diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/timelines/local_top_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/timelines/local_top_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd11a3a24a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/timelines/local_top_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module Api::V1::Timelines
+    class LocalTopController < ApiController
+      before_action :require_user!
+  
+      def show
+        @statuses = LocalTopPostsService.new.call
+        render json: @statuses
+      end
+    end
+  end
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diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/navigation_portal.tsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/navigation_portal.tsx
index d3ac8baa6e..9904b70f2b 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/navigation_portal.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/navigation_portal.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 import Trends from 'mastodon/features/getting_started/containers/trends_container';
 import { showTrends } from 'mastodon/initial_state';
+import { Link } from 'react-router-dom';
 
 export const NavigationPortal: React.FC = () => (
-  <div className='navigation-panel__portal'>{showTrends && <Trends />}</div>
-);
+  <div className='navigation-panel__portal'>
+    {/* Existing Trends section */}
+    {showTrends && <Trends />}
+
+    {/* Add Local Top tab */}
+    <Link to='/timelines/local_top' className='column-link'>
+      <i className='fa fa-fire' /> 
+      <span>Local Top</span>
+    </Link>
+  </div>
+);
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diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/local_top_timeline/index.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/local_top_timeline/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e23334cd9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/local_top_timeline/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// app/javascript/mastodon/features/local_top_timeline/index.js
+import React from 'react';
+import Timeline from '../../components/timeline';
+
+export default class LocalTopTimeline extends React.PureComponent {
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <Timeline
+        endpoint='/api/v1/timelines/local_top'
+        {...this.props}
+      />
+    );
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/routes.js b/app/javascript/mastodon/routes.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b52f401472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/routes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// app/javascript/mastodon/routes.js
+{
+    path: '/timelines/local_top',
+    component: AsyncComponent(() => import('../features/local_top_timeline')),
+    exact: true,
+  }
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diff --git a/app/services/local_top_posts_service.rb b/app/services/local_top_posts_service.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..530ad15521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/local_top_posts_service.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+class LocalTopPostsService < BaseService
+    # Rank local posts by engagement (boosts > favs > replies) in last 24h
+    def call
+      Status
+        .local
+        .joins(:status_stat)
+        .where('statuses.created_at > ?', 24.hours.ago)
+        .select('statuses.*, 
+                (status_stats.reblogs_count * 0.6 + 
+                 status_stats.favourites_count * 0.3 + 
+                 status_stats.replies_count * 0.1) AS engagement_score')
+        .order('engagement_score DESC')
+        .limit(50) # Adjust as needed
+    end
+  end
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diff --git a/app/services/precompute_feed_service.rb b/app/services/precompute_feed_service.rb
index a591c90913..70a8e8afb1 100644
--- a/app/services/precompute_feed_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/precompute_feed_service.rb
@@ -21,3 +21,13 @@ class PrecomputeFeedService < BaseService
     @skip_filled_timelines && FeedManager.instance.timeline_size(type, id) * 2 > FeedManager::MAX_ITEMS
   end
 end
+
+# app/services/precompute_feed_service.rb
+def call(user)
+  case user.feed_algorithm
+  when 'local_top'
+    LocalTopPostsService.new.call
+  else
+    Status.chronological # Default
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 1f97ddaaa4..bdfb8092d5 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -163,6 +163,17 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     resources :statuses, only: :show
   end
 
+  # config/routes.rb
+   namespace :api do
+   namespace :v1 do
+    resources :timelines do
+      collection do
+        get :local_top
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
   resources :media, only: [:show] do
     get :player
   end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240612000000_add_local_top_algorithm_support.rb b/db/migrate/20240612000000_add_local_top_algorithm_support.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1eeec1eda4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240612000000_add_local_top_algorithm_support.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# db/migrate/20240612000000_add_local_top_algorithm_support.rb
+class AddLocalTopAlgorithmSupport < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.1]
+    def change
+      # Ensure status_stats exists (Mastodon usually has this)
+      unless column_exists?(:statuses, :status_stat_id)
+        add_reference :statuses, :status_stat, foreign_key: { on_delete: :cascade }
+      end
+  
+      # Add user preference for feed algorithm (default: chronological)
+      add_column :users, :feed_algorithm, :string, default: 'chronological'
+    end
+  end
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