mastotui is a minimal, distraction-free terminal client for Mastodon built with Ratatui.
It lets you read your home timeline and interact with posts without leaving the terminal.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Read the Mastodon home timeline.
- View individual posts and their authors.
- Create new posts.
- Reply to posts.
- Boost posts.
- Favourite posts.
- Navigate using keyboard controls.
- Authenticates with Mastodon instances using OAuth 2.0.
- Stores credentials securely in the system keyring.
Website: github.com/dougfinnie/mastotui
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Developer: Doug Finnie
License: MIT License or Apache-2.0
mastotui is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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| tut | Command-line interface written in Go |
| tootstream | Python-based command-line interface |
| madonctl | Golang command line interface for the Mastodon API |
| Tooters | Rust TUI-based Mastodon app |
| mastotui | Distraction-free terminal client for Mastodon |
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