lights-off
lights-off is a lightweight, keyboard-driven, accessible Mastodon client for Windows and macOS, built with wxPython. It is a fork of Quinter, a Twitter client, converted for the Mastodon network.
Every action is reachable by keyboard shortcut. All content is routed through the platform screen reader (NVDA/JAWS/SAPI on Windows, VoiceOver on macOS) so blind and low-vision users can browse, post, and manage their account without touching the mouse.
Install
pipx install lights-off
Requires Python 3.12+. See the installation docs for platform-specific steps.
Run
lights-off
On first launch you will be prompted for your Mastodon instance URL (e.g.
https://mastodon.social) and will complete a one-time OAuth browser flow.
Documentation
Full documentation is at https://lights-off.readthedocs.io/.
Development
git clone https://github.com/matthewdeanmartin/lights-off
cd lights-off
uv sync
uv run lights-off
Run tests across all supported Python versions:
tox
Contributing
Pull requests welcome. For large feature additions, open an issue first.
Licenses
- Quinter - no declared license, per Mastodon conversation with Quinn, forking and MIT is okay.
- SAAPI65.dll - (C) All rights reserved
- nvdaControllerClient64.dll LGPL
- GPL-2.0-only.
Tolk.pyis LGPLv3 (copyright Davy Kager). - .ogg soundfiles - unknown license
- keyboard_handler - vendorized, MIT, copyright Christopher Toth
1 maintainer
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