# Docs

- [Introduction](/): Mementomori.social is a social media website powered by Mastodon. On these pages, you'll find documentation, help, and tips on how to get the best out of it.
- Mementomori.social
  - [About Mementomori.social](/mementomori.social/about-mementomori.social): What makes Mementomori.social different from other Mastodon instances? Why should you register on Mementomori.social? Who’s running it? Read more about the instance below.
  - [Administration](/mementomori.social/administration): Who is behind mementomori.social and why? Read the story here.
  - [Why the name Memento mori?](/mementomori.social/why-the-name-memento-mori): What’s the origin of the server name mementomori.social? Why was it chosen? Here’s the story behind the stoic phrase and the idea that inspired it.
  - [Instance features](/mementomori.social/instance-features): Mementomori.social is not your yet another instance with defaults. It is packed with small, but groundbreaking modifications. This page lists all of them.
  - [Server tech specs](/mementomori.social/server-tech-specs): Mementomori.social consists of many bits and pieces. This technical page is meant to tell you all about that.
  - [Mastodon upgrade workflow](/mementomori.social/mastodon-upgrade-workflow): This is the manual upgrade workflow for mementomori.social.
- Mastodon
  - [Why Mastodon?](/mastodon/why-mastodon): Say hello to a healthier social media! Mastodon is way better than Twitter, Threads and Bluesky combined. Why? Well, you've come to the right place for that information.
- Try BirdUI in containers
  - [Running mastodon with BirdUI in containers](/try-birdui-containers/podman): Mementomori.social runs BirdUI theme for mastodon. If you want to try out what it looks like in your environment, or develop or perhaps switch using it, there is containerized way to easily (?) do so. It is described in this doc.