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In this tutorial I will show you how to install mastodon glitch version. Glitch-soc is based on Mastodon’s main branch.

Switch to glitch-soc, for instance by:

su - mastodon

cd live

adding a new remote git:

remote add glitch-soc https://github.com/glitch-soc/mastodon

fetching it

git fetch glitch-soc

switching to the main branch from that repo:

git checkout glitch-soc/main

Fetch the source code

git pull

Install dependencies:

bundle install && yarn install

Run the pre-deployment database migrations:

RAILS_ENV=production SKIP_POST_DEPLOYMENT_MIGRATIONS=true bundle exec rails db:migrate

Pre-compile static assets:

RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails assets:precompile

Exit to root

exit

Restart the services:

systemctl reload mastodon-web && systemctl restart mastodon-{sidekiq,streaming}

Clean Rails’ cache:

RAILS_ENV=production bin/tootctl cache clear

Run the post-deployment database migrations:

RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails db:migrate

That is it! Enjoy!

What’s different?

glitch-soc adds a number of experimental features to Mastodon, such as:

Media improvements

    - Images inside the CW spoiler
    - fullwidth images
    - scaling options

How to install glitch-soc version