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+# What is GoToSocial?
+
+GoToSocial provides a lightweight, customizable, and safety-focused entryway into the [Fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse), and is comparable to (but distinct from) existing projects such as [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org/), [Pleroma](https://pleroma.social/), [Friendica](https://friendica.net), and [PixelFed](https://pixelfed.org/).
+
+With GoToSocial, you can keep in touch with your friends, post, read, and share images and articles, without being tracked or advertised to.
+
+## Federation
+
+Because GoToSocial uses the [ActivityPub](https://activitypub.rocks/) protocol, you can Keep in touch not only with people on your home server, but with people all over the [Fediverse](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse), seamlessly!
+
+## Mastodon API compatible
+
+Full support for modern, elegant apps like [Tusky](https://tusky.app/) and [Pinafore](https://pinafore.social/).
+
+## Granular post settings
+
+You should be able to choose how your posts can be interacted with:
+
+* Local-only posts.
+* Rebloggable/boostable toggle.
+* 'Likeable' toggle.
+* 'Replyable' toggle.
+
+## Easy customizability for admins
+
+* Adjustable post length.
+* Media upload size settings.
+
+## LetsEncrypt
+
+ Built-in, automatic support for secure HTTPS with [LetsEncrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/).
+
+## Light footprint and good performance
+
+Plays nice with lower-powered machines like Raspberry Pi, old laptops and tiny VPSes.
+
+## Easy to deploy
+
+No external dependencies apart from a database. Just download the binary + assets (or Docker container), and run.
+
+## HTTP signature authentication
+
+Protect your data.
+
+## User Safety
+
+Strict privacy enforcement for posts and strict blocking logic.
+
+## Subscribeable and shareable allow/denylists for federation
+
+Import and export allowlists and denylists. Subscribe to community-created blocklists (think Adblocker, but for federation!).
+
+## Various federation modes
+
+* 'Normal' federation; discover new servers.
+* Allowlist-only federation; choose which servers you talk to.
+* Zero federation; keep your server private.