--- title: ActivityPub/Nostr/AT-BlueSky Compared | daily.dev description: This post compares three decentralized microblogging protocols, ActivityPub, Nostr, and AT Protocol. It discusses their server load, ease of use, account... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/activitypub-nostr-at-bluesky-compared-nvbrn8wft twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: ActivityPub/Nostr/AT-BlueSky Compared | daily.dev og:description: This post compares three decentralized microblogging protocols, ActivityPub, Nostr, and AT Protocol. It discusses their server load, ease of use, account... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/activitypub-nostr-at-bluesky-compared-nvbrn8wft og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NvbRN8wft.png og:image:alt: ActivityPub/Nostr/AT-BlueSky Compared og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ActivityPub/Nostr/AT-BlueSky Compared **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 26 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This post compares three decentralized microblogging protocols, ActivityPub, Nostr, and AT Protocol. It discusses their server load, ease of use, account ownership, client load and customization, portability, malleability, direct messaging, growth, scaling issues, moderation and community concerns, future changes, and their potential in the decentralized social media landscape. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#activitypub](https://daily.dev/tags/activitypub) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/activitypub-nostr-at-bluesky-compared-nvbrn8wft) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"ActivityPub/Nostr/AT-BlueSky Compared","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/activitypub-nostr-at-bluesky-compared-nvbrn8wft","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/activitypub-nostr-at-bluesky-compared-nvbrn8wft"},"datePublished":"2024-04-07T19:04:31.894Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:43:33.910Z","description":"This post compares three decentralized microblogging protocols, ActivityPub, Nostr, and AT Protocol. It discusses their server load, ease of use, account...","image":"https://nate.mecca1.net/img/leeroy_jenkins.gif","thumbnailUrl":"https://nate.mecca1.net/img/leeroy_jenkins.gif","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/activitypub-nostr-at-bluesky-compared-nvbrn8wft","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"activitypub","timeRequired":"PT26M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"ActivityPub/Nostr/AT-BlueSky Compared"}]} ```