Awesome ATProto

A curated “awesome” directory of tools, implementations, and resources for the AT Protocol (ATProto), an open, federated, decentralized social networking protocol.

• Website / Source: https://github.com/atblueprints/awesome-atproto#readme
• Category: Themed directories
• Tags: awesome-lists, social, decentralized
• Brand: atproto

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Overview

Awesome ATProto is a community-maintained list that organizes information, tools, and references related to the AT Protocol. It serves as an entry point for developers and users interested in building or exploring social applications on the ATProto decentralized network.

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Features

• Curated AT Protocol resources
  Central collection of links and references specifically focused on ATProto.

• AT Protocol overview
  Introduces AT Protocol as a federated protocol for building social applications on an open, decentralized network.

• Structured contents
  The list is organized into multiple sections (as visible in the README structure), including:

  • AT Protocol
    • References – general reference material for understanding ATProto.
    • Articles – written resources such as blog posts or articles about ATProto.
  • Browsers – tools or clients categorized as “browsers” for interacting with ATProto-based services.
  • Platforms
    • Bluesky – section dedicated to Bluesky, a major platform built on ATProto, with a pointer to:
      • Awesome Bluesky – an external, more exhaustive list of tools and clients for Bluesky.
  • Tools – utilities and tools built around or on top of ATProto.
  • Lexicons – resources related to ATProto’s schema definition language.

• Lexicon resources
  Information and links related to Lexicon, ATProto’s schema definition language for:

  • Describing ATProto records.
  • Defining HTTP endpoints (XRPC).
  • Describing event stream messages. Includes references to lexicons for different platforms built on ATProto.

• Community contributions

  • Explicit invitation for contributions via a contributing.md guide.
  • Project includes a code-of-conduct.md to define community behavior standards.

• Open licensing

  • Contains a license file specifying the open-source license for the repository.

• Project metadata and tooling

  • Includes package.json and package-lock.json, indicating a Node.js-based tooling setup (e.g., for validation, formatting, or site generation around the list).
  • .gitattributes and .gitignore for repository configuration.

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Pricing

• Cost: Not applicable – this is an open GitHub “awesome list” repository, freely accessible.

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Contributing

• Contributions are welcomed via pull requests.
• Contributors are directed to:
  • Contribution guidelines (contributing.md).
  • Code of Conduct (code-of-conduct.md) for participation rules.