Using Mastodon externally

You can browse and interact on Mastodon from external apps or websites.

Remote interactions on another Mastodon site

An example of a post's public permalink on a Mastodon site.

When you are browsing a remote site powered by Mastodon, clicking on any of the interaction buttons will load a dialog that will redirect you to your local site.

A remote interaction dialog for replying to a toot.

Signing into a client app

You can use your Mastodon account to sign into any app that implements the Mastodon API. A list of such apps can be found at https://joinmastodon.org/apps.