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Useful Mastodon Related Sites & Links

(This page was last updated on the 19/01/2024)

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Turn A Mastodon Account Name Into A Mastodon ID Number

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If the above link does not work, then you can obtain the Mastodon Account ID Number by clicking on F12 to open the Developer Tools when signed in viewing the Mastodon account of interest, if using Firefox access the Inspector tab, whilst in Chrome access the Elements tab, then press Ctrl F and search for account-note and the Mastodon Account ID Number will be listed after that.

Mastodon F12 Account ID Number Example


Locate Additional Information About An Mastodon Account Using Python Tools
Masto - The Masto OSINT Tool, by OSINT Tactical, is a tool which allows you to extract additional information from a Mastodon account including the User / Admin ID Number and the Date an account was created.

Follow the online installation instructions, then open up your Command Prompt and enter python masto.py -u username in the command line and press enter, which will run Masto and return information about the searched Mastodon account. Sometimes you might need to be run it a few times as it doesn't always work first time.

Masto OSINT Tool - by OSINT Tactical