An alternative web client for Mastodon, focused on speed and simplicity.

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README.md

Pinafore

An alternative web client for Mastodon.

Goals and non-goals

This section lays out some high-level goals for Pinafore, as well as the goals it doesn't intend to tackle.

Goals

Support the most common use cases
Fast even on low-end phones
Works offline in read-only mode
Progressive Web App features
Multi-instance support
Support latest versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari
a11y (keyboard navigation, screen readers)

Possible future goals

Works as an alternative frontend self-hosted by instances
Ship in the Android/iOS app stores as a Cordova app
Support Pleroma/non-Mastodon backends
i18n
Offline search
Full emoji keyboard

Non-goals

Supporting old browsers, proxy browsers, or text-based browsers
React Native / NativeScript / hybrid-native version
Full functionality with JavaScript disabled
Emoji support beyond the built-in system emoji
Multi-column support
Keyboard shortcuts
Admin/moderation panel
Works offline in read-write mode

Building and contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.