Available: Supported
Publish
Compose once for every network in the publishing hub, with a live Mastodon preview and its limits checked before you post.
Mastodon accounts on any server
Manage Mastodon with Ripple
Post to your server with its own limits, content warnings and visibility, answer mentions and track engagement. All through Mastodon's official API, next to your other networks.
What you can do
Everything Ripple does on Mastodon
Each feature below reflects what Mastodon's API allows today. Where it does not, we say so.
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Available: Supported
Scheduling
Ripple publishes at the chosen time, from 2 minutes to a year ahead. Scheduled posts show on the shared calendar, where you can drag them to a new time.
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Available: Supported
Inbox
Replies, mentions and private mentions in the unified inbox: reply (keeping the post's visibility) and delete your own.
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Limited: Limited by the network's API access
Analytics
Followers and favourites, boosts and replies of your posts. Mastodon has no impressions or reach data. Best times to post come from your own past posts once there is enough data.
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Available: Supported
Approvals
Posts from members to brands that need approval wait for an owner or admin, who can approve, request changes or reject.
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Available: Supported
Evergreen queues
Recycle your best posts on weekly time slots, with no repeats within the period you choose.
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Available: Supported
Bulk CSV import
Schedule up to 500 posts at once from a spreadsheet, checked in a preview before anything is imported.
Mastodon details
On Mastodon, you can
- Publish and schedule posts with images or video, content warnings and visibility
- Replies, mentions and private mentions in the inbox; reply to them
- Followers and post engagement (favourites, boosts, replies)
What you can post to Mastodon
- Text of up to 500 characters
- Up to 4 images per post
- Video up to 99 MB
- Links are added to the text
The publishing hub checks these limits as you type and shows a Mastodon preview before anything is posted.
How to connect
Connect Mastodon in three steps
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Sign in to Ripple
Use your DuoDev account and create or pick an organisation.
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Open Connections
An owner or admin chooses Mastodon.
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Approve on Mastodon
You sign in on Mastodon's own page and approve the permissions. Ripple never sees your password.
You need
- A Mastodon account on a public server: you enter your server and sign in there, no developer app needed.
- Character, attachment and file size limits are your server's own.
Access tokens are encrypted at rest and scoped to your organisation. Disconnecting asks Mastodon to revoke access where it supports that.
FAQ
Mastodon questions
Yes. Ripple publishes at the chosen time, from 2 minutes to a year ahead. Scheduled posts show on the shared calendar, where you can drag them to a new time.
Text of up to 500 characters. Up to 4 images per post. Video up to 99 MB. Links are added to the text.
An owner or admin of your Ripple organisation connects the account through Mastodon's official sign-in. A Mastodon account on a public server: you enter your server and sign in there, no developer app needed. Character, attachment and file size limits are your server's own.
Yes. Replies, mentions and private mentions in the unified inbox: reply (keeping the post's visibility) and delete your own.
Followers and favourites, boosts and replies of your posts. Mastodon has no impressions or reach data. Best times to post come from your own past posts once there is enough data.
Yes. Schedule up to 500 posts at once from a spreadsheet, checked in a preview before anything is imported.
No. You sign in on Mastodon's own page and approve the permissions there. Ripple stores only the access tokens Mastodon issues, encrypted at rest, and you can disconnect at any time.
Related integrations
Use it alongside
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Post with images, video or link cards, answer replies and mentions, and track engagement.
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Publish text, image, video and carousel posts, answer replies and mentions, and read insights.
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Publish threads with media and polls, follow replies and mentions, and see post analytics.