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Every ATproto app usually needs data from the network and has to run somewhere. How do you do either?

How do you read data from the network?

191 responses

Constellation takes the top spot for data sources, with a very positive sentiment for the backlink index.

  • Negative

    • Used it, negative experience
    • Heard of it, not interested
    • Never heard of it, not interested

  • Neutral

    • No sentiment given

  • Positive

    • Never heard of it, interested
    • Heard of it, interested
    • Used it, positive experience
  1. Constellation189 responses

    Most common: No sentiment given, 42.9%

  2. PLC directory187 responses

    Most common: No sentiment given, 52.9%

  3. The Bluesky AppView186 responses

    Most common: No sentiment given, 54.3%

  4. Jetstream v2188 responses

    Most common: No sentiment given, 44.1%

  5. Jetstream v1186 responses

    Most common: No sentiment given, 56.5%

  6. Slingshot187 responses

    Most common: No sentiment given, 46%

  7. UFOs187 responses

    Most common: No sentiment given, 56.7%

  8. The firehose188 responses

    Most common: No sentiment given, 55.3%

  9. Spacedust185 responses

    Most common: No sentiment given, 54.6%

Each bar splits one entry's ratings from negative to positive. Entries with fewer than 10 ratings come last.

Which of these do you operate yourself?

191 responses

Around two thirds of respondents are hosting infrastructure of some kind.

  1. A PDS48.7%, 93 people
  2. An AppView38.2%, 73 people
  3. None of these31.9%, 61 people
  4. A labeler13.6%, 26 people
  5. A feed generator12%, 23 people
  6. A relay8.4%, 16 people
  7. A Jetstream instance7.3%, 14 people
  8. An App2.6%, 5 people
  9. Bot(s)1%, 2 people
  10. Constellation1%, 2 people
  11. A PLC0.5%, 1 person
  12. Actor Index0.5%, 1 person
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  1. Blob Proxy0.5%, 1 person
  2. Hubble0.5%, 1 person
  3. Lightrail0.5%, 1 person
  4. Malldao0.5%, 1 person
  5. Moderation List0.5%, 1 person
  6. PLC Mirror0.5%, 1 person
  7. Porxie0.5%, 1 person
  8. relay-eval0.5%, 1 person
  9. Slingshot0.5%, 1 person
  10. Tangled Knot0.5%, 1 person
  11. Tangled Spindle0.5%, 1 person
  12. Tap0.5%, 1 person
  13. Webpage0.5%, 1 person
Share of the 191 people who answered. Several answers each, so shares can add up past 100%.

Where do you deploy your ATproto apps?

165 responses

Local hardware takes a win over the cloud, as nearly 60% of builders self-host their creations.

  1. Own hardware58.8%, 97 people
  2. Cloudflare24.8%, 41 people
  3. Hetzner13.3%, 22 people
  4. Railway10.9%, 18 people
  5. Vercel10.9%, 18 people
  6. Fly.io7.3%, 12 people
  7. Netlify5.5%, 9 people
  8. OVH5.5%, 9 people
  9. Google Cloud4.2%, 7 people
  10. Digital Ocean3%, 5 people
  11. AWS2.4%, 4 people
  12. Netcup2.4%, 4 people
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  1. wisp.place1.8%, 3 people
  2. Linode1.2%, 2 people
  3. Render1.2%, 2 people
  4. Upcloud1.2%, 2 people
  5. Azure0.6%, 1 person
  6. Community Infrastructure0.6%, 1 person
  7. Dataforest0.6%, 1 person
  8. exe.dev0.6%, 1 person
  9. Fyrastack0.6%, 1 person
  10. GitHub Pages0.6%, 1 person
  11. Ionos0.6%, 1 person
  12. Koyeb0.6%, 1 person
  13. Nobull Networks0.6%, 1 person
  14. Oracle Cloud0.6%, 1 person
  15. Protobase0.6%, 1 person
  16. Pupcloud0.6%, 1 person
  17. Pyro0.6%, 1 person
  18. PythonAnywhere0.6%, 1 person
  19. Servarica0.6%, 1 person
  20. StaticHost0.6%, 1 person
  21. Uberspace0.6%, 1 person
  22. Somewhere else0.6%, 1 person
Share of the 165 people who answered. Several answers each, so shares can add up past 100%.

How familiar are you with these moderation tools?

196 responses

  • Negative

    • Used it, negative experience
    • Heard of it, not interested
    • Never heard of it, not interested

  • Neutral

    • No sentiment given

  • Positive

    • Never heard of it, interested
    • Heard of it, interested
    • Used it, positive experience
  1. Third-party labelers190 responses

    Most common: No sentiment given, 51.1%

  2. Osprey190 responses

    Most common: No sentiment given, 63.7%

  3. Ozone191 responses

    Most common: No sentiment given, 60.7%

  4. Coop191 responses

    Most common: No sentiment given, 64.4%

  5. Acorn192 responses

    Most common: No sentiment given, 59.9%

Each bar splits one entry's ratings from negative to positive. Entries with fewer than 10 ratings come last.

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