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Mastodon documentation

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Forks: 978
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 26

Dominant language: SCSS
License: GFDL-1.3
Last GitHub push: Aug 19, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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26 open issues indexed

RsaSignature2017 verification description incomplete Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 84/100

mastodon/documentation#1951 · Opened Sep 4, 2026
Development setup : Vagrant is promoted despite not being preferred Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 76/100

mastodon/documentation#1949 · Opened Aug 29, 2026
Schema link broken - should be relative Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 95/100

mastodon/documentation#1947 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Aug 26, 2026
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/client/collections/ doesn't discuss notifications Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 72/100

mastodon/documentation#1923 · 1 comment · Opened Jun 10, 2026
Authorization scope for API calls favourited_by and reblogged_by Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

mastodon/documentation#1911 · 1 comment · Opened May 27, 2026
Installation instructions: Use deb822 format for additional APT sources Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 68/100

mastodon/documentation#1901 · Opened May 13, 2026
[Client guide] Extend/rework the user journey with "feature overview" pages Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 35/100

mastodon/documentation#1898 · Opened Apr 30, 2026
LibreTranslate options are not clearly documented Open

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 85/100

mastodon/documentation#1893 · 1 comment · Opened Apr 20, 2026
Mastodon OAuth Login Bug With 2FA Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

mastodon/documentation#1872 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 13, 2026
`Tag.id` may be empty and is not documented as such Open

Difficulty 1/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

mastodon/documentation#1870 · Opened Mar 11, 2026
Documented 404 return for /api/v1/timelines/tag/:hashtag may be incorrect Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 52/100

mastodon/documentation#1869 · Opened Mar 11, 2026
Installation issues with Postgres on Ubuntu 24.x Open

install-guide

Difficulty 1/5 Under an hour Newbie friendliness 52/100

mastodon/documentation#1857 · Opened Feb 3, 2026
Document intended emoji shortcode parsing behavior for clients Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

mastodon/documentation#1850 · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 26, 2025
Additional clarification needed: local/remote post visibility on trending link feeds Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

mastodon/documentation#1810 · Opened Nov 16, 2025
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/quote-posts/ is inconsistent about "quote post", and ends up being contradictory Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 52/100

mastodon/documentation#1809 · Opened Nov 15, 2025
Deprecation of pin/unpin accounts and addition of endorse/unendorse don’t have an API version number Open

API

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 35/100

mastodon/documentation#1685 · 7 comments · Opened Jul 18, 2025
Clarify that `code` parameter to `/oauth/token` is only required for authorization code grant flow Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

mastodon/documentation#1549 · 2 comments · Opened Oct 27, 2024
Add Docker setup to official documentation Open

Difficulty 2/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

mastodon/documentation#1547 · 2 comments · 4 reactions · Opened Oct 15, 2024
Transparency of popularity scoring algorithm used in trending posts, hashtags, people, news Open

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 28/100

mastodon/documentation#1458 · 1 comment · 5 reactions · Opened Jun 3, 2024
Add changelog / deprecations page to REST API section Open

API enhancement

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

mastodon/documentation#1443 · 2 reactions · Opened May 15, 2024
Make streaming API / websocket information more visible Open

API

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 38/100

mastodon/documentation#1237 · 9 comments · Opened Jun 27, 2023
No documentation for translation provider attribution requirements Open

API

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

mastodon/documentation#1229 · 7 comments · Opened May 31, 2023
currently undocumented Open

API help wanted

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

mastodon/documentation#1211 · 19 comments · 8 reactions · Opened Apr 30, 2023
Search-able documentation Open

chore

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 25/100

mastodon/documentation#1075 · 2 comments · Opened Nov 24, 2022
Light mode Open

chore

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

mastodon/documentation#1068 · 9 comments · 5 reactions · Opened Nov 23, 2022
Machine requisites Open

install-guide

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

mastodon/documentation#912 · 2 comments · Opened Jan 24, 2022

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