Toot is a Linux command line interface for the Mastodon social media network.

This can be installed at the command line with

apt install toot

Once installed you can run with toot

Running this without any command line arguments gives a long list of options.

You will firstly need to login, either with the browser option toot login or with the command line toot login_cli

In order to make a post type:-

toot post

• Type your message.
• Press enter then
• On the new line press ctrl-d to post the message.

There is also documentation via the man page.

man toot

A useful tool, especially if you don't have access to graphical web browser.

Resources

• Mastodon
• toot git repository

#mastodon, #toot, #commandline, #interface, #linux

Licenced under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

---

Mastodon	Peertube	Qoto sign up