Mastodon
  • What is Mastodon?
  • Using Mastodon
    • Signing up for an account
    • Setting up your profile
    • Posting to your profile
    • Using the network features
    • Quoting other posts
    • Dealing with unwanted content
    • Promoting yourself and others
    • Set your preferences
    • More settings
    • Using Mastodon externally
    • Moving or leaving accounts
    • Official iOS and Android apps
    • Running your own server
  • Running Mastodon
    • Preparing your machine
    • Installing from source
    • Configuring your environment
    • Configuring full-text search
    • Installing optional features
      • Object storage
      • Onion services
      • Captcha
      • Single Sign On
    • Setting up your new instance
    • Using the admin CLI
    • Upgrading to a new release
    • Backing up your server
    • Migrating to a new machine
    • Scaling up your server
    • Moderation actions
    • Troubleshooting errors
      • Database index corruption
    • Roles
  • Developing Mastodon apps
    • Getting started with the API
    • Playing with public data
    • Obtaining client app access
    • Logging in with an account
    • Libraries and implementations
  • Contributing to Mastodon
    • Technical overview
    • Setting up a dev environment
    • Code structure
    • Routes
    • Bug bounties and responsible disclosure
  • Spec compliance
    • ActivityPub
    • WebFinger
    • Security
    • Microformats
    • OAuth
    • Bearcaps
  • REST API
    • Datetime formats
    • Guidelines and best practices
    • OAuth Tokens
    • OAuth Scopes
    • Rate limits
  • API Methods
    • apps
      • oauth
      • emails
    • accounts
      • bookmarks
      • favourites
      • mutes
      • blocks
      • domain_blocks
      • filters
      • reports
      • follow_requests
      • endorsements
      • featured_tags
      • preferences
      • followed_tags
      • suggestions
      • tags
    • profile
    • statuses
      • media
      • polls
      • scheduled_statuses
    • timelines
      • conversations
      • lists
      • markers
      • streaming
    • grouped notifications
    • notifications
      • push
    • search
    • health
    • instance
      • trends
      • directory
      • custom_emojis
      • announcements
    • admin
      • accounts
      • canonical_email_blocks
      • dimensions
      • domain_allows
      • domain_blocks
      • email_domain_blocks
      • ip_blocks
      • measures
      • reports
      • retention
      • trends
    • proofs
    • oembed
  • API Entities
    • Account
    • AccountWarning
    • Admin::Account
    • Admin::CanonicalEmailBlock
    • Admin::Cohort
    • Admin::Dimension
    • Admin::DomainAllow
    • Admin::DomainBlock
    • Admin::EmailDomainBlock
    • Admin::Ip
    • Admin::IpBlock
    • Admin::Measure
    • Admin::Report
    • Announcement
    • Appeal
    • Application
    • Context
    • Conversation
    • CustomEmoji
    • DomainBlock
    • Error
    • ExtendedDescription
    • FamiliarFollowers
    • FeaturedTag
    • Filter
    • FilterKeyword
    • FilterResult
    • FilterStatus
    • IdentityProof
    • Instance
    • List
    • Marker
    • MediaAttachment
    • Notification
    • NotificationPolicy
    • NotificationRequest
    • Poll
    • Preferences
    • PreviewCard
    • PreviewCardAuthor
    • PrivacyPolicy
    • Quote
    • QuoteApproval
    • Reaction
    • Relationship
    • RelationshipSeveranceEvent
    • Report
    • Role
    • Rule
    • ScheduledStatus
    • Search
    • ShallowQuote
    • Status
    • StatusEdit
    • StatusSource
    • Suggestion
    • Tag
    • TermsOfService
    • Token
    • Translation
    • V1::Filter
    • V1::Instance
    • V1::NotificationPolicy
    • WebPushSubscription

Official iOS and Android apps

Learn the basics of the official iOS and Android apps for Mastodon

    • Installation
    • First Steps
    • Basic app features

Installation

  • Download the official iOS app on the App Store
  • Download the official Android app on the Google Play Store

First Steps

  1. Join Mastodon by clicking “Join Mastodon Social”.
  2. Agree to the rules.
  3. Create an account.

Basic app features

  • Home screen shows accounts currently followed.
  • Search button allows you to look for hashtags and users.
  • Pencil button allows you to create a post.
  • Bell button will show your notifications.
  • Profile button displays user profile.

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