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Recently, I spent some time reading about the Authenticated Transfer protocol (ATproto), which I think is very elegantly designed—and therefore quite promising for a brighter, more connected future. I'd like to share some of the things I've discovered so far.

The following links helped me get a better idea of what ATproto and the ATmosphere are actually all about.

Readings

Internet Handle

Every time you sign up for a new social app, you have to rush to claim your username. If someone else got there first, too bad. And that username only works on that one app anyway.

https://internethandle.org/#start

Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech

What is clear is that there is no simple solution to these challenges, and most of the ones that are normally presented tend not to deal with the reality of the problems or to understand the technical and societal challenges that likely make them impossible.

https://knightcolumbia.org/content/protocols-not-platforms-a-technological-approach-to-free-speech

A complete guide to Bluesky 🦋

I've decided to write down some of the tips & tricks that I often give to friends when I send them an invite code, or the advice and answers that I sometimes give to people that I find in some feed asking about things. This of course got much longer than I planned 😅

https://mackuba.eu/2024/02/21/bluesky-guide/

Open Social — overreacted

The protocol is the API.

https://overreacted.io/open-social/

we can just do things - underreacted

7 days later and we have some results from the experiment. When we demote popular posts we see: - 8.26% fewer "show less like this" (3340 -> 3064) - 0.24% more posts in For You were liked (242438 -> 243024) - 2.43% more feed loads (438867 -> 449537) Per user and per request metrics:

https://underreacted.leaflet.pub/3m23gqakbqs2j

Home

Connected places: understanding how the new social web works

https://connectedplaces.online/

What the hell is the atmosphere anyway - HItchhikers Guide to the atmosphere

A slightly less technical intro to the technical side of Bluesky

https://marvins-guide.leaflet.pub/3lyqxqbbqkc2p

Leaflet, Blogging, and How to Fix Social Media - Aaron Ross Powell's Blog

Decentralization, network overlap, and why we should all blog, too.

https://www.aaronrosspowell.com/3m4jmwemgkk26?auth_completed=true

Utilities

ClearSky

ClearSky - Bringing information closer to you

https://clearsky.app/

Bluesky handle directory

A catalog of Bluesky handles grouped by generic or country TLDs

https://blue.mackuba.eu/directory/

🛸 UFOs: Explore atproto lexicons

Sample records and timeseries statistics for *every* collection seen in the ATmosphere.

https://ufos.microcosm.blue/

Explore the ATmosphere — internect.info

Find technical information about a Bluesky account from its handle or DID.

https://internect.info/

ATProto Browser

Browse the atmosphere.

https://atproto-browser.vercel.app/

Atlas - Engagement-Based Social Graph for Bluesky by Jaz (jaz.bsky.social)

https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats

PDSls

Browse the public data on atproto

https://pdsls.dev/

did:plc Directory

PLC is a persistent global identifier system, which allows accounts to retain relationships while changing names or migrating between service providers. It makes use of cryptography and gives individuals (or organizations) direct control and ownership over their identitifier, but does not make use of any blockchain or cryptocurrency technology, and is inexpensive enough to provide as a no-cost service.

https://web.plc.directory/

Munin

This page was generated by Munin version 2.0.76 at 2025-11-18 18:05:04+0000 (UTC).

https://bskycharts.edavis.dev/

ATproto apps

ATProto Apps with their own records as of 2025-11-20 - grouped by some general types - Hilary's Leaflet

This is not a comprehensive list but it is pretty thorough. There are at least 10 more I need to dig into and probably add here later today maybe. This does NOT include PDSs, Appviews, and clients. The goal was for it to be a list of apps that have their own records in the PDS.

https://leaflet.hilarybaumann.com/3m635zuwm6s2p?auth_completed=true

Leaftlet which I used to create this very page:

Leaflet

tiny interconnected social documents

https://leaflet.pub/

A feed builder (allows to build custom algorithms for Bluesky):

Bluesky Custom Feeds - Built By You

Design, deploy, and grow custom feeds of any complexity on Bluesky with Graze.social.

https://www.graze.social/

A link aggregator in the style of hackernews:

Frontpage

Your frontpage to the internet.

https://frontpage.fyi/

A photo sharing app:

Timeline — Grain

A collection of photos, shot with a mixture of the Samsung Galaxy S24 in ExpertRAW, and a Sony A6000.

https://grain.social/

A recipe sharing app:

recipe.exchange

Discover and share recipes with food enthusiasts worldwide on recipe.exchange

https://recipe.exchange/

A Job portal:

at://work - ATProto Job Board

Your Career. Your Data. Your Place. A decentralized job board powered by the ATProtocol

https://atwork.place/

A reddit like app:

nooki.me

Background images are only visible to you and saved locally in your browser.

https://nooki.me/

An alternative way to experience social media:

anisota for Bluesky & ATProto

a new, experimental way to use social media

https://anisota.net/

Memorable posts:

shreyan

@shreyanjain.net

Alright @jay.bsky.team @pfrazee.com @dholms.xyz @why.bsky.team @emily.bsky.team ..restofbskyteam hear me out network of ActivityPub servers = "fediverse" so federated AT Protocol / BlueSky = "ATmosphere" ;) okay sorry for pinging you all have a nice day

Jul 10, 2023, 1:04 PM

Jerry Chen

@jcsalterego.bsky.social

it's a self-contained ecosystem

the sad wojak cycle meme with four phases:

- article: bluesky is dying. here’s why
- bluesky users: no it’s not; this article sucks. here’s why
- more bluesky users click into the article
- editor: wow this bluesky article is doing numbers. we should write more of these

Jun 12, 2025, 2:55 PM

hailey

@hailey.at

new bluesky growth strategy: hold an election in the United States weekly

Nov 4, 2025, 10:10 PM

Paul Frazee

@pfrazee.com

The core of the Atmosphere is using the PDS to store user's records, just like desktop apps use the filesystem. Desktop apps interoperate using files. Atmosphere apps interoperate using repo records. That's the ethos that I highly doubt will ever change.

Nov 13, 2025, 2:12 PM

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