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Sovereign Tech Agency funding

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/sovereign-tech-agency-funding/

Published: April 14, 2026 00:00

We are delighted to announce that Mastodon has been awarded a ā‚¬614k service agreement by the Sovereign Tech Fund (@SovTechFund) to support improvements and updates to Mastodon and the broader software ecosystem. Out of the total amount, ā‚¬90k is set asideā€¦

New t-shirts, pins and posters

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/new-t-shirts-pins-and-posters/

Published: April 10, 2026 00:00

Weā€™ve just released two new t-shirts on our shop, based on slogan suggestions from the community, and featuring lovely artwork from our artist Dopatwo. One is ā€œMy friends are not for saleā€, and the other is ā€œI write ALT textā€. Weā€™ve chosen quality overā€¦

Trunk & Tidbits, March 2026

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/trunk-tidbits-march-2026/

Published: April 10, 2026 00:00

Welcome to the 24th edition of Trunk & Tidbits šŸŽ‰ Weā€™ve been publishing this monthly series, ā€œbehind the scenes of the codeā€ from the Mastodon team, for a whole two years now! Weā€™re getting close to the release of Mastodon 4.6. In the past few weeks weā€¦

Designing Collections

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/04/designing-collections/

Published: April 9, 2026 00:00

People come to the Fediverse to connect with others around communities and topics of interest. Weā€™ve seen people enjoy their time on Mastodon the most, when they can follow and engage with individuals and organisations that have interesting things toā€¦

A Redesign for Profiles

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/a-redesign-for-profiles/

Published: March 26, 2026 00:00

Profiles are the primary way for people using Mastodon to ā€˜meetā€™ one another on a deeper level ā€“ beyond a threaded conversation or search results. You might have noticed that the overall design of Profiles hasnā€™t been explored in a while, and in theā€¦

Trunk & Tidbits, February 2026

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/trunk-tidbits-february-2026/

Published: March 10, 2026 00:00

Welcome to our monthly engineering update. The team is continuing to work on the next major version of Mastodon (4.6), as well as maintaining the current stable releases. Before we dive in to our regular review of code changes and updates from the pastā€¦

A new Share button

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/03/a-new-share-button/

Published: March 2, 2026 00:00

Have you ever wondered why news articles around the web have buttons to share to some of those other social sites, but not on Mastodon? There used to be a legitimate reason for this: unlike legacy social, Mastodon isnā€™t a single monolithic website you canā€¦

Mastodon is for the people

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/mastodon-is-for-the-people/

Published: February 19, 2026 00:00

Hi, Iā€™m Hannah. Iā€™m a community builder and long-time professional social media poster, though most of my ā€œgreatest hitsā€ werenā€™t under my own name. Iā€™ve managed and contributed to social accounts for a blowtorch manufacturer, a fancy hand soap maker, aā€¦

Our technical direction

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/our-technical-direction/

Published: February 18, 2026 00:00

Hello everyone! Iā€™m Renaud, and Iā€™m the Technical Director at Mastodon. Iā€™ve also been the technical lead for delivering Mastodon releases for several years now. This post is co-written with Imani, our lead product designer. Mastodon continues to grow asā€¦