ATProto explainer thread from a non-Bluesky app/service’s perspective
rpg.actor
Very glad you asked! Bluesky runs on tech called AT Protocol, which lets you use that same account on sites like rpg.actor via process called OAuth which keeps your password away from our server. Login actually takes you to a bsky.social page that lists what read / write our site wants in to use:
Sep 4, 2026 at 4:21 AM
atproto-comments
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Call for Developer Projects · bluesky-social atproto · Discussion #3049
The last few weeks have seen a swell of developer interest in atproto. Welcome! The protocol is maturing, and now is a great time for early adopters to jump in and start building. This post lists s...
Can atproto scale down?
Decomposing the Bluesky appview and self-hosting the pieces
The Bluesky ecosystem has the juice (ATProto for normies) - Pioneer
An explanation for people who don't care about software protocolsBluesky is built on top of a new software protocol - https://atproto.com/ - for building dis...
The Bluesky ecosystem has the juice (ATProto for normies) - Nate Spilman
An explanation for people who don't care about software protocols Bluesky is built on top of a new software protocol - https://atproto.com/ - for building distr...
FediForum Talk: Atproto: A Technical Introduction
By Daniel Holmgren, head of protocol at Bluesky PBC. AT Protocol (atproto) is the open protocol powering Bluesky and the emerging Atmosphere. This talk gives a high-level overview of atproto's app...
ATProto and BlueSky notes and resources
bluesky-social atproto · Discussions
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There are no instances in ATProto | Hacker News
I feel like you've (perhaps purposefully?) misinterpreted "instances" just to plug ATProto specifically at the expense of ActivityPub (and RSS, a bit). I think you lower yourself by doing this:
Every time someone threatens not to use an atproto app I think about a dinner I had where a Threads dev told me they onboard the entirety of the Bluesky/Atmosphere user base every single day. And Threads comes up in casual conversation I have with people. So im curious
Rude1 Haunted Badness. ⁂
What do you like about Threads?
My take on the "explaining atproto" discourse is that all the UX/filesystem/etc metaphors are still very verbose and that you can explain the same idea in a lot less words: It separates data from apps, so any app can use data from any other app. That fits in a tweet, with other sentences around it.
some thoughts on atproto as a post-app paradigm
Ecosystem Plugins
notes.wesleyfinck.orgThere are some questions about this service, especially since it seems to be from Bluesky (the company): -> github.com/bluesky-social/account-info Is this supposed to be a generic atproto service? Does this "promote" or "ossify" the Blueksy account lexicon now deeply into atproto as the canonical "account"?
GitHub - bluesky-social/account-info: https://account.info
github.com
Eric
