# Tangerine UI for Mastodon

Recently, I discovered [Tangerine UI](https://github.com/nileane/TangerineUI-for-Mastodon) and found its interface to be quite aesthetically pleasing. However, a clear disadvantage is that the installation and maintenance of the UI must be managed directly by the administrators of the Mastodon instance. Consequently, I sought alternatives to server-side installation, and I have found some, which I shall document here for reference.

## Installation of a Userscript Manager within the Browser

I have been using [Firefox](https://www.firefox.com) as my preferred browser for many years and have recently encountered the userscript manager [Violentmonkey](https://violentmonkey.github.io/). The installation can be performed via the browser’s add-on interface, and it may be conveniently located [here](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/violentmonkey/) within the official store.

## Installation of the TangerineUI Userscript

On GitHub, [@Wire](https://github.com/Write) has developed a userscript which may be incorporated into Violentmonkey via [this link](https://github.com/Write/TangerineUI-Userscript/raw/main/TangerineUI.user.js). Within the script, it is necessary only to supplement the instance in line 6, for example:

```javascript
// @match       https://metalhead.club/*
```

Upon your next visit to the specified Mastodon instance, the userscript should activate and be loaded accordingly.

![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1769948305529/cf1e2946-a1f9-4928-8898-e0b39e30e490.png align="center")

Thank you for your attention. 🙂