What is atproto?

What is atproto?

atproto is two things:

1. A protocol for creating open social networks

2. 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: