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# GoToSocial
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Federated social media software.
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GoToSocial is a Fediverse server project, written in Golang. It provides an alternative to existing projects such as [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/), [Pleroma](https://pleroma.social/), [Friendica](https://friendica.net), [PixelFed](https://pixelfed.org/) etc.
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One of the key differences between GoToSocial and those other projects is that GoToSocial doesn't include an integrated client front-end (ie., a webapp). Instead, like the Matrix.org's [Synapse](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse) project, it provides only a server implementation, some static web pages for profiles and posts, and a well-documented API. On this API, developers are free to build any front-end implementation or mobile application that they wish.
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Because the server implementation is as generic and flexible/configurable as possible, GoToSocial provides the basis for many different types of social media experience, whether Tumblr-like, Facebook-like, or Twitter-like.
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## Features Wishlist
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A grab-bag of things that are already included or will be included in the project if time allows:
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* Various federation modes, including reputation-based 'slow' federation, 'normal' federation, allowlist-only federation, and zero federation.
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* Local-only posting, and granular post settings including 'rebloggable/boostable', 'likeable', 'replyable'.
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* Character limit for posts that's easy for admins to configure (no messing around in the source code).
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* Groups and group posting!
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* Built-in, automatic LetsEncrypt support (no messing around with Nginx or Certbot).
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* Good performance on lower-powered machines like Raspberry Pi, old laptops, tiny VPSes (the test VPS has 1gb of ram and 1 cpu core).
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* Subscribeable and shareable allowlists/denylists for federation.
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## Implementation Status
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Things are moving on the project! As of June 2021 you can now:
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* Build and deploy GoToSocial as a binary, with automatic LetsEncrypt certificate support built-in.
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* Connect to the running instance via Tusky or Pinafore, using email address and password (stored encrypted).
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* Post/delete posts.
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* Reply/delete replies.
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* Fave/unfave posts.
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* Post images and gifs.
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* Boost stuff/unboost stuff.
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* Set your profile info (including header and avatar).
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* Follow people/unfollow people.
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* Accept follow requests from people.
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* Post followers only/direct/public/unlocked.
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* Customize posts with further flags: federated (y/n), replyable (y/n), likeable (y/n), boostable (y/n) -- not supported through Pinafore/Tusky yet.
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* Get notifications for mentions/replies/likes/boosts.
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* View local timeline.
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* View and scroll home timeline (with ~10ms latency hell yeah).
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* Stream new posts, notifications and deletes through a websockets connection via Pinafore.
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* Federation support and interoperability with Mastodon and others.
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In other words, a deployed GoToSocial instance is already pretty useable!
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For a detailed view on progress made towards a v0.1.0 (beta) release, see [here](./PROGRESS.md).
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## Getting Started
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Proper documentation for running and maintaining GoToSocial will be forthcoming in the first prerelease.
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For now (if you want to run it pre-alpha, like a beast), check out the [quick and dirty getting started guide](./GETTINGSTARTED.md).
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## Contact
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For questions and comments, you can reach out to tobi on the Fediverse [here](https://ondergrond.org/@dumpsterqueer) or mail admin@gotosocial.org.
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## Sponsorship
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Currently, this project is funded using Liberapay, to put bread on the table while work continues on it.
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If you want to sponsor this project, you can do so [here](https://liberapay.com/dumpsterqueer/)! `<3`
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### Image Attribution
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Logo made by [Freepik](https://www.freepik.com) from [www.flaticon.com](https://www.flaticon.com/).
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