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**Mastodon** is a free, open-source GNU social-compatible social network server. A decentralized alternative to commercial platforms, it avoids the risks of a single company monopolizing your communication. Anyone can run Mastodon and participate in the social network seamlessly.
### Using Mastodon
- [Frequently Asked Questions ](Using-Mastodon/FAQ.md )
- [List of Mastodon instances ](Using-Mastodon/List-of-Mastodon-instances.md )
- [Apps ](Using-Mastodon/Apps.md )
### Using the API
- [API documentation ](Using-the-API/API.md )
- [Testing the API with cURL ](Using-the-API/Testing-with-cURL.md )
- [OAuth details ](Using-the-API/OAuth-details.md )
- [Tips for app developers ](Using-the-API/Tips-for-app-developers.md )
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- [Push notifications ](Using-the-API/Push-notifications.md )
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### Running Mastodon
- [Production guide ](Running-Mastodon/Production-guide.md )
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- [Alternative: Running on Heroku ](Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md )
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- [Development guide ](Running-Mastodon/Development-guide.md )
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- [Alternative: Development with Vagrant ](Running-Mastodon/Vagrant-guide.md )
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- [Administration guide ](Running-Mastodon/Administration-guide.md )
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### Contributing to Mastodon
- [Sponsors ](Contributing-to-Mastodon/Sponsors.md )
- [Translate Mastodon in your language ](Contributing-to-Mastodon/Translating.md )
- [Report bugs and submit ideas ](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues )
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### Protocols
- [List of used specs and RFCs for the federation ](Specs-and-RFCs-used.md )
- [Extensions of the above protocols ](Extensions.md )
