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title: Install mastodon-server on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of mastodon-server for Linux - Unofficial snap
  for Mastodon (decentralized social media server)
url: https://snapcraft.io/mastodon-server
---

# mastodon-server

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latest/stable 4.7.3snap1

Install latest/stable of mastodon-server

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install mastodon-server
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* mastodon-server

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### License

* AGPL-3.0

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### Last updated

* 2 October 2026 - latest/stable

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### Websites

* [github.com/dhelonious/mastodon-snap](https://github.com/dhelonious/mastodon-snap "https://github.com/dhelonious/mastodon-snap")
* [joinmastodon.org](https://joinmastodon.org "https://joinmastodon.org")
* [matrix.to](https://matrix.to/#/#mastodon-snap:matrix.org "https://matrix.to/#/#mastodon-snap:matrix.org")

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### Contact

* [social.dhelonious.de](https://social.dhelonious.de/@daniel "https://social.dhelonious.de/@daniel")
* [github.com/dhelonious](https://github.com/dhelonious "https://github.com/dhelonious")
* [matrix.to](https://matrix.to/#/@dhelonious:matrix.org "https://matrix.to/#/@dhelonious:matrix.org")
* [discord.com](https://discord.com/users/dhelonious "https://discord.com/users/dhelonious")

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### Source code

* [github.com/dhelonious/mastodon-snap](https://github.com/dhelonious/mastodon-snap "https://github.com/dhelonious/mastodon-snap")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/dhelonious/mastodon-snap/issues](https://github.com/dhelonious/mastodon-snap/issues "https://github.com/dhelonious/mastodon-snap/issues")
* [matrix.to](https://matrix.to/#/#mastodon-snap-support:matrix.org "https://matrix.to/#/#mastodon-snap-support:matrix.org")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/mastodon-server#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/mastodon-server#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/mastodon-server#tab-security)

#### Unofficial snap for Mastodon (decentralized social media server)

Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server based on ActivityPub
where users can follow friends and discover new ones. On Mastodon, users can
publish anything they want: links, pictures, text, video. All Mastodon servers
are interoperable as a federated network (users on one server can seamlessly
communicate with users from another one, including non-Mastodon software that
implements ActivityPub!)

The goal of this project is to simplify the installation process of Mastodon to give everyone the ability to host their own fully functional (micro) instance of Mastodon without requiring any prior knowledge of the technology behind it. This all-in-one snap package also includes a database and support for ACME to automatically obtain SSL certificates for HTTPS.

**Installation**

```
sudo snap install mastodon-server
sudo mastodon-server.setup
```

See the README on GitHub for more information.

**Themes**

Coming from Twitter/X and wanting a familiar look? Then the included Mastodon Bird UI and Tangerine UI themes might be for you. You can change the theme in *Preferences/Appearance*.

If you have a severe visual impairment, an accessible version of the Bird UI theme is included by default. This theme is indicated by the phrase **High contrast++**, which contains **two plus signs** and is translated into your selected language. In addition, this theme is marked with the ♿ **emoji representing a person in a wheelchair** as the International Symbol of Access.

This is a community developed snap and is not officially supported or released by Mastodon GmbH.

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## Install mastodon-server on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/mastodon-server/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/mastodon-server/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/mastodon-server/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/mastodon-server/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/mastodon-server/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/mastodon-server/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/mastodon-server/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/mastodon-server/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/mastodon-server/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/mastodon-server/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/mastodon-server/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/mastodon-server/ubuntu)