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GoToSocial

1-Click installation template for GoToSocial on Easypanel

Description

GoToSocial is a lightweight, customizable, and safety-focused social network server that provides a fun and fast entryway into the Fediverse. It is written in Golang and allows you to keep in touch with friends, post, read, and share images and articles without being tracked or advertised to. If you've used platforms like Twitter or Tumblr, GoToSocial will feel familiar. You can follow people, have followers, make posts that others can favorite, reply to, and share, and scroll through posts from people you follow using a timeline. You can write long or short posts, post images, and even block people or limit unwanted interactions by posting just to your friends. GoToSocial is not designed for influencers with tens of thousands of followers, nor is it designed to be addictive. Your timeline and experience are shaped by who you follow and how you interact with people, not by engagement metrics. GoToSocial is ideal for small or single-user instances running on low-powered devices, like single-board computers or old laptops repurposed as home servers. It is simple to install and maintain, and prioritizes good security and sensible defaults.

Benefits

  • Privacy-Focused: GoToSocial is a privacy-focused social network server. It allows you to keep in touch with your friends, post, read, and share images and articles without being tracked or advertised to.
  • Customizable Experience: GoToSocial offers a customizable experience. You can follow people, make posts which people can favourite, reply to and share, and scroll through posts from people you follow using a timeline. You can write long or short posts, or just post images. You can also block people or limit interactions that you don't want by posting just to your friends.
  • Non-Addictive: GoToSocial is not designed to be addictive. Your timeline and your experience are shaped by who you follow and how you interact with people, not by metrics of engagement.
  • Lightweight and Efficient: GoToSocial is designed for small or single-user instances running on low-powered devices. It provides lightweight software which is simple to install and maintain, and has good security and sensible defaults.

Features

  • Social Networking: GoToSocial is an ActivityPub social network server that allows you to keep in touch with your friends, post, read, and share images and articles.
  • Privacy and Safety: GoToSocial provides a safety-focused entryway into the Fediverse. It does not track or advertise to its users, and allows you to block people or limit interactions that you don't want.
  • Customizable Experience: With GoToSocial, you can follow people, make posts, and scroll through posts from people you follow using a timeline. You can write long or short posts, or just post images.
  • Non-Addictive Design: GoToSocial is not designed to be addictive. Your timeline and your experience are shaped by who you follow and how you interact with people, not by metrics of engagement.
  • Lightweight Software: GoToSocial is designed for small or single-user instances running on low-powered devices. It provides lightweight software which is simple to install and maintain.

Options

NameDescriptionRequiredDefault Value
App Service Name-yesgotosocial
App Service Image-yessuperseriousbusiness/gotosocial:0.15.0

Screenshots

GoToSocial Screenshot

Change Log

  • 2023-5-26 – First release

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