Would you like to run your own Mastodon (ActivityPub) bot and don't know how?

Would you like to run your own Mastodon (ActivityPub) bot and don't know how?

Try my tool: https://github.com/nekromoff/mastodon-bots

Easy to install, easy to deploy a bot. And then your bot can do whatever you want - create posts, communicate with people, post images or just sit there doing nothing and being a bot.

#mastodon #activityPub #bots #bot #php #webdev

@dusoft Interesting! I have a couple of bots.

If you don't do "register -> verify -> create app -> add scopes", what do you do? Or are you saying you do it, but more quickly?

@negative12dollarbill No, my software skips that completely and plugs into ActivityPub directly instead of going via Mastodon. It allows you to host your own instance, creating a new bot takes approx. 20 seconds including filling the bot's name and bio. See the GIF on Github.

@dusoft Oh I see. The bots run on their own instance. Thank you.

@negative12dollarbill Yes, it is easier. I needed to run multiple bots and it was tiring manually registering them at mastodon.social (or elsewhere...).

The best thing is it runs on a shared hosting, so any cheap webhost for $20/year will do.

@dusoft "Mastodon instance to quickly create and deploy multiple bots (identities) that can be controlled via simple API." why are you calling it a Mastodon instance? its not Mastodon at all...

@liaizon I call it both, because it works interexchangably.

@dusoft but its not. thats not how Mastodon works. also its against their license so its actually not allowed

@liaizon Not sure what is against their license.

My tool is able to post on ActivityPub and therefore on Mastodon (where my bots are followed by others) and that's why I include it in the description.

@dusoft "You may use the Mastodon word mark in referential phrases such as "for", "for use with", or "compatible with"." https://joinmastodon.org/trademark