Is there any kind of...Linux app... for Mastodon? I'd like to set up a multi-instance client.
@craigmaloney thanks, I'll look into that! Is the documentation good?
@ruth It has built-in help. Unfortunately it's documented about as well as any semi-abandoned OSS project. 😕
@ruth There's also https://github.com/rhysd/Mstdn which appears to be written in JavaScript and supports multiple accounts.
@ruth There's one here, unfortunately it uses Electron..
@sati hm, thanks! I'll poke at it.
@ruth It's the only one listed here: https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/Apps.md
There are CLI apps and browser extensions which may be more useful to you.
@sati Yeah, I may end up going with CLI, but based on my Twitter XP I've found I really do tend to prefer seeing the tweets in some kind of tweetdeck-esque GUI. Runs a bit counter to my generally living in the command line when possible but...
@ruth I am using mstdn which is available through npm package manager which is available on Mac and Linux.
@codeawayhaley how's it working for you?
@ruth it is great, I do however get annoyed with the default of hiding the window when switching to another instance but I've heard there is a way to change that behavior so in the process of reading through it but it might be ok in your case.
@codeawayhaley Thank you!
@ruth I like "Mastocafe"
@daemma is that an app/tool?
@ruth It's a "desktop" linux app ... at least I think that's what i'm using, I'll check
@ruth Ooops, here is is: https://github.com/rhysd/Mstdn
@daemma ah thanks yeah! So it's displaying the name of your instance probably?
@ruth Hhhmm, yeah, that seems likely. Good catch!
mstdn - https://github.com/rhysd/Mstdn
Unfortunately, that's about it in terms of what you're specifically asking about. There are lots of options here, some of which may or may not be merely usable for what you want (and not exactly what you want).
https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/blob/master/Using-Mastodon/Apps.md
@ruth I'm using a CLI client called Tootstream. Not sure how it handles multiple clients though. You can give it separate config files though so it shouldn't be too hard to use for separate instances.