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🐦‍⬛ Mastodon Bird UI 5.0.0-beta.1-2026-11-08 (nightly) is out. This is Bird UI rebuilt for Mastodon 5, the new 5.0 design that is now in beta.

The nightly follows Mastodon 5.0.0-beta.1. If you are on Mastodon 4, stay on 4.7.3-2026-10-11 from the main branch.

New:

• Rewritten from scratch for the Mastodon 5 design
• Micro-interactions, likes and boosts are whimsical
• Notifications, content warnings, link cards and thread lines look like they did on Mastodon 4
• Follows Mastodon's own light, dark and high contrast settings
• A darker, blurred backdrop behind the composer and every popup
• A new install script for Mastodon 5, or paste dist/mastodon-bird-ui.css into Custom CSS
• The star favorite, light and language variants are no longer supported

You can see it live at https://mementomori.social

Release notes and full changelog: https://github.com/rollecode/mastodon-bird-ui/releases/tag/5.0.0-beta.1-2026-11-08

#MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI #Mastodon #MastoAdmin

Lots of nightly updates coming in today!

Most notable bugs:

• When you type a hashtag or at-person, the popout gets in the way
• Ultra Accessible themes for vision impaired have some font size issues
• Some hover states and element proportions, especially padding, have regressions from v5 and the new nightly theme
• Bugs in the advanced view

The latest changes are in the nightly branch, and work is still in progress. You can follow my work here: https://github.com/rollecode/mastodon-bird-ui/tree/nightly

Some of these are core issues and will probably be fixed or changed in Mastodon v5 stable. If not, fixes will go live in our fork.

#MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI #CSS #MastoAdmin #UI #Mastodon #OpenSource

Released 5.0.0-beta.1-2026-11-09 of Mastodon Bird UI: https://github.com/rollecode/mastodon-bird-ui/releases/tag/5.0.0-beta.1-2026-11-09#MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI #Mastodon #MastoAdmin

Progress update: Mastodon Bird UI support for Mastodon v5 is progressing nicely. Vanilla Mastodon v5 on the left Mastodon v5 with Mastodon Bird UI v5 on the right My goal is to keep the familiar Mastodon Bird UI on the latest version of Mastodon. And yes, I'll add some trending posts and other stuff to the empty right panel, but those will only be available on our instance. #BuildInPublic #MementomoriSocial #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI #Mastodon #MastoAdmin #UI #CSS

Mastodon Bird UI v4.0.0 released for Mastodon v4.6.0 and v4.7.0-alpha.1. Full changelog and release notes: https://github.com/rollecode/mastodon-bird-ui/releases/tag/4.0.0 #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI #Mastodon #MastoAdmin

Quick heads-up for Mastodon Bird UI 4.0.0 Custom CSS users: I noticed that the build was only compiling the main mastodon-bird-ui.css file, which left the variant files (light, stars, accessible, accessible-plus) outdated, and the light version wasn't compiling at all. It's now fixed, and all five files are rebuilt and up to date in 4.0.0. I personally use a Mastodon fork with SCSS, so I accidentally overlooked this. If you're using one of the variants through Custom CSS, re-copy it from dist/: https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui/tree/main/dist If you're using the plain mastodon-bird-ui.css, it was always fine and needs no changes. Sorry for the mix-up! #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI

RE: https://mementomori.social/@rolle/116778439408806278 A small request for everyone using Mastodon Bird UI 4.0.0, no matter how you installed it: if something looks broken or off, please report it along with your version details (which Mastodon version you are running, which version of Mastodon Bird UI you built, and how you built it, Custom CSS or SCSS in your Mastodon fork). Several post-launch fixes have already been made thanks to people reporting issues, and I can only fix what I know about. Bug reports genuinely make the theme better for everyone: https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui/issues For example, I just fixed a bug where the profile description lost the spacing below it (no margin after the bio). If you noticed that, grab the latest 4.0.0 and it’s fixed. #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI

Still my favorite Mastodon app. #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI

We just upgraded our Mastodon fork on Mementomori.social to Mastodon 4.6.0 theme variations.

Mastodon Bird UI is now at 4.0.0-alpha.8.rc with support for Color scheme and Contrast settings.

New settings in Settings → Preferences → Appearance:

• Use stars instead of hearts for favourites
• Hide Translate links on Finnish posts
• Hide all Translate links

These used to be separate themes; now you can mix and match.

The Theme dropdown is shorter for the same reason: Light, Dark and Contrast moved into Mastodon's own radios just below the dropdown. If your previous theme is gone, pick Mastodon Bird UI and set Color scheme + tick the new checkboxes to match what you had.

Fixes in Mastodon Bird UI:

• Star icon alignment when Reduce motion is enabled
• Sparkle and ring animations now fire in both motion modes
• Notification colors that disappeared when your OS was light but Mastodon was set to dark

If anything feels off, let me or the admins know.

Technical details: https://github.com/rollecode/mastodon-bird-ui/releases/tag/4.0.0-alpha.8.rc

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@usb@infosec.exchange The nightly version is for v4.6.0-alpha.6-2026-04-05. Anything newer than that won't work with it. I'm trying to release a newer version tomorrow. https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui/tree/nightly #BirdUI #MastodonBirdUI

@sombragris@mastodon.faithtree.social It does... it's auto dark mode based on system dark mode. Probably my favorite feature of #TangerineUI over the otherwise excellent #BirdUI, which can't do auto switching. (However, you can still switch to Bird UI or default Mastodon in the Appearance preferences…

I've stated numerous times that I'm not a fan of the new tag pills and boosts and replies toggle, but I tried my best to make it more manageable in my UI. I'd rather not make radical back-end changes to my fork. OG on the left. Mine on the right. #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI #Mastodon #MastoAdmin

@sombragris@mastodon.faithtree.social @trbutler@mastodon.faithtree.social This is actually why I didn't want it to be automatic. I personally prefer to choose per-app, and I hate auto light/dark. The upcoming Mastodon version has separate theme and dark/light settings, so it will be easier to choose. But before 4.6.0, either the themes forced it, or it was automatic. We have an issue about this: https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui/issues/182 In the future, Mastodon Bird UI will support both ways. #BirdUI #MastodonBirdUI

I won't be able to use the flag EXPERIMENTAL_FEATURES=profile_redesign for a while. I do not have time to redesign ours. I really think the Mastodon core team has made some poor choices lately, UX anti-patterns are popping up again. Last time, they changed post visibility under a modal that required up to six clicks and added unnecessary cognitive strain. I even sent a PR suggestion, but they rejected it. Right now we have "Posts" and "Posts and replies" in tabs, but in the experimental profile redesign there's a "Posts" toggle that contains "Replies" and "Posts" toggles underneath it. It adds extra clicks and combines interface elements under one toggle, which just creates more friction. What's wrong with traditional tabs? I wish they'd stop breaking what already works well. Honestly, as a long-time front-end developer, I don't understand some of these design choices. Hopefully, these experimental features will mature a bit before they make it to stable. Issues opened: https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui/issues/183 https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui/issues/182 Will hold off for now. #Mastodon #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI

Wow, there are a lot of breaking changes in the latest Mastodon nightly. I'm a bit surprised by some of the UI choices being made. I haven't been able to refactor all the code in Mastodon Bird UI yet, and I already have quite a bit of technical debt. This won't make my life any easier. I hope I get some breathing room before 4.6.0 is released. #Mastodon #MastoAdmin #MastodonBirdUI #BirdUI