brutaldon/README.md

# Brutaldon

Note: If you are seeing this on Github, this repo is a mirror that may not be up-to-date. Please go to https://gitlab.com/brutaldon/brutaldon for the latest code.

Brutaldon is a [brutalist][0], [Web 1.0][0.5] web interface for [Mastodon][1] and [Pleroma][p]. It is not a Mastodon-compatible social networking server; rather, it is just a client, like the Android or iOS client for Mastodon you may already be using, but it runs in a web server, and is accessed through a web browser. It works great in text-mode browsers such as [Lynx][2], [w3m][3], or [elinks][4], and also in more heavy-weight graphical browsers, such as Firefox. It works completely without JavaScript, but if JavaScript is available and enabled, it will be used to unobtrusively enhance the user experience.

[0]:http://brutalistwebsites.com/
[0.5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0#%22Web_1.0%22
[1]: https://joinmastodon.org/
[2]: https://lynx.browser.org/
[3]: https://w3m.sourceforge.net/
[4]: http://elinks.or.cz/
[p]: https://pleroma.social/

There is a hosted instance at [brutaldon.org][hosted] which you can use to log in to any instance. However, you are also encouraged to run your own, either locally or on a public server. 

[hosted]: https://brutaldon.org/

Brutaldon is ready for day to day use. It is still missing some features you might want, like lists, filters, and editing your own profile.
Please see the issues tracker.

## Screenshots

People love screenshots, whatever the project, so here we are. These screenshots are relatively old.

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     <img alt="Brutaldon in Lynx" src="/docs/screenshots/screenshot-lynx.png?raw=true" title="Brutaldon in Lynx" width="256" />
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     <img alt="Brutaldon in Firefox" src="/docs/screenshots/screenshot-firefox.png?raw=true" title="Brutaldon in Firefox" width="256" />
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      <img alt="Brutaldon in Firefox (2)" src="/docs/screenshots/screenshot-firefox-2.png?raw=true" title="Brutaldon in Firefox (2)" width="256" />
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      <img alt="Brutaldon in Firefox - Full Brutalism" src="/docs/screenshots/screenshot-firefox-brutalist.png?raw=true" title="Brutaldon in Firefox - Full Brutalism" width="256" />
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      <img alt="Brutaldon in Firefox - Full Brutalism (2)" src="/docs/screenshots/screenshot-firefox-brutalist-2.png?raw=true" title="Brutaldon in Firefox - Full Brutalism (2)" width="256" />
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## Roadmap

* [X] Single user read-only access; log in and read home timeline
* [X] Fix edge cases of toot display (CW, media, boosts)
* [X] Multi-user, multi-instance support
* [X] Add support for reading local and federated timelines, notifications, favorites, threads
* [X] Add support for tag timelines
* [X] Add support for viewing profiles
* [X] Add support for posting.
* [X] Add support for posting media.
* [X] Add support for favoriting and boosting toots.
* [X] Add support for following, blocking, and muting users.

## Aesthetic

No automatic page updates: refresh the page to see new toots. No endless scroll: there's a "next page" link. No autocompletion of anything: use another lynx process in another screen window to look things up. UTF8 clean.