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    <title>interface &amp;mdash; Paul Sutton</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 00:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>toot console / terminal Mastodon client</title>
      <link>https://paper.wf/paulsutton/toot-console-terminal-mastodon-client</link>
      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Toot is a Linux command line interface for the Mastodon social media network.&#xA;&#xA;This can be installed at the command line with&#xA;&#xA;apt install toot&#xA;&#xA;Once installed you can run with toot&#xA;&#xA;Running this without any command line arguments gives a long list of options.  &#xA;&#xA;You will firstly need to login, either with the browser option toot login &#xA;or with the command line toot login_cli&#xA; &#xA;In order to make a post type:-&#xA;&#xA;toot post&#xA;&#xA;Type your message. &#xA;Press enter then &#xA;On the new line press ctrl-d to post the message. &#xA;&#xA;There is also documentation via the man page. &#xA;&#xA;man toot&#xA;&#xA;A useful tool, especially if you don&#39;t have access to graphical web browser. &#xA;&#xA;Resources&#xA;&#xA;Mastodon&#xA;toot git repository&#xA;&#xA;#mastodon, #toot, #commandline, #interface, #linux&#xA;&#xA;cc-by logo&#xA;&#xA;Licenced under Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)&#xA;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Toot is a Linux command line interface for the Mastodon social media network.</p>

<p>This can be installed at the command line with</p>

<p><strong>apt install toot</strong></p>

<p>Once installed you can run with <strong>toot</strong></p>

<p>Running this <strong>without any</strong> command line arguments gives a long list of options.</p>

<p>You will firstly need to login, either with the browser option <strong>toot login</strong>
or with the command line <strong>toot login_cli</strong></p>

<p>In order to make a post type:-</p>

<p><strong>toot post</strong></p>
<ul><li>Type your message.</li>
<li>Press enter then</li>
<li>On the new line press <strong>ctrl-d</strong> to post the message.</li></ul>

<p>There is also documentation via the man page.</p>

<p><strong>man toot</strong></p>

<p>A useful tool, especially if you don&#39;t have access to graphical web browser.</p>

<h1 id="resources" id="resources">Resources</h1>
<ul><li><a href="https://joinmastodon.org/" rel="nofollow">Mastodon</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/ihabunek/toot" rel="nofollow">toot git repository</a></li></ul>

<p><a href="/paulsutton/tag:mastodon" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">mastodon</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:toot" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">toot</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:commandline" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">commandline</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:interface" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">interface</span></a>, <a href="/paulsutton/tag:linux" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">linux</span></a></p>

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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2020 06:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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