Hello guys,


I have been running a couple of ActivityPub / Mastodon bots posting historical photos from different public library collections (New York City, San Francisco…).


However, the hurdle I had was it was difficult and slow to deploy a new bot. It meant manually registering with Mastodon instance → verify → create app → add scopes…


So I have built a tool to speed up deployment for people who like to run multiple bots (identities / handles) on one instance. You could probably use it to run a regular user(s) as well with limits*.


This tool helps to deploy bots (new accounts / identities) in couple of clicks.


See it in action: https://bots.ambience.sk/


Code:

https://github.com/nekromoff/mastodon-bots


I would be glad for any feedback. Thanks and enjoy.


Limits are that currently there is only one shared admin pass to access. So possible, but not recommended.