diff --git a/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md b/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md index 0a61c50c..1ba77aa2 100644 --- a/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md +++ b/Running-Mastodon/Heroku-guide.md @@ -3,14 +3,15 @@ Heroku guide [![Deploy](https://www.herokucdn.com/deploy/button.svg)](https://dashboard.heroku.com/new?button-url=https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon&template=https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon) -Mastodon _can_ be run on a free [Heroku](https://heroku.com) app. It should be -noted this has limited testing and could have unpredictable results in -production. For production uses, free hobby dynos are probably not sufficient. -See [#1275](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/1275) for details. +Mastodon on [Heroku](https://heroku.com) requires more than one Dyno. In theory +and experience, running on free hobby Dynos is not practical for production use. +Running on Heroku's hobby Dynos and free add-on tiers has limited testing +purposes and is not recommended in production. See [#1275](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/1275) +for details. ## Limitations -Currently heroku setup has two main limitations: +Currently heroku setup has two main technical limitations: - Animated GIF upload requires extra setup ([#1007](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/1007)). - Streaming API requires extra setup ([#1119](https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/1119)).