Here's version 0.21.3 of GoToSocial!
This is the last bugfix + dependency update release for v0.21.x!
If you're updating to this version from v0.21.x, it's a very easy update with no db migrations.
If you're updating to this version from a version before v0.21.0, please follow the update instructions from v0.21.0, but replace 0.21.0 with 0.21.3 throughout. Be aware that the update to 0.21.x contains some database migrations. Please do read the notes carefully!
Don't switch to this version from current (25 Jun 2026) snapshots or v0.22.0 release candidates. They already have everything that's in here (and more).
Release highlights
- Video processing fixes.
- Updated robots.txt to tell more bullshit crawlers to fuck off.
- Fixed some streaming API stuff.
- Bug fixes related to exif stripping and malformed AP messages.
- Dependency updates.
Migration notes
Upgrading
To upgrade to v0.21.3 from a previous release:
Binary/tar
- Stop GoToSocial.
- Back up your database! If you're running on SQLite, this is as simple as copying your
sqlite.dbfile, eg.,cp sqlite.db sqlite.db.backup. On Postgres you can do this with pg_dump. - Download and untar the new release, including the web assets and html templates, not just the binary.
- Edit your config.yaml file if necessary (see below).
- Start GoToSocial.
- Wait patiently for any migrations to run, do not interrupt migrations or you could leave your db in a broken state and will have to restore from backup!
- Enjoy your updated instance.
Docker
- Stop GoToSocial.
- Back up your database! If you're running on SQLite, this is as simple as copying your
sqlite.dbfile, eg.,cp sqlite.db sqlite.db.backup. On Postgres you can do this with pg_dump. - Pull the new docker container with
docker pull docker.io/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial:0.21.3ordocker pull docker.io/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial:latestif this is a stable release and not a release candidate. - Edit your config.yaml file or environment variables if necessary (see below).
- Start GoToSocial.
- Wait patiently for any migrations to run, do not interrupt migrations or you could leave your db in a broken state and will have to restore from backup!
- Enjoy your updated instance.
config.yaml
No changes since v0.21.2.
Database Migrations
No migrations since v0.21.2.
Which release archive/container should I use?
GoToSocial releases binary builds for 64-bit Linux, FreeBSD, and NetBSD operating systems. We also release Docker builds for 64-bit Linux.
| OS | Architecture | Support level | Binary archive | Docker |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | x86-64/AMD64 (64-bit) | 🟢 Full | linux_amd64.tar.gz | docker.io/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial:0.21.3
|
| Linux | Armv8/ARM64 (64-bit) | 🟢 Full | linux_arm64.tar.gz | docker.io/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial:0.21.3
|
| FreeBSD | x86-64/AMD64 (64-bit) | 🟢 Full | freebsd_amd64.tar.gz | Not provided |
| FreeBSD | Armv8/ARM64 (64-bit) | 🟢 Full | freebsd_arm64.tar.gz | Not provided |
| NetBSD | x86-64/AMD64 (64-bit) | 🟢 Full | netbsd_amd64.tar.gz | Not provided |
| NetBSD | Armv8/ARM64 (64-bit) | 🟢 Full | netbsd_arm64.tar.gz | Not provided |
nowasm
For your convenience, we also provide UNSUPPORTED, EXPERIMENTAL BUILDS, created using the nowasm tag, in the downloads list below. There is no Docker build for nowasm.
GoToSocial releases built with nowasm use the Go-native, modernc version of SQLite instead of the WASM one, and will use on-system ffmpeg and ffprobe binaries for media processing.
Using a nowasm build is currently the only way to run GoToSocial on a 32-bit system.
For more information on running a nowasm build, see the nowasm documentation page.
Changelog
Bug fixes
- 4356eb27a70821a41f08fef048f573d21c73a4fe [bugfix] stricter property value counts (#4905)
- 83d5b43f254b4d37580b6c2a9d9064166a7c6b42 [bugfix] Allow hyphen in usernameRelaxed regex (#4902)
- 4841679dfb169ed43d2901bbb14bf3860730853b [bugfix] Add support for
public:remotestream type (#4899) - ed24d2817ad4edda61ec6e9476587dc995f18b88 [bugfix] Update go-sqlite3 to v0.35.1 to fix
out of memorypanic during migration (#4864) - 0c5de3d5dca6f8393bae43d1a50d2f41180ba829 [bugfix] nowasm: on context cancel hook, check that process is non-nil before calling Kill() (#4855)
- 64cc8fa78eb95b9f52fe8637a749a5118fbb1511 [bugfix/frontend] Validate domain name for new domain perms earlier to avoid confusing err messages (#4826)
- 9c786af92cf245a3c90ac939b7dac283b81f2d67 [bugfix] Ignore extraneous data streams when processing videos (#4819)
Chores & version bumps
- e7a751a17d20dc397ba3aa154d74cf352f09aefd [chore] tidying up
- 8a1aaf9fcdc753c7aa865fc4b630323a1320fd64 [chore] update dependencies (#4904)
- 63be42dc5edd8a6e209232b1d9cef1dfd658a042 [chore] update dependencies (#4854)
- f462d18f847750f78f6409bc706c391d4094888e [chore] update dependencies (#4848)
- 95fb3f1c4820ca482f36fc055ea1fdfcf8a4d35d [chore] update dependencies (#4848)
- 022813bfda6d23a2ed2924af0023cedcfc4973f8 [chore] Add more bullshit crawlers to
robots.txt🖕 (#4829) - 2d86e96d680409c78c203bbb0468f0b2a5b9a2f3 [chore] update dependencies (#4806)
- 10dcc7f1901836bcc7eb2810d3663fc0e8ca3640 [chore] update dependencies (#4801)
- d2826eaa72168234b5d81877d885899d5a3e64c6 [chore] update dependencies (#4797)
- 83382546137ca9f4451953ee65baa510887bb023 [chore] update dependencies (#4791)
- 2264d0f5dc5315f38630698724e908de0eaeff36 [chore] update dependencies (#4784)
Documentation
- cc859efdfc70257add7f803c4c14520f5ca89fa0 [docs] update list of supported platforms regarding recent changes to ncruces/go-sqlite3 and our build tag behaviour (#4858)