Pricing

Pay per event

Mastodon / Fediverse Instance Directory Scraper

Scrape Mastodon instance directories from joinmastodon.org. Returns domain, software version, user counts, monthly active users, registration state, region, language, and categories. Ideal for fediverse research, VC scouts, and content-moderation tooling.

Pricing

Pay per event

Rating

0.0

(0)

Developer

BowTiedRaccoon

Actor stats

Bookmarked

Total users

Monthly active users

15 days ago

Last modified

Categories

Social media

Business

Developer tools

You can access the Mastodon / Fediverse Instance Directory Scraper programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.

Python

JavaScript

CLI

OpenAPI

HTTP

MCP

1from apify_client import ApifyClient
2
3# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
4# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
5client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")
6
7# Prepare the Actor input
8run_input = {
9    "sp_intended_usage": "Describe your intended use...",
10    "sp_improvement_suggestions": "Share your suggestions here...",
11    "sp_contact": "Share your email here...",
12    "language": "",
13    "category": "",
14    "region": "",
15    "openRegistrationsOnly": False,
16    "maxItems": 10,
17}
18
19# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
20run = client.actor("jungle_synthesizer/joinmastodon-instances-social-directory-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)
21
22# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
23print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
24for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
25    print(item)
26
27# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

Mastodon Fediverse Instance Directory Scraper API in Python

The Apify API client for Python is the official library that allows you to use Mastodon / Fediverse Instance Directory Scraper API in Python, providing convenience functions and automatic retries on errors.

Install the apify-client

$pip install apify-client

Other API clients include:

Mastodon / Fediverse Instance Directory Scraper API in JavaScript

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Mastodon / Fediverse Instance Directory Scraper OpenAPI definition

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