> Cross-instance share page for Mastodon [toot] allows you to share stuff on Mastodon, cross-instance. Just put in your post text and the instance URL and click ‘Toot!’ And if you open this page with `text` URL parameter, it will be auto-inserted in the text field. The same goes for the `instance` URL parameter. This can be used to build custom share buttons for Mastodon: ```html Share on Mastodon ``` The instance URL can be saved in your `localStorage` to be automatically appended later — handy! ## Hosting ### One-click Vercel deploy For now, toot is a tad bit vendor-locked to run on [Vercel](https://vercel.com/). To deploy it yourself, you can use the following button: [](https://vercel.com/new/clone?repository-url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fkytta%2Ftoot) ### Host it yourself Self-hosting toot outside of Vercel requires some extra setup: 1. Make sure you have got Node.js v12 or later as well as pnpm installed 2. Build the static part of toot: ```sh pnpm install # to install dependencies pnpm run build # to build the website ``` 3. Run the backend server for the form: ```sh node api/toot.js ``` 4. Set up a reverse proxy from `localhost:8000` to `/api/toot` ## See also **[📯 shareon](https://shareon.js.org)** — lightweight, stylish and ethical share buttons — use [toot] under the hood! ## Licence [AGPL-3.0](https://spdx.org/licenses/AGPL-3.0-only.html) © 2020-2021, Nikita Karamov The ‘toot’ logo is based on Mastodon’s ‘Simple’ logo, licensed under [AGPL-3.0](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html). The repo banner includes Mastodon’s ‘Full’ logo, licensed under [AGPL-3.0](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html). ---- The source code is being hosted on [GitHub](https://github.com/kytta/toot), with mirrors on [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/kytta/toot) and [Codeberg](https://codeberg.org/kytta/toot). [toot]: https://toot.kytta.dev