Librem Social¶
Login¶
Start the app, you will see the welcome screen:
![Librem Social 1](../../_images/LibremSocial_01.png)
It will automatically open Librem One Mastodon instance in your browser, where you need to enter your login data:
![Librem Social 2](../../_images/LibremSocial_02.png)
Authorize the app:
![Librem Social 3](../../_images/LibremSocial_03.png)
and you are back in Librem Social app:
![Librem Social 4](../../_images/LibremSocial_04.png)
Writing first post¶
Tap the pencil button (see the image above) to write your first post:
![Librem Social 5](../../_images/LibremSocial_05.png)
and tap TOOT! to publish it:
![Librem Social 6](../../_images/LibremSocial_06.png)
Serching for friends¶
Let’s find our friend Alice. Start by sweeping from left side (or tap the app menu button) to access the app menu:
![Librem Social 7](../../_images/LibremSocial_07.png)
tap Search and enter our friend’s email:
![Librem Social 8](../../_images/LibremSocial_08.png)
Okay, here’s Alice, first on the list, we recognize her profile picture:
![Librem Social 9](../../_images/LibremSocial_09.png)
Let’s tap that first entry to see her profile:
![Librem Social 10](../../_images/LibremSocial_10.png)
Let’s follow her by tapping the FOLLOW button, and let’s reply to her toot:
![Librem Social 11](../../_images/LibremSocial_11.png)
![Librem Social 12](../../_images/LibremSocial_12.png)
Here are some Librem Social accounts you can follow to get you started:
@purism – Official Purism Account
@todd – Todd Weaver, Purism CEO
See also
Head on to Librem Social manual to see how to change your profile picture and change other settings.