Mastodon Hashtag Monitor

Track Mastodon (federated / fediverse) public hashtag timelines. Maps to "social listening / brand mention monitoring" briefs — practical alternative now that X/Twitter API is paid + rate-limited.

Built 2026-05-03 as Demo #41.

Run

. ~/freelance/.venv/bin/activate
cd ~/freelance/portfolio_demos/mastodon_hashtag_monitor
python monitor.py --reset
python monitor.py --once

Result

• 60 statuses tracked across 3 hashtags + 2 instances (mastodon.social + fosstodon.org) ✅
• Per-row: account, display name, reblogs, favourites, replies, content length, language, created/edited timestamps ✅
• No auth — Mastodon public timelines are open ✅
• Use cases: brand mention monitoring on the fediverse, viral-post alerts, dev-community pulse ✅