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# GoToSocial
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GoToSocial is an [ActivityPub](https://activitypub.rocks/) social network server, written in Golang.
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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/).
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With GoToSocial, you can keep in touch with your friends, post, read, and share images and articles, without being tracked or advertised to.
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## Features
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### Federation
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Because GoToSocial uses the [ActivityPub](https://activitypub.rocks/) protocol, you can Keep in touch not only with people on your home server, but with people all over the [Fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse), seamlessly!
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### Mastodon API compatible
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Full support for modern, elegant apps like [Tusky](https://tusky.app/) and [Pinafore](https://pinafore.social/).
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Tusky | Pinafore
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:-----------------------------------------------------------:|:------------------------------------------------------------------:
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### Granular post settings
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You should be able to choose how your posts can be interacted with:
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* Local-only posts.
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* Rebloggable/boostable toggle.
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* 'Likeable' toggle.
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* 'Replyable' toggle.
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### Easy customizability for admins
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* Adjustable post length.
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* Media upload size settings.
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### LetsEncrypt
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Built-in, automatic support for secure HTTPS with [LetsEncrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/).
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### Light footprint and good performance
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Plays nice with lower-powered machines like Raspberry Pi, old laptops and tiny VPSes.
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### Easy to deploy
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No external dependencies apart from a database. Just download the binary + assets (or Docker container), and run.
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### HTTP signature authentication
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Protect your data.
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### User Safety
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Strict privacy enforcement for posts and strict blocking logic.
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### Subscribeable and shareable allow/denylists for federation
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Import and export allowlists and denylists. Subscribe to community-created blocklists (think Adblocker, but for federation!).
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### Various federation modes
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* 'Normal' federation; discover new servers.
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* Allowlist-only federation; choose which servers you talk to.
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* Zero federation; keep your server private.
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### Wishlist
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These cool things will be implemented if time allows (because we really want them):
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* **Groups** and group posting!
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* Reputation-based 'slow' federation.
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* Community decision making for federation and moderation actions.
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* User-selectable custom templates for rendering public posts:
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* Twitter-style
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* Blogpost
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* Gallery
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* Etc.
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## Design Ethos
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One of the key differences between GoToSocial and other federated server projects is that GoToSocial doesn't include an integrated client front-end (ie., a webapp).
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Instead, like the Matrix.org's [Synapse](https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse) project, it provides only a server implementation, some static pages, and a well-documented API. On top of 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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## Status
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Work began on the project around February 2021, and the project is still in prerelease.
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At this point, GoToSocial is already deployable and very useable, and it federates cleanly with other Fediverse servers.
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For a detailed view on what's implemented and what's not, and progress made towards a first 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 release.
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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), mail [admin@gotosocial.org](mailto:admin@gotosocial.org), or [join our Matrix channel](https://matrix.to/#/!gotosocial:ondergrond.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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The following libraries and frameworks are used by GoToSocial, with gratitude 💕
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* [buckket/go-blurhash](https://github.com/buckket/go-blurhash); used for generating image blurhashes. [GPL-3.0 License](https://spdx.org/licenses/GPL-3.0-only.html).
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* [coreos/go-oidc](https://github.com/coreos/go-oidc); OIDC client library. [Apache-2.0 License](https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html).
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* [gin-gonic/gin](https://github.com/gin-gonic/gin); speedy router engine. [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html).
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* [gin-contrib/cors](https://github.com/gin-contrib/cors); Gin CORS middleware. [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html).
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* [gin-contrib/sessions](https://github.com/gin-contrib/sessions); Gin sessions middleware. [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html)
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* [gin-contrib/static](https://github.com/gin-contrib/static); Gin static page middleware. [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html)
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* [go-fed/activity](https://github.com/go-fed/activity); Golang ActivityPub/ActivityStreams library. [BSD-3-Clause License](https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html).
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* [go-fed/httpsig](https://github.com/go-fed/httpsig); secure HTTP signature library. [BSD-3-Clause License](https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html).
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* [russross/blackfriday](https://github.com/russross/blackfriday); markdown parsing for statuses. [Simplified BSD License](https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause.html).
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* [go-pg/pg](https://github.com/go-pg/pg); Postgres ORM library. [BSD-2-Clause License](https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause.html).
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* [google/uuid](https://github.com/google/uuid); UUID generation. [BSD-3-Clause License](https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html)
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* [gorilla/websocket](https://github.com/gorilla/websocket); Websocket connectivity. [BSD-2-Clause License](https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause.html).
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* [h2non/filetype](https://github.com/h2non/filetype); filetype checking. [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html).
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* [microcosm-cc/bluemonday](https://github.com/microcosm-cc/bluemonday); HTML user-input sanitization. [BSD-3-Clause License](https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html).
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* [nfnt/resize](https://github.com/nfnt/resize); convenient image resizing. [ISC License](https://spdx.org/licenses/ISC.html).
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* [oklog/ulid](https://github.com/oklog/ulid); sequential, database-friendly ID generation. [Apache-2.0 License](https://spdx.org/licenses/Apache-2.0.html).
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* [sirupsen/logrus](https://github.com/sirupsen/logrus); logging. [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html).
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* [stretchr/testify](https://github.com/stretchr/testify); test framework. [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html).
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* [superseriousbusiness/exifremove](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/exifremove) forked from [scottleedavis/go-exif-remove](https://github.com/scottleedavis/go-exif-remove); EXIF data removal. [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html).
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* [superseriousbusiness/oauth2](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/oauth2) forked from [go-oauth2/oauth2](https://github.com/go-oauth2/oauth2); oauth server framework and token handling. [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html).
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* [urfave/cli](https://github.com/urfave/cli); command-line interface framework. [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html).
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* [wagslane/go-password-validator](https://github.com/wagslane/go-password-validator); password strength validation. [MIT License](https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html).
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### Image Attribution
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Sloth logo made by [Freepik](https://www.freepik.com) from [www.flaticon.com](https://www.flaticon.com/).
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## Sponsorship + Funding
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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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## License
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GoToSocial is licensed under the [GNU AGPL v3 LICENSE](LICENSE).
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Copyright (C) 2021 the GoToSocial Authors.
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