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+# MastodonTootFollower
+
+Follow Toots on Mastodon - don't miss new replies or edits.
+
+## Usage - Demo instance
+
+Visit [https://mastodon-toot-follower.privacy1st.de/]() to generate a link to follow a conversation on Mastodon.
+
+## Usage - Local instance and CLI
+
+Start a local server from local python venv:
+
+```shell
+make prod
+```
+
+Start a local server with docker-compose:
+
+```shell
+sudo docker-compose up -d
+```
+
+Visit [http://localhost:5000]() to generate a link to follow a conversation on Mastodon.
+
+Additionally, one can view news from a conversation on the commandline:
+
+```shell
+MASTODON_TOOT_URL=https://mastodon.instance/@user@another.instance/123456 make cli
+```
+
+## Used libraries
+
+See [requirements.txt](requirements.txt).
+
+- [Mastodon.py](https://mastodonpy.readthedocs.io/en/stable/index.html): Fetch Toot and replies from a Mastodon instance.
+- [python3-feedgen](https://github.com/lkiesow/python-feedgen): Generate an Atom/RSS feed.
+- [Flask](https://flask.palletsprojects.com): Provide a web API (JSON, RSS+XML, HTML).
+- [Waitress](https://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/waitress/en/stable/): Web server.
+
+## Test RSS/Atom feed
+
+Tested with [gfeeds](https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/gfeeds):
+
+```shell
+rm -rf ~/.config/org.gabmus.gfeeds.* ~/.cache/org.gabmus.gfeeds
+gfeds
+```
+
+Tested with [Nextcloud News](https://github.com/nextcloud/news).
+
+Other feed readers: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/list_of_applications#News,_RSS,_and_blogs