Updates from the Mastodon team
Trunk & Tidbits, March 2025
News from the Mastodon engineering team for March 2025 - including some big changes to the main code, updates to the mobile apps, Fediscovery progress, and the end of support for Mastodon 4.1.
Renaud Chaput
CTO
Andy Piper
Head of Communications
Trunk & Tidbits, February 2025
Development updates from the Mastodon team. Code changes and updates made during February 2025.
Andy Piper
Head of Communications
Renaud Chaput
CTO
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
Trunk & Tidbits, January 2025
News and updates from the Mastodon developers. Technical changes from January 2025, and what the core team did at FOSDEM.
Andy Piper
Head of Communications
Renaud Chaput
CTO
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
Trunk & Tidbits, December 2024
The latest engineering updates from the Mastodon team technical updates covering December 2024: including Fediscovery, FOSDEM... and, holidays.
Andy Piper
Head of Communications
Renaud Chaput
CTO
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
Trunk & Tidbits, November 2024
Mastodon core team technical updates for November 2024: the latest point releases, progress on Fediscovery, FOSDEM planning, and projects from the developer community.
Andy Piper
Head of Communications
Renaud Chaput
CTO
Trunk & Tidbits, October 2024
Engineering updates from the Mastodon core team, October 2024. Initial updates post-4.3, a new team member, and lots of community news.
Andy Piper
Head of Communications
Renaud Chaput
CTO
Trunk & Tidbits, September 2024
Engineering updates from the Mastodon team for September 2024. Behind-the-scenes of the 4.3 release.
Andy Piper
Head of Communications
Renaud Chaput
CTO