Toot is a command-line interface and terminal user interface tool for interacting with Mastodon instances.
The software has the following dependencies: requests, beautifulsoup, wcwidth, and urwid.
Toot is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Posting, replying, deleting statuses.
- Support for media uploads, spoiler text, sensitive content.
- Search by account or hash tag.
- Following, muting and blocking accounts.
- Simple switching between authenticated in Mastodon accounts. To switch accounts, use the command
toot activate. - Option to use a proxy and/or disable HTTPS.
Website: github.com/ihabunek/toot
Support: Documentation
Developer: Ivan Habunek
License: GNU General Public License v3.0

The image shows the curses-based terminal user interface.
Toot is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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