README.md



Welcome to the Diaspora Project!
Diaspora is a privacy-aware, personally-controlled, do-it-all open source social network. Check out our project site.


Diaspora is currently going through a huge refactoring push, the code is changing fast!
If you want to do something big, reach out on IRC or the mailing list first, so you can contribute effectively <3333

With Diaspora you can:

Run and host your own pod and have control over your own social experience.
Own your own data.
Make friends across other pods seamlessly.

Documentation is available on our wiki

Quick Start:
Here's how you can get a development environment up and running. You can check out system-specific guides here.

Step 1: Download the script


Step 2: Set permissions and run


Step 3: Follow the instructions

Step 4: Run the test server


Step 5: Run tests


Resources:

Wiki
Podmin Resources
Contributing
Dev List
Discuss List
IRC