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# Pinafore
An alternative web client for [Mastodon](https://joinmastodon.org]), focused on speed and simplicity.
Pinafore is available at [pinafore.social](https://pinafore.social). Bleeding-edge releases are at [dev.pinafore.social](https://dev.pinafore.social).
See the [user guide](https://github.com/nolanlawson/pinafore/blob/master/docs/User-Guide.md) for basic usage.
## Browser support
Pinafore supports the latest versions of the following browsers:
- Chrome
- Edge
- Firefox
- Safari
Compatible versions of each (Opera, Brave, Samsung, etc.) should be fine.
## Goals and non-goals
This section lays out some high-level goals for Pinafore, as well as the goals it _doesn't_ intend to tackle.
### Goals
- Support the most common use cases
- Fast even on low-end phones
- Works offline in read-only mode
- Progressive Web App features
- Multi-instance support
- Support latest versions of Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari
- a11y (keyboard navigation, screen readers)
### Possible future goals
- Works as an alternative frontend self-hosted by instances
- Ship in the Android/iOS app stores as a Cordova app
- Support Pleroma/non-Mastodon backends
- i18n
- Offline search
- Full emoji keyboard
- Keyboard shortcuts
### Non-goals
- Supporting old browsers, proxy browsers, or text-based browsers
- React Native / NativeScript / hybrid-native version
- Full functionality with JavaScript disabled
- Emoji support beyond the built-in system emoji
- Multi-column support
- Admin/moderation panel
- Works offline in read-write mode (would require sophisticated sync logic)
## Building and contributing
See [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/nolanlawson/pinafore/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).