There are a number of options designed for desktop views if you want to use Mastodon on a computer.
Mastodon’s web interface
The official web version of Mastodon is excellent on computers, and it tends to get all the latest features first. You can be logged in on multiple accounts on multiple servers at once, on different tabs in the same web browser. Each server has its own website but they all use the same style of interface.
Mastodon’s web interface also includes an optional Tweetdeck-style mode for people who want to view multiple timelines on one screen.
Third party web interfaces
There are third party web interfaces you can use with your Mastodon account:
- Elk ⧉ (more info on their source code page ⧉)
- Phanpy ⧉ (more info on their source code page ⧉)
Third Party Desktop Apps
Here are some currently-supported third party desktop Mastodon apps, along with which types of computer they support:
- Whalebird ⧉ (Linux / Mac / Windows)
- Fedistar ⧉ (Linux / Mac / Windows)
- Ivory ⧉ (Mac)
- Ice Cubes ⧉ (Mac)
- Mona ⧉ (Mac)
- Tokodon ⧉ (Linux)
- Tuba ⧉ (Linux)
- Tweesecake ⧉ (designed to be accessible to blind people, available on Mac / Windows)
- TWBlue ⧉ (designed to be accessible to blind people, available on Windows)
- Toot ⧉ (CLI & TUI app for Linux / Mac)
Retro Apps
Many old computers from the 1980s and 1990s have Mastodon retro apps available.