News Product Alliance Summit, October 23 2026
AT Protocol
This is the underlying protocol behind Bluesky, Chicago.com, the new version of TimelineJS, and much more.
Protocols, Not Platforms: A Technological Approach to Free Speech: Mike Masnick’s seminal paper for the Knight First Amendment Institute that kicked off Bluesky and AT Protocol development
Official documentation: get started building on the protocol
Bluesky and the AT Protocol: Usable Decentralized Social Media: a computer science paper diving into the underlying concepts
Chicago.com
Chicago Public Media’s social site for Chicago neighborhoods, powered in part by New_ Public’s Roundabout platform.
A new digital home for Chicago: the original announcement post
TimelineJS
Knight Lab’s easy-to-use visual timeline project, now rebuilt on top of AT Protocol.
About Atmosphere: how the reimagined TimelineJS makes use of AT Protocol
Open protocols in the midterms
Some examples of how AT Protocol is being used in the upcoming midterm elections.
Election Night 2026: Graze’s real-time dashboard for election content
2026 CA Midterm Election: A live Bluesky feed curated by CalMatters
Other projects
These projects all make use of the AT Protocol ecosystem.
Bluesky: the AT Protocol based social platform
Standard.site: a protocol extension to make long-form content easier to discover, index, and move
Offprint: an easy way to publish long-form content and build an audience
Pckt: a personal blogging platform
Leaflet: a customizable way to showcase original writing
Currents: a visual exploration and bookmarking tool
Tangled: a social-enabled git collaboration platform
Atstore: a gateway to even more applications in the ecosystem