PatchesTerminal-native social media

chronological, open-source, yours

Try the live node

GitHub

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No ranking algorithm

Home and local timelines are strictly chronological — no engagement-optimized feed, ever.

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Terminal-first

A real Ink/React TUI with Kitty inline images, keyboard-first navigation, and a clean non-Kitty fallback.

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Open source & self-hostable

MIT-licensed. Run your own node against Postgres, or use the flagship hosted node.

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Patches Pages

Every account gets a small, structured mini-site of its own — no HTML/CSS required.

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Federation-ready

An ActivityPub gateway lab, built as a seam from day one — not bolted on later.

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Privacy & moderation first

Invite-only bootstrapping, domain blocks, and ingestion hardening are part of the core, not an afterthought.

See it

Quickstart

Run your own node locally:

git clone https://github.com/alliecatowo/patches && cd patches
mise install && pnpm install
pnpm --filter patches-social build
node apps/tui/dist/cli.js register --handle you --display-name "You" --email you@example.com --invite <code>

Then, any time:

node apps/tui/dist/cli.js

Coming soon

npm i -g patches-social — a single self-contained global install (tracked as P9-003).

See the guide for the full walkthrough, or the architecture overview for how a node is put together.