Hello everyone! Very proud to announce the release of GoToSocial v0.5.0 Sonorous Sloth. This is the sixteenth alpha release of GoToSocial! 

Some highlights:

• Custom emojis are now supported! You can upload custom emojis via the /api/v1/admin/custom_emojis endpoint. See https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/api/swagger/. By default, the size limit for emojis is 50kb to conform with Mastodon, but this can be changed in the config. In future, you will be able to upload / remove/ update custom emojis via the admin panel, but for now you must do it via the API.
  
• OpenGraph meta tag support! When you link to a GoToSocial status or profile, it will properly serve preview information.
  
• Custom CSS is now supported for user profiles and statuses. If your instance has accounts-allow-custom-css set to true, you can set custom css for your profile and statuses through the user panel – see https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/user_guide/custom_css/
  
• GtS can now deliver messages to shared inboxes. This has significant performance improvements when you’re followed by lots of accounts from a single instance with shared inbox support (Mastodon, Misskey, etc).
  
• Avatars of unknown accounts are now shown as cute little GtS sloths in client applications.
  
• Rate limit middleware!
  
• Loads of bug fixes.
  
• And more!
  

For more details and release downloads, please see here: https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/releases/tag/v0.5.0

When upgrading, please pay attention to the migration notes in the link above ^

Thank you to all contributors, testers, and everyone who made donations to our Liberapay and OpenCollective !!! <3

All documentation for GoToSocial can be viewed here: https://docs.gotosocial.org