---
title: "Mastodon.social server information"
description: "Public server description, monthly active-user metric, registration flags, posting limits and rules."
url: "https://www.jsonify.com/sources/mastodon_social"
---

# Mastodon.social server information

Public server description, monthly active-user metric, registration flags, posting limits and rules.

Collects: Public server description, monthly active-user metric, registration flags, posting limits and rules

Reads: mastodon.social

- Status: Passed 7 Oct 2026, 13:46 UTC
- Checks: 2
- Revision: 7113c9d
- HTML page: https://www.jsonify.com/sources/mastodon_social
- Build a pipeline using this source: https://factory.jsonify.com/setup?q=Build%20a%20dataset%20from%20Mastodon.social%20server%20information&source=mastodon_social

## How a pipeline uses this source

1. **Sources** (sources): mastodon.social
2. **Instance info** (step): Collect public server description, monthly active-user metric, registration flags, posting limits and rules.
3. **Checks** (step): 2 saved checks run against the live site and a stored copy of the page. Last passed 7 Oct 2026. When the site changes, Jason repairs the source and publishes a new revision.
4. **Your dataset** (output): Rows delivered to your sheet, warehouse, alerts or assistant on the schedule you choose.

## Checks and repairs

- 7 Oct 2026, 13:46 UTC Live check: Passed (revision 7113c9d)
- 7 Oct 2026, 13:46 UTC Offline check: Passed (revision 7113c9d)
- 6 Oct 2026, 22:41 UTC Live check: Passed (revision 7113c9d)
- 6 Oct 2026, 22:41 UTC Offline check: Passed (revision 7113c9d)

## What it reads

### instance\_info

Collect public server description, monthly active-user metric, registration flags, posting limits and rules.

| Field | Type | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| url | string | URL of the public source record. |
| domain | string | Domain. |
| title | string | Title. |
| description | string | Description. |
| software\_version | string | Software version. |
| monthly\_active\_users | integer | Monthly active users. |
| languages | array | Languages. |
| registration\_enabled | boolean | Registration enabled. |
| registration\_approval\_required | boolean | Registration approval required. |
| max\_post\_characters | integer | Max post characters. |
| max\_media\_attachments | integer | Max media attachments. |
| rules | array | Rules. |
| observed\_at | string | Timestamp when the record was collected. |
| scope | string | Coverage and interpretation notes for the result. |

Example row (synthetic):

| url | domain | title | description | software\_version | monthly\_active\_users | languages | registration\_enabled | registration\_approval\_required | max\_post\_characters | max\_media\_attachments | rules | observed\_at | scope |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| https://example.com/fixture | Example domain | Example title | Example description | Example software version | 3 | \[ "Example languages" \] | true | false | 3 | 3 | \[ \{ "id": "12345", "text": "Example text", "hint": "Example hint" \} \] | 2026-01-15T12:00:00Z | Example scope |

## Limitations

Instance metadata only; no posts/profiles, whole-network metrics or account actions.

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