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# Pinafore [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/nolanlawson/pinafore.svg)](https://travis-ci.org/nolanlawson/pinafore) [![Greenkeeper badge](https://badges.greenkeeper.io/nolanlawson/pinafore.svg)](https://greenkeeper.io/)
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An alternative web client for [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org]), focused on speed and simplicity.
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Pinafore is available at [pinafore.social](https://pinafore.social). Bleeding-edge releases are at [dev.pinafore.social](https://dev.pinafore.social).
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See the [user guide](https://github.com/nolanlawson/pinafore/blob/master/docs/User-Guide.md) for basic usage.
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## Browser support
Pinafore supports the latest versions of the following browsers:
- Chrome
- Edge
- Firefox
- Safari
Compatible versions of each (Opera, Brave, Samsung, etc.) should be fine.
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## Goals and non-goals
### 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
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- Android/iOS apps (using Cordova or similar)
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- Support Pleroma/non-Mastodon backends
- i18n
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- Offline search
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- Full emoji keyboard
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- Keyboard shortcuts
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### 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
- Admin/moderation panel
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- Works offline in read-write mode (would require sophisticated sync logic)
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## Building
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To build Pinafore for production:
npm install
npm run build
PORT=4002 npm start
Now Pinafore is running at `localhost:4002`.
Pinafore requires [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/) v8+.
## Developing and testing
See [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/nolanlawson/pinafore/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md) for
how to run Pinafore in dev mode and run tests.