineering update. The team is continuing to work on the next major version of Mastodon (4.6), as well as maintaining the...

   Have you ever wondered why news articles around the web have buttons to share to some of those other social sites, but not on Mastodon? There used to...

   Hi, I’m Hannah. I’m a community builder and long-time professional social media poster, though most of my greatest hits weren’t under my own name. I...

   Hello everyone I’m Renaud, and I’m the Technical Director at Mastodon. I’ve also been the technical lead for delivering Mastodon releases for several...

   Over the past couple of decades, the concept of the social internet has come a long way - from the first interactive websites and the Web 2.0 era,...

   In November 2025, we shared our new organisational structure, and explained that the process to establish a new, non-profit, home for the project in...

   This year, the Mastodon team returned to FOSDEM for the third time. FOSDEM is an annual gathering of open source developers, held in Brussels. We’re...

   Intro Welcome to Mastodon’s monthly product and engineering update, looking back at January 2026. Events We’ve just published a recap of our visit to...

   Welcome back, friends: and, happy 2026. Our team is anticipating a lot of exciting developments this year As we write this update in early January,...

   We are happy to release our 2024 Annual Report. We’re a non-profit, and open-source; we value transparency, and we are committed to informing our...

   Elon Musk’s X platform has blocked the European Commission from making advertisements, presumably in response to the 120 million fine for its...

   Hello, friends Last month was momentous and exciting: we announced a new organisation structure; Eugen changed roles; and, we also announced a new...

   We are happy to announce fiscal sponsorship via WE AID, a German nonprofit organisation that supports charitable projects within an established legal...

   Earlier this year, we announced that Mastodon would be transitioning its legal and operational structures to better reflect our mission. Today, we’re...

   After nearly 10 years, I am stepping down as the CEO of Mastodon and transferring my ownership of the trademark and other assets to the Mastodon non...

   We started the Trunk & Tidbits series to provide greater visibility into what we’re building, and the decisions that go into making Mastodon. At...

   Mastodon 4.5 has arrived, with enhanced conversations across communities, expanded moderator tools, and new ways for admins to showcase their server...

   Update October 31: Added a missing section about new timeline settings. Mastodon 4.5 is almost ready. We just released the first (and hopefully only)...

   Last year, we launched our first batch of plushies, and our community has embraced the #Plushtodon literally and figuratively. It sold out in Europe...

   Hello September was an exciting month, as we started to enable the ability to create Quote Posts on mastodon.social and mastodon.online (and, they...

   Background Mastodon’s timeline doesn’t rely on dopamine-driven algorithms - it is chronological and consent-based, showing only posts from accounts...

   In a recent post, we shared that one of our priorities for 2025 is to establish a more sustainable financial base for the Mastodon organisation. In...

   Over the years, we’ve learned just how essential quoting is to many of you. When done responsibly, quoting allows us to expand discussions, make new...

   Welcome to the 17th edition of Trunk & Tidbits: your monthly update from inside the Mastodon core engineering team. Let’s get into what we were...

   It’s time for another recap of project progress, particularly from the engineering side of the team. Welcome News In July, we announced that we’d be...

   For too long, the internet has been shaped by platforms funded by venture capital and advertising. The Fediverse is testament to a different kind of...

   It was another busy month in June, as we moved into the final stretch of the 4.4 release process. We also covered a lot of events during the month....

   Mastodon 4.4 is here, bringing you new ways to showcase yourself, manage your growing network, and enjoy what’s in your timeline. Administrators and...

   Mastodon 4.4 is just around the corner: the release candidate is now available, and the final release should be coming along very soon. Just before...

   This week is UN Open Source Week, and we’re happy to share that today, Mastodon was added to the Digital Public Goods Alliance’s DPG Registry. A goal...

   We’re already well into 2025, and it has been a huge start to the year for Mastodon. We want to bring you an overdue update on exactly what we’re...

   Hello again Thank you for reading our monthly engineering team update, we’re happy to share what we’ve been working on. Events We had a busy May,...

   Mastodon’s core purpose is to connect you with your friends and communities, to have conversations that matter to you. Communities need some ground...

   This edition of Trunk & Tidbits marks the one year anniversary of our monthly development updates Back at the beginning of 2024, we discussed how...

   As Mastodon continues to evolve and grow, we’re excited to announce several changes to our team (and also, to offer a brief update on our...

   Greetings We’re back, with our monthly update from the Mastodon engineering team. Remember how last month was a bit lighter for news? Well, this time...

   Hello again. Thanks for checking out our latest engineering updates. We hope that our monthly updates help you follow what we’ve been working on, and...

   Quote Posts are a popular feature of many social media platforms. They offer the ability to share another person’s post to one’s own followers, while...

   Welcome back to our technical blog series: Trunk & Tidbits. This is where we share updates on what the development team has been working on, and...

   For any enquiry regarding this announcement, please contact press joinmastodon.org Mastodon was founded on the principles that people should be able...

   A belated happy 2025 wish, from the Mastodon team (although, if you’ve been paying attention, there has been some important news already this month)....

   If you’re curious how Mastodon is doing by the numbers, the 2023 Annual Report is finally here. A bit late in the year, perhaps, but we’ve got a lot...

   Hi everyone We’re back with our monthly engineering update, looking back at a busy November. General news We were pleased to see our friends at NGI ...

   Welcome back to our monthly engineering series. In October, our long-anticipated plushies got out into the wild (mostly in Europe, for now), and we...

   Hello, friends It’s time for another installment of our engineering updates series. Here’s what’s been happening in the code this past month....