# Admin Control Panel The GoToSocial admin panel is a simple webclient that uses the [admin api routes](https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/latest/api/swagger/#operations-tag-admin) to manage your instance. It uses the same OAUTH mechanism as normal clients (with scope: admin), and as such can be hosted anywhere, separately from your instance, or run locally. A public installation is available here: [https://gts.superseriousbusiness.org/admin](https://gts.superseriousbusiness.org/admin). ## Using the panel To use the Admin API your account has to be promoted as such: ``` ./gotosocial --config-path ./config.yaml admin account promote --username YOUR_USERNAME ``` After this, you can enter your instance domain in the login field (auto-filled if you run GoToSocial on the same domain), and login like you would with any other client. <p align="middle"> <img src="../../assets/admin-panel.png">Screenshot of the GoToSocial admin panel, showing the fields to change an instance's settings</img> </p> You can change the instance's settings like the title and descriptions, and add/remove/change domain blocks including a bulk import/export. ## Building the panel Build requirements: some version of [Node.js](https://nodejs.org) and yarn. ``` yarn install --cwd web/source BUDO_BUILD=1 node web/source ``` See also: [Contributing.md Stylesheet / Web dev](https://github.com/superseriousbusiness/gotosocial/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#stylesheet--web-dev)