Mitra

Federated social network with smart contracts.

• Built on ActivityPub protocol.
• Lightweight.
• Sign-in with Ethereum.
• Proving membership with a token.
• Converting posts into NFTs.
• More crypto features in the future.

Smart contracts repo: https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra-contracts

Frontend repo: https://codeberg.org/silverpill/mitra-web

Matrix chat: #mitra:halogen.city

Demo instance: https://mitra.social/ (invite-only)

Requirements

• Rust 1.51+
• PostgreSQL 10.2+
• IPFS node (optional, see guide)
• Ethereum node (optional)

Development

Create database

docker-compose up

Test connection:

psql -h localhost -p 5432 -U mitra mitra

Run web service

Generate instance key:

cargo run --bin mitractl generate-rsa-key

Create config file, set instance_rsa_key, adjust other settings if needed:

cp config.yaml.example config.yaml

Compile and run service:

cargo run

Run CLI

cargo run --bin mitractl

Run linter

cargo clippy

Run tests

cargo test

Build for production

cargo build --release

Federation

The following activities are supported:

• Accept(Follow)
• Reject(Follow)
• Undo(Follow)
• Create(Note)
• Delete(Note)
• Like(Note)
• Undo(Like)
• Announce(Note)
• Undo(Announce)
• Follow(Person)
• Update(Person)

And these additional standards:

• Http Signatures
• NodeInfo
• WebFinger

Client API

Mastodon API

Most methods are similar to Mastodon API:

POST /api/v1/accounts
GET /api/v1/accounts/{account_id}
GET /api/v1/accounts/verify_credentials
PATCH /api/v1/accounts/update_credentials
GET /api/v1/accounts/relationships
POST /api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/follow
POST /api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/unfollow
GET /api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/statuses
GET /api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/followers
GET /api/v1/accounts/{account_id}/following
GET /api/v1/directory
GET /api/v1/instance
GET /api/v1/markers
POST /api/v1/markers
POST /api/v1/media
GET /api/v1/notifications
GET /api/v2/search
POST /api/v1/statuses
GET /api/v1/statuses/{status_id}
DELETE /api/v1/statuses/{status_id}
GET /api/v1/statuses/{status_id}/context
POST /api/v1/statuses/{status_id}/favourite
POST /api/v1/statuses/{status_id}/unfavourite
POST /api/v1/statuses/{status_id}/reblog
POST /api/v1/statuses/{status_id}/unreblog
GET /api/v1/timelines/home
GET /api/v1/timelines/tag/{hashtag}

Additional methods:

POST /api/v1/statuses/{status_id}/make_permanent
GET /api/v1/statuses/{status_id}/signature
POST /api/v1/statuses/{status_id}/token_minted

OpenAPI spec (incomplete)

CLI commands

Generate RSA private key:

mitractl generate-rsa-key

Generate invite code:

mitractl generate-invite-code

List generated invites:

mitractl list-invite-codes

Delete profile:

mitractl delete-profile -i 55a3005f-f293-4168-ab70-6ab09a879679

Delete post:

mitractl delete-post -i 55a3005f-f293-4168-ab70-6ab09a879679

Generate ethereum address:

mitractl generate-ethereum-address

License

AGPL-3.0