Updates from the Mastodon team
5.0: A closer look
October is here, and it's almost time for Mastodon's 5.0 release! We announced our plans for big changes back in August. In this companion article, we're hoping to shed light on some of the decisions behind this major UI overhaul.
Imani Joy
Head of Design
Plushtodon pre-orders now open
They're small, they're soft, they're squishy, and they are your friend! If you missed out on our stuffed toys before, now is your chance to pre-order our latest series in Matcha Baku and Hitori Pink.
Eugen Rochko
Strategy & Product Advisor, Founder
Mastodon 4.7
This release is full of technical improvements focusing on bug fixes, performance and interoperability with other fediverse platforms.
The Mastodon Team
Building a better social web
Trunk & Tidbits
Monthly engineering updates: the latest releases, code changes & community news.
Read more5.0: Laying the foundation
First looks at the upcoming changes to Mastodon’s composer and navigation on web
Imani Joy
Head of Design
Sharing Guidelines about Mastodon’s Trade Mark Policy
Today, we’re sharing additional guidelines about our trade mark policy in order to give you more clarity about it, based on questions we received from you!
Hannah Aubry
Community Director
Discovery Week 2026: What we learned, and what we’re doing next
Reflections and outcomes from the 5-day rapid research event we held in May
Imani Joy
Head of Design
Announcing new Terms of Service for our servers
Today, we’re announcing new User Terms of Service (ToS) for the two Mastodon servers we run, mastodon.social and mastodon.online
Angela Kollmann
Finance & Operations Specialist
Why the social web must work together
Looking back at an exciting few weeks for the open social web
Hannah Aubry
Community Director
Mastodon 4.6
In Mastodon 4.6, we are introducing a way to create and share curated collections of profiles. We've also reworked profiles and the profile editing experience, added some institutional features, and fixed many accessibility issues.
The Mastodon Team
Building a better social web