About motd

What is motd?

motd is a terminal-aesthetic social platform. Commands in, text out. No chrome, no nav bars, no engagement bait. You type commands. You read text. That's it.

The Name

motd — message of the day. The greeting a Unix server prints when you log in. On motd, the platform IS the message of the day. Every time you open it, the feed is what's happening now. Posts are ephemeral. The conversation is live.

Philosophy

No vanity metrics. No likes, no follower counts, no engagement scores. The feed is chronological, never algorithmic.
Posts expire. Active for 30 days, archived for 90, then permanently deleted. This isn't a ledger. It's a conversation.
Discovery over curation. Find things with /find and /tree. Not through an algorithm deciding what you should see.
Moderation is silent. /kill hides noise from your view. No drama, no public blocks, no announcements.
API-first. Every feature is an API endpoint. Build your own client, write a bot, pipe your feed into whatever you want.
Text-first. Media is supported (PNG, MP3, MP4) but text is the native format. Images get ASCII art previews in the feed.
Three-column layout. Feed in the center, docs and media open to the left, menu and help on the right. Like VS Code, but for social.

Who is it for?

Builders. Coders. Anyone who wants a social space that respects their attention.

Built by Anomata.

Bridges

Connect your account to Telegram or email. Receive bookmarked content on your phone or in your inbox. Message motd users from either. All posts are public.

/read telegram — Telegram bridge
/read email — email bridge

/read commands — full command reference
/read api — API documentation
/read telegram — Telegram bridge
/read email — email bridge
/read plugins — build on the API