# Mastodon

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Mastodon is a free, open-source social network. A decentralized alternative to commercial platforms, it avoids the risks of a single company monopolizing your communication. Pick a server that you trust — whichever you choose, you can interact with everyone else. Anyone can run their own Mastodon instance and participate in the social network seamlessly.

## Install

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Reason: Mastodon packages in the AUR are being worked on. (Discuss in Talk:Mastodon#)

### Prerequisites

Add new user `mastodon`

Check build environment and then the Official Install guide and prepare your setup by following:

- https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv#installation
- https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build#installation

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