grain.social is a photo sharing platform built on atproto.
Grain Social Explorer
Explore photo galleries and collections from Grain.social - an Instagram-style viewer for the AT Protocol
What is atproto?
What is atproto? atproto is two things: A protocol for creating open social networks An open social network atproto, the open social network Today the atproto network has 36+ million users and powers Bluesky and a handful of other apps. Almost all atproto data is public. Content like posts, likes, follows, and photos/videos are publicly accessible to any network participant in a permissionless way. As an example of how open the network is, here’s how easy it is to stream all public data on the network using a public atproto Relay like bsky.network:
Jasper — Import Instagram photos to Grain
Import your Instagram photos directly into Grain.social from your browser. Keep your memories under your control, not locked in by big tech.
yoou.social (@yoousocial.bsky.social)
a social media that’s simple, beautiful, and built for you - not for advertisers. powered by atproto.
atproto/proposal.md at main · verdverm/atproto
Social networking technology created by Bluesky (with patches for permissions) - verdverm/atproto
atproto/packages/dev-env at main · bluesky-social/atproto
Social networking technology created by Bluesky. Contribute to bluesky-social/atproto development by creating an account on GitHub.
🚀 Excited to officially launch periwinkle.social to help folks truly own your social identity on @bsky.app and the growing universe of @atprotocol.dev applications. We manage your Personal Data Server and and handle the hard parts so you don't have to. #ATProtocol #PDS
Periwinkle - Get Started
periwinkle.socialImagining atproto as a post-app protocol starts with materializing the social filesystem – decomposing apps and their data into materials and instruments. For the time being, this guestbook is a good example where the display element is a material and the sign element is an instrument.
dan
in any case, the end game is composing these little guys, whatever goes on behind the scenes. social components
Grain photos in Micro.blog: manton.org/2026/07/23/grain-photos-in-mi…
Local-first ATProto
Projects who combine local first paradigm with open social. This collection is to shape thinking together with UX experts early in the process.
Private Social Networks on atproto
Building toward something more like Facebook on atproto (not Facebook Groups, not Marketplace, just *private* content from people you follow.
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Creative Computing Institute
Local-first Software
NorthStar Social: About Us
Stratos
Permissioned Data Diary 3: Your Bucket, My Data - Daniel's Leaflets
Permissioned Data Diary 2: Buckets - Daniel's Leaflets
Spaces as Layers - Nick's Blog
