The Atmosphere is an open social web made of apps and services that work together. Instead of creating a fresh account for every app, you can use one portable identity across the network.
An Atmosphere account is like a passport: one handle, one home for your data, and the freedom to choose the apps you use.
Posts, likes, follows, comments, lists, photos, videos, blogs, and new kinds of records can all live with the same account. Apps can present that data in different ways, but the identity stays yours.
- Universal identity — the same
@handlecan identify you across Atmosphere apps. - Account ownership — your profile and records are not trapped inside one app.
- Anyone can build — developers can make new apps that plug into the same network.
- Personal domains — your handle can be your own domain, so your identity follows your name or project.
Your account lives with a provider: a service that stores your personal data and keeps it available to apps. A provider might be an app you already use, an independent host, or infrastructure you run yourself.
You can move providers without starting over. Your account, records, and relationships are designed to remain portable.
A blog post might appear in a reader. A photo might appear in a gallery. Music might show up in a player. The same account can produce records that many apps understand, and the ecosystem can grow without a fixed list of app types.
No single company has to decide what you see or where you go. Moderation, feeds, and apps can be chosen in layers:
- Subscribe to community moderation and block lists.
- Switch feeds like playlists.
- Move between apps and providers while keeping your audience.
The promise is an internet that is open by default and owned by the people using it.
Adapted from Atmosphere Account.