Mastodon Scraper - Hashtags & Public Timeline (No Login)
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Mastodon Scraper - Hashtags & Public Timeline (No Login)
Scrape public Mastodon posts by hashtag across any instance, plus the public timeline where allowed. Clean text + engagement + author data. No login.
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Mastodon Scraper 🐘 — Hashtags & Public Timeline (No Login)
Scrape public Mastodon posts across the fediverse — by hashtag on any instance, plus the public timeline where allowed. Clean, HTML-stripped text with engagement and author data. No login required. Export to JSON/CSV/Excel.
For social listening, lead generation, and researchers tracking the migration off X/Twitter.
What makes it better
- Works everywhere — hashtag timelines work even on instances (like mastodon.social) that now require login for the public timeline. Most scrapers break there; this one doesn't.
- Any instance — point it at mastodon.social, mastodon.world, fosstodon.org, or your own.
- Clean output — HTML stripped to plain text, with favourites/boosts/replies and author follower counts.
Example input
{"instance": "mastodon.social","hashtags": ["ai", "opensource"],"includePublicTimeline": false,"maxItems": 200}
Example output
{"url": "https://mastodon.social/@user/123","text": "Just shipped a new open-source AI tool!","authorAcct": "user","authorFollowers": 1840,"favourites": 23,"reblogs": 7,"tags": ["ai", "opensource"]}
Use cases
- Track a hashtag for brand/topic monitoring.
- Build lead lists of people posting about your niche.
- Research fediverse trends and sentiment.
Tip
For the public/federated timeline, use a permissive instance like mastodon.world — mastodon.social requires login for it (but hashtags work fine there).
Run locally
pip install -r requirements.txtpython3 local_test.py
Then apify push.
Reads public data via the Mastodon API. Not affiliated with Mastodon gGmbH.