Mastodon

Updates from the Mastodon team

News

Mastodon is a digital public good

Mastodon has been added to the Digital Public Goods Alliance's DPG Registry.

Andy Piper

Head of Communications

News

Mastodon in 2025

An update on our strategy.

Andy Piper

Head of Communications

New Features

Updating some legal features

Setting up optional Terms of Service, server rules translations and age requirements - new features coming in Mastodon 4.4.

The Mastodon Team

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Trunk & Tidbits

Monthly engineering updates: the latest releases, code changes & community news.

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News

Evolving the Team

An update on Mastodon’s core team and organisation.

The Mastodon Team

New Features

Bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon

Sharing our thinking and progress on bringing Quote Posts to Mastodon, with a goal to create a safe and respectful space for everyone.

The Mastodon Team

News

The people should own the town square

It is more important than ever that the social web is not controlled by corporations. Today, Mastodon is taking another step towards its founding ideals: independence and non-profit ownership. We're transferring ownership of key assets to a new European not-for-profit entity, ensuring our mission remains true to a decentralised social web, not corporate control.

The Mastodon Team

News

Annual Report 2023

If you're curious how Mastodon is doing by the numbers, the 2023 Annual Report is finally here. How large is our budget, and where does it go? Who works on Mastodon? For all of this and more, we've got an answer--at least as far as 2023 goes.

Eugen Rochko

CEO / Founder

New Features

Mastodon 4.3

Grouped notifications, notification filtering, better onboarding and a refreshed look await in this new release of our decentralized open-source social media software.

Eugen Rochko

CEO / Founder

Op-Ed

The European Union must keep funding free software

Open Letter to the European Commission

Eugen Rochko

CEO / Founder

Renaud Chaput

CTO