diff --git a/packages/ditto/app.ts b/packages/ditto/app.ts
index 6e896571..bd86ac51 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/app.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/app.ts
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ import {
 } from '@/controllers/api/pleroma.ts';
 import { preferencesController } from '@/controllers/api/preferences.ts';
 import { getSubscriptionController, pushSubscribeController } from '@/controllers/api/push.ts';
-import { deleteReactionController, reactionController, reactionsController } from '@/controllers/api/reactions.ts';
 import { relayController } from '@/controllers/nostr/relay.ts';
 import {
   adminReportController,
@@ -150,6 +149,7 @@ import { logiMiddleware } from '@/middleware/logiMiddleware.ts';
 import customEmojisRoute from '@/routes/customEmojisRoute.ts';
 import dittoNamesRoute from '@/routes/dittoNamesRoute.ts';
 import pleromaAdminPermissionGroupsRoute from '@/routes/pleromaAdminPermissionGroupsRoute.ts';
+import pleromaStatusesRoute from '@/routes/pleromaStatusesRoute.ts';
 import { DittoRelayStore } from '@/storages/DittoRelayStore.ts';
 
 export interface AppEnv extends DittoEnv {
@@ -435,10 +435,7 @@ app.post('/api/v1/markers', userMiddleware({ verify: true }), updateMarkersContr
 app.get('/api/v1/push/subscription', userMiddleware(), getSubscriptionController);
 app.post('/api/v1/push/subscription', userMiddleware({ verify: true }), pushSubscribeController);
 
-app.get('/api/v1/pleroma/statuses/:id{[0-9a-f]{64}}/reactions', reactionsController);
-app.get('/api/v1/pleroma/statuses/:id{[0-9a-f]{64}}/reactions/:emoji', reactionsController);
-app.put('/api/v1/pleroma/statuses/:id{[0-9a-f]{64}}/reactions/:emoji', userMiddleware(), reactionController);
-app.delete('/api/v1/pleroma/statuses/:id{[0-9a-f]{64}}/reactions/:emoji', userMiddleware(), deleteReactionController);
+app.route('/api/v1/pleroma/statuses', pleromaStatusesRoute);
 
 app.get('/api/v1/pleroma/admin/config', userMiddleware({ role: 'admin' }), configController);
 app.post('/api/v1/pleroma/admin/config', userMiddleware({ role: 'admin' }), updateConfigController);
diff --git a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/instance.ts b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/instance.ts
index a887fe4d..0e07f385 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/instance.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/instance.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ const features = [
   'exposable_reactions',
   'mastodon_api',
   'mastodon_api_streaming',
+  'pleroma_custom_emoji_reactions',
   'pleroma_emoji_reactions',
   'quote_posting',
   'v2_suggestions',
diff --git a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/reactions.ts b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/reactions.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 74e499d4..00000000
--- a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/reactions.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-import { AppController } from '@/app.ts';
-import { DittoEvent } from '@/interfaces/DittoEvent.ts';
-import { hydrateEvents } from '@/storages/hydrate.ts';
-import { createEvent } from '@/utils/api.ts';
-import { accountFromPubkey, renderAccount } from '@/views/mastodon/accounts.ts';
-import { renderStatus } from '@/views/mastodon/statuses.ts';
-
-/**
- * React to a status.
- * https://docs.pleroma.social/backend/development/API/pleroma_api/#put-apiv1pleromastatusesidreactionsemoji
- */
-const reactionController: AppController = async (c) => {
-  const { relay, user } = c.var;
-  const id = c.req.param('id');
-  const emoji = c.req.param('emoji');
-
-  if (!/^\p{RGI_Emoji}$/v.test(emoji)) {
-    return c.json({ error: 'Invalid emoji' }, 400);
-  }
-
-  const [event] = await relay.query([{ kinds: [1, 20], ids: [id], limit: 1 }]);
-
-  if (!event) {
-    return c.json({ error: 'Status not found' }, 404);
-  }
-
-  await createEvent({
-    kind: 7,
-    content: emoji,
-    created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
-    tags: [['e', id], ['p', event.pubkey]],
-  }, c);
-
-  await hydrateEvents({ ...c.var, events: [event] });
-
-  const status = await renderStatus(relay, event, { viewerPubkey: await user!.signer.getPublicKey() });
-
-  return c.json(status);
-};
-
-/**
- * Delete reactions to a status.
- * https://docs.pleroma.social/backend/development/API/pleroma_api/#delete-apiv1pleromastatusesidreactionsemoji
- */
-const deleteReactionController: AppController = async (c) => {
-  const { relay, user } = c.var;
-
-  const id = c.req.param('id');
-  const emoji = c.req.param('emoji');
-  const pubkey = await user!.signer.getPublicKey();
-
-  if (!/^\p{RGI_Emoji}$/v.test(emoji)) {
-    return c.json({ error: 'Invalid emoji' }, 400);
-  }
-
-  const [event] = await relay.query([
-    { kinds: [1, 20], ids: [id], limit: 1 },
-  ]);
-
-  if (!event) {
-    return c.json({ error: 'Status not found' }, 404);
-  }
-
-  const events = await relay.query([
-    { kinds: [7], authors: [pubkey], '#e': [id] },
-  ]);
-
-  const tags = events
-    .filter((event) => event.content === emoji)
-    .map((event) => ['e', event.id]);
-
-  await createEvent({
-    kind: 5,
-    content: '',
-    created_at: Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
-    tags,
-  }, c);
-
-  const status = renderStatus(relay, event, { viewerPubkey: pubkey });
-
-  return c.json(status);
-};
-
-/**
- * Get an object of emoji to account mappings with accounts that reacted to the post.
- * https://docs.pleroma.social/backend/development/API/pleroma_api/#get-apiv1pleromastatusesidreactions
- */
-const reactionsController: AppController = async (c) => {
-  const { relay, user } = c.var;
-
-  const id = c.req.param('id');
-  const pubkey = await user?.signer.getPublicKey();
-  const emoji = c.req.param('emoji') as string | undefined;
-
-  if (typeof emoji === 'string' && !/^\p{RGI_Emoji}$/v.test(emoji)) {
-    return c.json({ error: 'Invalid emoji' }, 400);
-  }
-
-  const events = await relay.query([{ kinds: [7], '#e': [id], limit: 100 }])
-    .then((events) => events.filter(({ content }) => /^\p{RGI_Emoji}$/v.test(content)))
-    .then((events) => events.filter((event) => !emoji || event.content === emoji))
-    .then((events) => hydrateEvents({ ...c.var, events }));
-
-  /** Events grouped by emoji. */
-  const byEmoji = events.reduce((acc, event) => {
-    const emoji = event.content;
-    acc[emoji] = acc[emoji] || [];
-    acc[emoji].push(event);
-    return acc;
-  }, {} as Record<string, DittoEvent[]>);
-
-  const results = await Promise.all(
-    Object.entries(byEmoji).map(async ([name, events]) => {
-      return {
-        name,
-        count: events.length,
-        me: pubkey && events.some((event) => event.pubkey === pubkey),
-        accounts: await Promise.all(
-          events.map((event) => event.author ? renderAccount(event.author) : accountFromPubkey(event.pubkey)),
-        ),
-      };
-    }),
-  );
-
-  return c.json(results);
-};
-
-export { deleteReactionController, reactionController, reactionsController };
diff --git a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/statuses.ts b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/statuses.ts
index 116ad2de..e80441b6 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/statuses.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/statuses.ts
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ const zappedByController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const { db, relay } = c.var;
 
   const id = c.req.param('id');
-  const { offset, limit } = paginationSchema.parse(c.req.query());
+  const { offset, limit } = paginationSchema().parse(c.req.query());
 
   const zaps = await db.kysely.selectFrom('event_zaps')
     .selectAll()
diff --git a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/suggestions.ts b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/suggestions.ts
index cb6a8206..e288ad7b 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/suggestions.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/suggestions.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { accountFromPubkey, renderAccount } from '@/views/mastodon/accounts.ts';
 
 export const suggestionsV1Controller: AppController = async (c) => {
   const { signal } = c.var;
-  const { offset, limit } = paginationSchema.parse(c.req.query());
+  const { offset, limit } = paginationSchema().parse(c.req.query());
   const suggestions = await renderV2Suggestions(c, { offset, limit }, signal);
   const accounts = suggestions.map(({ account }) => account);
   return paginatedList(c, { offset, limit }, accounts);
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const suggestionsV1Controller: AppController = async (c) => {
 
 export const suggestionsV2Controller: AppController = async (c) => {
   const { signal } = c.var;
-  const { offset, limit } = paginationSchema.parse(c.req.query());
+  const { offset, limit } = paginationSchema().parse(c.req.query());
   const suggestions = await renderV2Suggestions(c, { offset, limit }, signal);
   return paginatedList(c, { offset, limit }, suggestions);
 };
diff --git a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/trends.ts b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/trends.ts
index 4e5810ed..ca59bd34 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/controllers/api/trends.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/controllers/api/trends.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ async function getTrendingLinks(conf: DittoConf, relay: NStore): Promise<Trendin
 
 const trendingStatusesController: AppController = async (c) => {
   const { conf, relay } = c.var;
-  const { limit, offset, until } = paginationSchema.parse(c.req.query());
+  const { limit, offset, until } = paginationSchema().parse(c.req.query());
 
   const [label] = await relay.query([{
     kinds: [1985],
diff --git a/packages/ditto/routes/pleromaStatusesRoute.test.ts b/packages/ditto/routes/pleromaStatusesRoute.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..15c97341
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ditto/routes/pleromaStatusesRoute.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+import { DittoConf } from '@ditto/conf';
+import { DittoPolyPg } from '@ditto/db';
+import { TestApp } from '@ditto/mastoapi/test';
+import { genEvent, MockRelay } from '@nostrify/nostrify/test';
+import { assertEquals } from '@std/assert';
+
+import { DittoPgStore } from '@/storages/DittoPgStore.ts';
+import { DittoRelayStore } from '@/storages/DittoRelayStore.ts';
+
+import route from './pleromaStatusesRoute.ts';
+
+import type { MastodonStatus } from '@ditto/mastoapi/types';
+
+Deno.test('Emoji reactions', async (t) => {
+  await using test = createTestApp();
+  const { relay } = test.var;
+
+  const mario = test.createUser();
+  const luigi = test.createUser();
+
+  const note = genEvent({ kind: 1 });
+  await relay.event(note);
+
+  await relay.event(genEvent({ kind: 10030, tags: [['emoji', 'ditto', 'https://ditto.pub/favicon.ico']] }, luigi.sk));
+
+  await t.step('PUT /:id/reactions/:emoji', async () => {
+    test.user(mario);
+
+    const response = await test.api.put(`/${note.id}/reactions/🚀`);
+    const json = await response.json();
+
+    assertEquals(response.status, 200);
+    assertEquals(json.pleroma.emoji_reactions, [{ name: '🚀', me: true, count: 1 }]);
+  });
+
+  await t.step('PUT /:id/reactions/:emoji (custom emoji)', async () => {
+    test.user(luigi);
+
+    const response = await test.api.put(`/${note.id}/reactions/:ditto:`);
+    const json: MastodonStatus = await response.json();
+
+    assertEquals(
+      json.pleroma.emoji_reactions.sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name)),
+      [
+        { name: '🚀', me: false, count: 1 },
+        { name: 'ditto', me: true, count: 1, url: 'https://ditto.pub/favicon.ico' },
+      ],
+    );
+  });
+
+  await t.step('GET /:id/reactions', async () => {
+    test.user(mario);
+
+    const response = await test.api.get(`/${note.id}/reactions`);
+    const json = await response.json();
+
+    (json as MastodonStatus['pleroma']['emoji_reactions']).sort((a, b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name));
+
+    const [
+      { accounts: [marioAccount] },
+      { accounts: [luigiAccount] },
+    ] = json;
+
+    assertEquals(response.status, 200);
+
+    assertEquals(json, [
+      { name: '🚀', me: true, count: 1, accounts: [marioAccount] },
+      { name: 'ditto', me: false, count: 1, accounts: [luigiAccount], url: 'https://ditto.pub/favicon.ico' },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  await t.step('DELETE /:id/reactions/:emoji', async () => {
+    test.user(mario);
+
+    const response = await test.api.delete(`/${note.id}/reactions/🚀`);
+    const json = await response.json();
+
+    assertEquals(response.status, 200);
+
+    assertEquals(json.pleroma.emoji_reactions, [
+      { name: 'ditto', me: false, count: 1, url: 'https://ditto.pub/favicon.ico' },
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  await t.step('DELETE /:id/reactions/:emoji (custom emoji)', async () => {
+    test.user(luigi);
+
+    const response = await test.api.delete(`/${note.id}/reactions/:ditto:`);
+    const json = await response.json();
+
+    assertEquals(response.status, 200);
+    assertEquals(json.pleroma.emoji_reactions, []);
+  });
+});
+
+// TODO: modify `TestApp` itself to avoid this boilerplate.
+function createTestApp(): TestApp {
+  const conf = new DittoConf(Deno.env);
+  const db = new DittoPolyPg(conf.databaseUrl);
+  const pool = new MockRelay();
+  const store = new DittoPgStore({ conf, db, notify: false });
+  const relay = new DittoRelayStore({ conf, db, pool, relay: store });
+
+  return new TestApp(route, { conf, db, relay });
+}
diff --git a/packages/ditto/routes/pleromaStatusesRoute.ts b/packages/ditto/routes/pleromaStatusesRoute.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d7fad38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ditto/routes/pleromaStatusesRoute.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+import { paginationMiddleware, userMiddleware } from '@ditto/mastoapi/middleware';
+import { DittoRoute } from '@ditto/mastoapi/router';
+
+import { DittoEvent } from '@/interfaces/DittoEvent.ts';
+import { hydrateEvents } from '@/storages/hydrate.ts';
+import { createEvent } from '@/utils/api.ts';
+import { accountFromPubkey, renderAccount } from '@/views/mastodon/accounts.ts';
+import { renderStatus } from '@/views/mastodon/statuses.ts';
+import { HTTPException } from '@hono/hono/http-exception';
+
+import { getCustomEmojis, parseEmojiInput } from '@/utils/custom-emoji.ts';
+
+const route = new DittoRoute();
+
+/*
+ * React to a status.
+ * https://docs.pleroma.social/backend/development/API/pleroma_api/#put-apiv1pleromastatusesidreactionsemoji
+ */
+route.put('/:id{[0-9a-f]{64}}/reactions/:emoji', userMiddleware(), async (c) => {
+  const { relay, user, conf, signal } = c.var;
+
+  const params = c.req.param();
+  const result = parseEmojiParam(params.emoji);
+  const pubkey = await user.signer.getPublicKey();
+
+  const [event] = await relay.query([{ ids: [params.id] }], { signal });
+  if (!event) {
+    return c.json({ error: 'Event not found' }, 404);
+  }
+
+  const tags: string[][] = [
+    ['e', event.id, conf.relay, event.pubkey],
+    ['p', event.pubkey, conf.relay],
+  ];
+
+  if (result.type === 'custom') {
+    const emojis = await getCustomEmojis(pubkey, c.var);
+    const emoji = emojis.get(result.shortcode);
+
+    if (!emoji) {
+      return c.json({ error: 'Custom emoji not found' }, 404);
+    }
+
+    tags.push(['emoji', result.shortcode, emoji.url.href]);
+  }
+
+  let content: string;
+
+  switch (result.type) {
+    case 'native':
+      content = result.native;
+      break;
+    case 'custom':
+      content = `:${result.shortcode}:`;
+      break;
+  }
+
+  await createEvent({ kind: 7, content, tags }, c);
+  await hydrateEvents({ ...c.var, events: [event] });
+
+  const status = await renderStatus(relay, event, { viewerPubkey: pubkey });
+  return c.json(status);
+});
+
+/*
+ * Delete reactions to a status.
+ * https://docs.pleroma.social/backend/development/API/pleroma_api/#delete-apiv1pleromastatusesidreactionsemoji
+ */
+route.delete('/:id{[0-9a-f]{64}}/reactions/:emoji', userMiddleware(), async (c) => {
+  const { relay, user, signal } = c.var;
+
+  const params = c.req.param();
+  const pubkey = await user.signer.getPublicKey();
+
+  const [event] = await relay.query([{ ids: [params.id] }], { signal });
+
+  if (!event) {
+    return c.json({ error: 'Status not found' }, 404);
+  }
+
+  const events = await relay.query([
+    { kinds: [7], authors: [pubkey], '#e': [params.id] },
+  ], { signal });
+
+  const e = new Set<string>();
+
+  for (const { id, content } of events) {
+    if (content === params.emoji || content === `:${params.emoji}:`) {
+      e.add(id);
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!e.size) {
+    return c.json({ error: 'Reaction not found' }, 404);
+  }
+
+  await createEvent({
+    kind: 5,
+    tags: [...e].map((id) => ['e', id]),
+  }, c);
+
+  await hydrateEvents({ ...c.var, events: [event] });
+
+  const status = await renderStatus(relay, event, { viewerPubkey: pubkey });
+  return c.json(status);
+});
+
+/*
+ * Get an object of emoji to account mappings with accounts that reacted to the post.
+ * https://docs.pleroma.social/backend/development/API/pleroma_api/#get-apiv1pleromastatusesidreactions
+ */
+route.get(
+  '/:id{[0-9a-f]{64}}/reactions/:emoji?',
+  paginationMiddleware({ limit: 100 }),
+  userMiddleware({ required: false }),
+  async (c) => {
+    const { relay, user, pagination, paginate } = c.var;
+
+    const params = c.req.param();
+    const result = params.emoji ? parseEmojiParam(params.emoji) : undefined;
+    const pubkey = await user?.signer.getPublicKey();
+
+    const events = await relay.query([{ kinds: [7], '#e': [params.id], ...pagination }])
+      .then((events) =>
+        events.filter((event) => {
+          if (!result) return true;
+
+          switch (result.type) {
+            case 'native':
+              return event.content === result.native;
+            case 'custom':
+              return event.content === `:${result.shortcode}:`;
+          }
+        })
+      )
+      .then((events) => hydrateEvents({ ...c.var, events }));
+
+    /** Events grouped by emoji key. */
+    const byEmojiKey = events.reduce((acc, event) => {
+      const result = parseEmojiInput(event.content);
+
+      if (!result || result.type === 'basic') {
+        return acc;
+      }
+
+      let url: URL | undefined;
+
+      if (result.type === 'custom') {
+        const tag = event.tags.find(([name, value]) => name === 'emoji' && value === result.shortcode);
+        try {
+          url = new URL(tag![2]);
+        } catch {
+          return acc;
+        }
+      }
+
+      let key: string;
+      switch (result.type) {
+        case 'native':
+          key = result.native;
+          break;
+        case 'custom':
+          key = `${result.shortcode}:${url}`;
+          break;
+      }
+
+      acc[key] = acc[key] || [];
+      acc[key].push(event);
+
+      return acc;
+    }, {} as Record<string, DittoEvent[]>);
+
+    const results = await Promise.all(
+      Object.entries(byEmojiKey).map(async ([key, events]) => {
+        let name: string = key;
+        let url: string | undefined;
+
+        // Custom emojis: `<shortcode>:<url>`
+        try {
+          const [shortcode, ...rest] = key.split(':');
+
+          url = new URL(rest.join(':')).toString();
+          name = shortcode;
+        } catch {
+          // fallthrough
+        }
+
+        return {
+          name,
+          count: events.length,
+          me: pubkey && events.some((event) => event.pubkey === pubkey),
+          accounts: await Promise.all(
+            events.map((event) => event.author ? renderAccount(event.author) : accountFromPubkey(event.pubkey)),
+          ),
+          url,
+        };
+      }),
+    );
+
+    return paginate(events, results);
+  },
+);
+
+/** Determine if the input is a native or custom emoji, returning a structured object or throwing an error. */
+function parseEmojiParam(input: string):
+  | { type: 'native'; native: string }
+  | { type: 'custom'; shortcode: string } {
+  if (/^\w+$/.test(input)) {
+    input = `:${input}:`; // Pleroma API supports the `emoji` param with or without colons.
+  }
+
+  const result = parseEmojiInput(input);
+
+  if (!result || result.type === 'basic') {
+    throw new HTTPException(400, { message: 'Invalid emoji' });
+  }
+
+  return result;
+}
+
+export default route;
diff --git a/packages/ditto/storages/DittoPgStore.test.ts b/packages/ditto/storages/DittoPgStore.test.ts
index d243d0e4..dedde9d6 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/storages/DittoPgStore.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/storages/DittoPgStore.test.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Deno.test('req streaming', async () => {
   const controller = new AbortController();
 
   const promise = (async () => {
-    for await (const msg of relay.req([{ since: 0 }], { signal: controller.signal })) {
+    for await (const msg of relay.req([{ limit: 0 }], { signal: controller.signal })) {
       msgs.push(msg);
     }
   })();
diff --git a/packages/ditto/test.ts b/packages/ditto/test.ts
index 31b31e37..0308c870 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/test.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/test.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export async function createTestDB(opts?: { pure?: boolean }) {
     conf,
     timeout: conf.db.timeouts.default,
     pure: opts?.pure ?? false,
-    notify: true,
+    notify: false,
   });
 
   return {
diff --git a/packages/ditto/utils/custom-emoji.test.ts b/packages/ditto/utils/custom-emoji.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9093e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ditto/utils/custom-emoji.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { assertEquals } from '@std/assert';
+
+import { parseEmojiInput } from './custom-emoji.ts';
+
+Deno.test('parseEmojiInput', () => {
+  assertEquals(parseEmojiInput('+'), { type: 'basic', value: '+' });
+  assertEquals(parseEmojiInput('🚀'), { type: 'native', native: '🚀' });
+  assertEquals(parseEmojiInput(':ditto:'), { type: 'custom', shortcode: 'ditto' });
+  assertEquals(parseEmojiInput('x'), undefined);
+});
diff --git a/packages/ditto/utils/custom-emoji.ts b/packages/ditto/utils/custom-emoji.ts
index a7a83a31..a95bacdb 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/utils/custom-emoji.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/utils/custom-emoji.ts
@@ -70,3 +70,24 @@ export async function getCustomEmojis(
 
   return emojis;
 }
+
+/** Determine if the input is a native or custom emoji, returning a structured object or throwing an error. */
+export function parseEmojiInput(input: string):
+  | { type: 'basic'; value: '+' | '-' }
+  | { type: 'native'; native: string }
+  | { type: 'custom'; shortcode: string }
+  | undefined {
+  if (input === '+' || input === '-') {
+    return { type: 'basic', value: input };
+  }
+
+  if (/^\p{RGI_Emoji}$/v.test(input)) {
+    return { type: 'native', native: input };
+  }
+
+  const match = input.match(/^:(\w+):$/);
+  if (match) {
+    const [, shortcode] = match;
+    return { type: 'custom', shortcode };
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/ditto/utils/stats.test.ts b/packages/ditto/utils/stats.test.ts
index 2ebcab94..0fe7b0ae 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/utils/stats.test.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/utils/stats.test.ts
@@ -141,16 +141,24 @@ Deno.test('updateStats with kind 7 increments reactions count', async () => {
   const { kysely, relay } = test;
 
   const note = genEvent({ kind: 1 });
-  await updateStats({ ...test, event: note });
   await relay.event(note);
 
   await updateStats({ ...test, event: genEvent({ kind: 7, content: '+', tags: [['e', note.id]] }) });
   await updateStats({ ...test, event: genEvent({ kind: 7, content: '😂', tags: [['e', note.id]] }) });
 
+  await updateStats({
+    ...test,
+    event: genEvent({
+      kind: 7,
+      content: ':ditto:',
+      tags: [['e', note.id], ['emoji', 'ditto', 'https://ditto.pub/favicon.ico']],
+    }),
+  });
+
   const stats = await getEventStats(kysely, note.id);
 
-  assertEquals(stats!.reactions, JSON.stringify({ '+': 1, '😂': 1 }));
-  assertEquals(stats!.reactions_count, 2);
+  assertEquals(stats!.reactions, JSON.stringify({ '+': 1, '😂': 1, 'ditto:https://ditto.pub/favicon.ico': 1 }));
+  assertEquals(stats!.reactions_count, 3);
 });
 
 Deno.test('updateStats with kind 5 decrements reactions count', async () => {
diff --git a/packages/ditto/utils/stats.ts b/packages/ditto/utils/stats.ts
index 922d5dca..576c6e01 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/utils/stats.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/utils/stats.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { z } from 'zod';
 import { findQuoteTag, findReplyTag, getTagSet } from '@/utils/tags.ts';
 
 import type { DittoConf } from '@ditto/conf';
+import { parseEmojiInput } from '@/utils/custom-emoji.ts';
 
 interface UpdateStatsOpts {
   conf: DittoConf;
@@ -154,31 +155,55 @@ async function handleEvent7(opts: UpdateStatsOpts): Promise<void> {
   const { kysely, event, x = 1 } = opts;
 
   const id = event.tags.findLast(([name]) => name === 'e')?.[1];
-  const emoji = event.content;
+  const result = parseEmojiInput(event.content);
 
-  if (id && emoji && (['+', '-'].includes(emoji) || /^\p{RGI_Emoji}$/v.test(emoji))) {
-    await updateEventStats(kysely, id, ({ reactions }) => {
-      const data: Record<string, number> = JSON.parse(reactions);
+  if (!id || !result) return;
 
-      // Increment or decrement the emoji count.
-      data[emoji] = (data[emoji] ?? 0) + x;
+  let url: URL | undefined;
 
-      // Remove reactions with a count of 0 or less.
-      for (const key of Object.keys(data)) {
-        if (data[key] < 1) {
-          delete data[key];
-        }
-      }
-
-      // Total reactions count.
-      const count = Object.values(data).reduce((result, value) => result + value, 0);
-
-      return {
-        reactions: JSON.stringify(data),
-        reactions_count: count,
-      };
-    });
+  if (result.type === 'custom') {
+    const tag = event.tags.find(([name, value]) => name === 'emoji' && value === result.shortcode);
+    try {
+      url = new URL(tag![2]);
+    } catch {
+      return;
+    }
   }
+
+  let key: string;
+  switch (result.type) {
+    case 'basic':
+      key = result.value;
+      break;
+    case 'native':
+      key = result.native;
+      break;
+    case 'custom':
+      key = `${result.shortcode}:${url}`;
+      break;
+  }
+
+  await updateEventStats(kysely, id, ({ reactions }) => {
+    const data: Record<string, number> = JSON.parse(reactions);
+
+    // Increment or decrement the emoji count.
+    data[key] = (data[key] ?? 0) + x;
+
+    // Remove reactions with a count of 0 or less.
+    for (const key of Object.keys(data)) {
+      if (data[key] < 1) {
+        delete data[key];
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Total reactions count.
+    const count = Object.values(data).reduce((result, value) => result + value, 0);
+
+    return {
+      reactions: JSON.stringify(data),
+      reactions_count: count,
+    };
+  });
 }
 
 /** Update stats for kind 9735 event. */
diff --git a/packages/ditto/views.ts b/packages/ditto/views.ts
index 79379e6c..030516db 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/views.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/views.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ async function renderEventAccounts(c: AppContext, filters: NostrFilter[], opts?:
 }
 
 async function renderAccounts(c: AppContext, pubkeys: string[]) {
-  const { offset, limit } = paginationSchema.parse(c.req.query());
+  const { offset, limit } = paginationSchema().parse(c.req.query());
   const authors = pubkeys.reverse().slice(offset, offset + limit);
 
   const { relay, signal } = c.var;
diff --git a/packages/ditto/views/mastodon/statuses.ts b/packages/ditto/views/mastodon/statuses.ts
index a2d4a740..ba2e8d86 100644
--- a/packages/ditto/views/mastodon/statuses.ts
+++ b/packages/ditto/views/mastodon/statuses.ts
@@ -91,11 +91,32 @@ async function renderStatus(
   const subject = event.tags.find(([name]) => name === 'subject');
 
   /** Pleroma emoji reactions object. */
-  const reactions = Object.entries(event.event_stats?.reactions ?? {}).reduce((acc, [emoji, count]) => {
-    if (['+', '-'].includes(emoji)) return acc;
-    acc.push({ name: emoji, count, me: reactionEvent?.content === emoji });
+  const reactions = Object.entries(event.event_stats?.reactions ?? {}).reduce((acc, [key, count]) => {
+    if (['+', '-'].includes(key)) return acc; // skip basic reactions (treat as likes/dislikes in Mastodon API)
+
+    // Custom emoji reactions: `<shortcode>:<url>`
+    try {
+      const [shortcode, ...rest] = key.split(':');
+      const url = new URL(rest.join(':'));
+      const tag = reactionEvent?.tags.find((t) => t[0] === 'emoji' && t[1] === shortcode && t[2] === url.href);
+
+      acc.push({
+        name: shortcode,
+        me: reactionEvent?.content === `:${shortcode}:` && !!tag,
+        url: url.href,
+        count,
+      });
+
+      return acc;
+    } catch {
+      // fallthrough
+    }
+
+    // Native emojis: `🚀`
+    acc.push({ name: key, count, me: reactionEvent?.content === key });
+
     return acc;
-  }, [] as { name: string; count: number; me: boolean }[]);
+  }, [] as { name: string; count: number; me: boolean; url?: string }[]);
 
   const expiresAt = new Date(Number(event.tags.find(([name]) => name === 'expiration')?.[1]) * 1000);
 
diff --git a/packages/mastoapi/middleware/paginationMiddleware.ts b/packages/mastoapi/middleware/paginationMiddleware.ts
index 28a7f1a1..01b222f3 100644
--- a/packages/mastoapi/middleware/paginationMiddleware.ts
+++ b/packages/mastoapi/middleware/paginationMiddleware.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { paginated, paginatedList } from '../pagination/paginate.ts';
-import { paginationSchema } from '../pagination/schema.ts';
+import { paginationSchema, type PaginationSchemaOpts } from '../pagination/schema.ts';
 
 import type { DittoMiddleware } from '@ditto/mastoapi/router';
 import type { NostrEvent } from '@nostrify/nostrify';
@@ -19,19 +19,26 @@ type HeaderRecord = Record<string, string | string[]>;
 type PaginateFn = (events: NostrEvent[], body: object | unknown[], headers?: HeaderRecord) => Response;
 type ListPaginateFn = (params: ListPagination, body: object | unknown[], headers?: HeaderRecord) => Response;
 
+interface PaginationMiddlewareOpts extends PaginationSchemaOpts {
+  type?: string;
+}
+
 /** Fixes compatibility with Mastodon apps by that don't use `Link` headers. */
 // @ts-ignore Types are right.
 export function paginationMiddleware(): DittoMiddleware<{ pagination: Pagination; paginate: PaginateFn }>;
 export function paginationMiddleware(
-  type: 'list',
+  opts: PaginationMiddlewareOpts & { type: 'list' },
 ): DittoMiddleware<{ pagination: ListPagination; paginate: ListPaginateFn }>;
 export function paginationMiddleware(
-  type?: string,
+  opts?: PaginationMiddlewareOpts,
+): DittoMiddleware<{ pagination: Pagination; paginate: PaginateFn }>;
+export function paginationMiddleware(
+  opts: PaginationMiddlewareOpts = {},
 ): DittoMiddleware<{ pagination?: Pagination | ListPagination; paginate: PaginateFn | ListPaginateFn }> {
   return async (c, next) => {
     const { relay } = c.var;
 
-    const pagination = paginationSchema.parse(c.req.query());
+    const pagination = paginationSchema(opts).parse(c.req.query());
 
     const {
       max_id: maxId,
@@ -59,7 +66,7 @@ export function paginationMiddleware(
       }
     }
 
-    if (type === 'list') {
+    if (opts.type === 'list') {
       c.set('pagination', {
         limit: pagination.limit,
         offset: pagination.offset,
diff --git a/packages/mastoapi/pagination/schema.test.ts b/packages/mastoapi/pagination/schema.test.ts
index 94be9091..b315e776 100644
--- a/packages/mastoapi/pagination/schema.test.ts
+++ b/packages/mastoapi/pagination/schema.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { assertEquals } from '@std/assert';
 import { paginationSchema } from './schema.ts';
 
 Deno.test('paginationSchema', () => {
-  const pagination = paginationSchema.parse({
+  const pagination = paginationSchema().parse({
     limit: '10',
     offset: '20',
     max_id: '1',
@@ -21,3 +21,8 @@ Deno.test('paginationSchema', () => {
     until: 4,
   });
 });
+
+Deno.test('paginationSchema with custom limit', () => {
+  const pagination = paginationSchema({ limit: 100 }).parse({});
+  assertEquals(pagination.limit, 100);
+});
diff --git a/packages/mastoapi/pagination/schema.ts b/packages/mastoapi/pagination/schema.ts
index 5647246d..e6b35ce4 100644
--- a/packages/mastoapi/pagination/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/mastoapi/pagination/schema.ts
@@ -9,15 +9,28 @@ export interface Pagination {
   offset: number;
 }
 
+export interface PaginationSchemaOpts {
+  limit?: number;
+  max?: number;
+}
+
 /** Schema to parse pagination query params. */
-export const paginationSchema: z.ZodType<Pagination> = z.object({
-  max_id: z.string().transform((val) => {
-    if (!val.includes('-')) return val;
-    return val.split('-')[1];
-  }).optional().catch(undefined),
-  min_id: z.string().optional().catch(undefined),
-  since: z.coerce.number().nonnegative().optional().catch(undefined),
-  until: z.coerce.number().nonnegative().optional().catch(undefined),
-  limit: z.coerce.number().catch(20).transform((value) => Math.min(Math.max(value, 0), 40)),
-  offset: z.coerce.number().nonnegative().catch(0),
-}) as z.ZodType<Pagination>;
+export function paginationSchema(opts: PaginationSchemaOpts = {}): z.ZodType<Pagination> {
+  let { limit = 20, max = 40 } = opts;
+
+  if (limit > max) {
+    max = limit;
+  }
+
+  return z.object({
+    max_id: z.string().transform((val) => {
+      if (!val.includes('-')) return val;
+      return val.split('-')[1];
+    }).optional().catch(undefined),
+    min_id: z.string().optional().catch(undefined),
+    since: z.coerce.number().nonnegative().optional().catch(undefined),
+    until: z.coerce.number().nonnegative().optional().catch(undefined),
+    limit: z.coerce.number().catch(limit).transform((value) => Math.min(Math.max(value, 0), max)),
+    offset: z.coerce.number().nonnegative().catch(0),
+  }) as z.ZodType<Pagination>;
+}
diff --git a/packages/mastoapi/test/TestApp.ts b/packages/mastoapi/test/TestApp.ts
index a12f48a4..04e1589e 100644
--- a/packages/mastoapi/test/TestApp.ts
+++ b/packages/mastoapi/test/TestApp.ts
@@ -95,10 +95,11 @@ export class TestApp extends DittoApp implements AsyncDisposable {
     return user;
   }
 
-  createUser(sk?: Uint8Array): User {
+  createUser(sk: Uint8Array = generateSecretKey()): User & { sk: Uint8Array } {
     return {
       relay: this.opts.relay,
-      signer: new NSecSigner(sk ?? generateSecretKey()),
+      signer: new NSecSigner(sk),
+      sk,
     };
   }
 
@@ -110,9 +111,19 @@ export class TestApp extends DittoApp implements AsyncDisposable {
       return await this.request(path, {
         method: 'POST',
         headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
-        body: JSON.stringify(body),
+        body: body ? JSON.stringify(body) : undefined,
       });
     },
+    put: async (path: string, body?: unknown): Promise<Response> => {
+      return await this.request(path, {
+        method: 'PUT',
+        headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
+        body: body ? JSON.stringify(body) : undefined,
+      });
+    },
+    delete: async (path: string): Promise<Response> => {
+      return await this.request(path, { method: 'DELETE' });
+    },
   };
 
   async [Symbol.asyncDispose](): Promise<void> {