Blacksky
Public infrastructure project for the AT Protocol
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Blacksky is an open source digital public infrastructure project for building decentralized social media platforms, developed and maintained by Blacksky Algorithms. The project provides curated feeds and moderation tools to support Black social media users, many of whom previously used Black Twitter.[2]
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Blacksky logo since October 2025 | |
Type of site | Digital public infrastructure |
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| CEO | Rudy Fraser |
| Services | Alternative stack for the AT Protocol[1] |
| URL | blacksky blackskyweb blacksky atproto |
| Launched | June 19, 2023 |
| Current status | Active |
Blacksky runs an alternative implementation of the AT Protocol using a self-built stack in the Rust programming language named "rsky",[3] and is independent from (but interoperates with) the infrastructure run by Bluesky or any other hosts on the protocol's network. Technologist Rudy Fraser started the project in 2021 and launched it in 2023.[4][5][6][7] As of 2024, it was operated by a team of six moderators.[8][9][10][11][12][13]
