Running Mastodon on FreeBSD? Stop using wrapper scripts that break service status.

I've refactored the init scripts for Sidekiq, Puma, and Streaming to be fully production-grade:

- Clean privilege dropping (no su wrappers)
- Native signal handling for log rotation
- Correct PID tracking & status reporting.

I published the scripts and the reasoning behind them in my Codeberg gists:

codeberg.org/Larvitz/gists/src…

I use those to run a Mastodon instance and they're working great so far!

❤️ 🦣

#FreeBSD #Mastodon #SelfHosting #mastoadmin #runbsd #OpenSource

I never could have guessed that so many would join. Thank you for staying here.

#MementomoriSocial #MastoAdmin

This message is intended for Canadian #Mastodon admins who are running public instances large and small. If you are an admin, please share with your counterparts. If you are a member of a Canadian instance, please send this to your admin.
A small group of us (Note: really, really small) are in early discussions on how to encourage our government - individual politicians & federal, provincial, and municipal departments - to move their social media presence to Mastodon. This would involve an awareness campaign targeting politicians, party HQs, and departments/agencies.
We are asking for input from admins to help us create a future state vision for this project, and provide us with advice or ideas on how to bring it to a reality. I will set up a web call within the next 3 weeks and hopefully you can participate. We are not asking you to contribute beyond input. Please DM me and I will add you to the invitees.

#mastoadmin
#MastodonCanada
#MastoCanadaGOV (hashtag for this project)

CC: @ZebKing

Pre-released Mastodon Bird UI 4.0.0-alpha.0-3: github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mas…

tl;dr: It now includes a build system and is much lighter than the previous versions. Only compatible with Mastodon 4.6.0 alpha versions.

#MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI #OpenSource #Mastodon #MastoAdmin

Release 4.0.0-alpha.0-3 · ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui

4.0.0-alpha.0-3: 2026-01-11 NoteWIP Notice: This is a heavily work-in-progress upcoming version of Mastodon Bird UI. This version is part of the ongoing major rewrite (see issue #172) and isn't yet...

^GitHub

If you're running a public Fediverse server, it's really important you plan how you will shut it down gracefully, even if you have no intention of ever shutting down.

Graceful shutdowns mean your members can move accounts elsewhere, and don't lose their follows and followers. The absolute worst thing a server can do is suddenly disappear without warning.

Here's more info about how to plan a graceful Mastodon server closure:

➡️ fedi.tips/closing-your-mastodo…

#FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

Closing your Mastodon server gracefully | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

^fedi.tips

If you're using the nightly or alpha version of Mastodon (from the main Git branch), the only functional Mastodon Bird UI version is under the branch dev-build-system-css-theme-tokens. There's no release or release candidate yet. While the modularization work is still in progress, the theme is already functional and much lighter thanks to the new build system.
github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mas…

#MastodonBirdUI #MastoAdmin #BirdUI

GitHub - ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui at dev-build-system-css-theme-tokens

🐘🐦 Mastodon web UI, but strongly inspired by Twitter (when it was still good!) - GitHub - ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui at dev-build-system-css-theme-tokens

^GitHub

We've reverted the visibility selection modal back to a dropdown, like it used to be. The modal required six clicks and was a disaster in terms of accessibility and usability.

I've submitted a pull request to the Mastodon core: Revert post privacy selection from modal to dropdown and add a separate quote policy dropdown. github.com/mastodon/mastodon/p…

#MementomoriSocial #MastoAdmin #Mastodon

Upon user request, we've added a separate setting for autoplaying inline videos ("Auto-play videos (muted)"). You can find it under Preferences.
mementomori.social/settings/pr…

The commit for nerds (please note, this doesn't cover the full feature pushed earlier, you can find the details of it at help.mementomori.social): github.com/mementomori-social/…

#MementomoriSocial #MastoAdmin #Mastodon

By building it from nightly version. We run customized daily builds, sometimes even newer than mastodon.social.

Mastodon core: github.com/mastodon/mastodon
Mementomori.social: github.com/mementomori-social/…

Features: help.mementomori.social/mement…

#MementomoriSocial #MastoAdmin

GitHub - mastodon/mastodon: Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community

Your self-hosted, globally interconnected microblogging community - mastodon/mastodon

^GitHub