i think there's a mostly-unexplored design space here between massive client fan-out and point-to-point links. eg. i want to run my own relay, but not from home, and ideally not with the full weight of multiple full subscribeRepos coming into my home.
Mar 3, 2026 at 3:36 PM
A Full-Network Relay for $34 a Month | bryan newbold
This is an update to a Summer 2024 blog post. At the time, atproto relays required a cache of the full network on local disk to validate data structures. With the Sync v1.1 updates, relays don't need all that disk I/O. What impact does that have on hosting setup and operating costs? Turns out the d...
Relay Directory | Taproot
Browse AT Protocol relay servers. View relay details, subscriber counts, and event volumes across the network.
Crawl me maybe - Sri's leaflets
Introducing vsky.network, a fan-out service for crawl requests across community atproto relays.
@aturi.to/waypoints - npmx
[Beta] Aturi's curated catalog of Atmosphere (AT Protocol) clients, with per-client "Open in…" link builders, recommendations, and URL/AT-URI resolution. Zero runtime dependencies.
ligo.at: decentralized links page
Get your own decentralized and personalizable links page for all your social profiles. Build on top of AT Protocol.
How It Works - Holos Relay
Unlike traditional social networks where your data lives on remote servers, Holos runs a complete ActivityPub server directly on your smartphone. You truly own your identity, posts, and followers.
Bluesky and the AT Protocol: Usable Decentralized Social Media
Bluesky is a new social network built upon the AT Protocol, a decentralized foundation for public social media. It was launched in private beta in February 2023, and has grown to over 10 million registered users by October 2024. In this paper we introduce the architecture of Bluesky and the AT Protocol, and explain how the technical design of Bluesky is informed by our goals: to enable decentralization by having multiple interoperable providers for every part of the system; to make it easy for users to switch providers; to give users agency over the content they see; and to provide a simple user experience that does not burden users with complexity arising from the system's decentralized nature. The system's openness allows anybody to contribute to content moderation and community management, and we invite the research community to use Bluesky as a dataset and testing ground for new approaches in social media moderation.
borgr/ATProto-links-bot
Relays paper links shared in the CoLab Discord to Bluesky and Semble, via a scheduled GitHub Action.
Notes on Running a Full-Network atproto Relay (July 2024) | bryan newbold
Note: See updated post from May 2025 describing a newer, cheaper, easier to run relay implementation! These are some informal notes on setting up a full-network atproto Relay, using the bigsky relay software developed by Bluesky. This is the same software we run ourselves at https://bsky.network. T...
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Atmosphere social client apps should make it easier to broadcast beyond the protocol. Ex. In-app mirroring tools for Threads, X, and other microblogging platforms. As well as having post scheduling. Let people share across the social internet, but make sure ATproto feels like home base.
oh i forgot to mention in my talk, but some of us small indie relay operators are getting together to make @firehose.club so we can share network limit bumps and bans and build some shared tooling. we can go further together <3
two relays, three jetstreams, two plc mirrors, created lightrail (running one instance, several others deploying it), spacedust, constellation and slingshot in HA configs serving hundreds of apps, ufos, firehose compare, pds debugger, a bunch of demos, hubble-mini already mirroring every indie pds,
fig (aka:[phil])
obviously i’m personally a vc-funded billionaire and megacorp to do this. I’m super-funded on github sponsors and setting those Big Bucks on fire! $30 CAD/mo for this!!! in this economy!!!!
Q for Atmosphere gurus: I have many Atmosphere blogs (debbieohi.com/links/). Is there any way I can point people to one page via simple link, where they can see most recent updates in all my ATblogs *without* having to sign up for an app & without having to open up each of my blogs? 🤞🏽
Debbie’s Links – Debbie Ridpath Ohi
debbieohi.comThinking about rebuilding @val.town / @smallweb.run on top of atproto, with an architecture inspired by @tangled.org. Every user can bring it's own runner, but the there is a federated appview for social stuffs (likes, follow, ect...).
