mastodon.social Tech Stack
Live first-party scan of mastodon.social's tech stack. 6 technologies detected across 6 categories, via Wappalyzer fingerprinting + DNS CNAME + TLS certificate inspection. Last change: Apr 9, 2026 - mastodon.social added Fastly. Scan timestamp: Jun 7, 2026.
Infrastructure Layer
Fastly
Let's Encrypt
CDN
Fastly
Caching
Varnish
Message boards
Mastodon
Miscellaneous
HTTP/3
SSL/TLS certificate authority
Let's Encrypt
Security
HSTS
Tech Stack Changes
Compare mastodon.social's Stack
How was this detected?
For mastodon.social, DetectZeStack identified 6 technologies: 4 via HTTP fingerprinting, 1 via TLS handshake, and 1 via DNS records.
Detection runs four independent layers in parallel: HTTP response headers, TLS handshake metadata, certificate issuer inspection, and DNS record lookups. The breakdown above shows which layers fired for this specific domain — some sites carry most of their fingerprint in HTTP, others rely heavily on infrastructure (DNS/TLS).
How mastodon.social compares
Symmetric diff between mastodon.social and similar sites detected on DetectZeStack.
vs brand.co — 3 shared, 3 unique here, 4 unique there
Only on mastodon.social: Let's Encrypt, Mastodon, HSTS
Only on brand.co: GitHub Pages, Google Analytics, Klaviyo, jQuery
vs www.kowalskis.com — 4 shared, 2 unique here, 4 unique there
Only on mastodon.social: Let's Encrypt, Mastodon
Only on www.kowalskis.com: Drupal, MariaDB, Unpkg, Google Tag Manager
vs playwright.dev — 4 shared, 2 unique here, 4 unique there
Only on mastodon.social: HTTP/3, Mastodon
Only on playwright.dev: Webpack, Docusaurus, GitHub Pages, React
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mastodon.social uses 6 technologies across 6 categories. The full breakdown is listed above, organized by function. Each technology was identified through analysis of HTTP headers, DNS records, TLS certificates, and HTML content.
What CDN does mastodon.social use?
mastodon.social uses Fastly for content delivery. CDN providers are identified through DNS CNAME records and HTTP response headers.
How is mastodon.social's tech stack detected?
DetectZeStack identifies technologies on mastodon.social through multiple detection methods: HTTP response header analysis, HTML and JavaScript content scanning, DNS record lookups, and TLS certificate inspection. This multi-layered approach catches technologies that single-method tools miss.