Diaspora

diaspora* is a privacy-aware, decentralized, open source social network, launched in 2010 and released under the AGPL. Rather than running on servers owned by a single company, diaspora* runs as a federated network of independently operated servers called "pods" — anyone can join an existing pod or host their own, and users own their own data. Its "aspects" model lets people organize contacts into groups and control exactly which audience sees each post, alongside hashtags, mentions, reshares, likes, polls, photos and private conversations. Pods federate with each other using the diaspora* federation protocol. Since release 0.9.0.0 the project officially supports third-party applications through a documented JSON REST API at /api/v1 on every pod, authenticated with OpenID Connect Core 1.0 including Dynamic Client Registration — a necessity in a decentralized network where an application cannot pre-register with every pod it might talk to.

Diaspora publishes 14 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Aspects API, Comments API, Contacts API, and 11 more. Tagged areas include Company, Social, Social Network, Decentralized, and Federated.

The Diaspora catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Diaspora’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, support, engineering blog, signup flow, changelog, and 28 more developer resources.

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43.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 29/100 agent ready Front door AI 1/6 silent Heartbeat 38/100 alive saas · CC-BY-SA-4.0 Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0 · Show this score on your site →

1 published contract 1 MCP Servers 4 Agent Skills

Company Social Social Network Decentralized Federated Open Source Privacy Fediverse Messaging OpenID Connect

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-11-06 · rubric v0.27.0

Composite quality — 43.9/100 · developing

Contract Quality 9.7 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 8.8 / 15

Access Clarity 2.0 / 15

Operational Transparency 3.9 / 10

Contract Governance 1.6 / 9

Discoverability 5.5 / 8

Regulatory Posture 4.9 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Pagination 5 / 5

Distinct Operations 3 / 3

MCP Tool Quality 6 / 6

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Horizontal (data, software, accessibility, platform) regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

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Agent readiness — checks not met, largest first (exact, from this profile):

MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
Agentic Access Contract +10 pts — agentic_access artifact present (x-agentic-access), graded by author
Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0
Rate-Limit Signaling +7 pts — OpenAPI responses document X-RateLimit-* / RateLimit headers (verified), else a rate_limits artifact or RateLimits link (documented)
Request/Response Examples +7 pts — share of operations carrying request/response examples; else an Examples / Code Samples link

8 more unmet checks in the Agent Readiness table above.

Kin Score — facets with the most composite points still available (weight × headroom):

Access Clarity scores 13.2 — up to +17.4 composite points
Contract Quality scores 51.8 — up to +12.1 composite points
Contract Governance scores 18.2 — up to +9.8 composite points

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Markets this provider is in provisional

The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.

Market	Position	Depth	Registered MCP server	Declares compatibility
Matrix Protocol Ecosystem (Matrix.org Foundation directory)	undeclared	-	-	-

Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.

Standards implemented 2

Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.

OpenID Connect

measured — observed by APIs.io (declared)

OpenAPI

measured — observed by APIs.io (published)

APIs 14

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Diaspora Aspects API

The Aspects API from Diaspora — 2 operation(s) for aspects.

Diaspora Comments API

The Comments API from Diaspora — 3 operation(s) for comments.

Diaspora Contacts API

The Contacts API from Diaspora — 2 operation(s) for contacts.

Diaspora Conversations API

The Conversations API from Diaspora — 3 operation(s) for conversations.

Diaspora Likes API

The Likes API from Diaspora — 2 operation(s) for likes.

Diaspora Notifications API

The Notifications API from Diaspora — 2 operation(s) for notifications.

Diaspora Photos API

The Photos API from Diaspora — 2 operation(s) for photos.

Diaspora Post interactions API

The Post interactions API from Diaspora — 5 operation(s) for post interactions.

Diaspora Posts API

The Posts API from Diaspora — 2 operation(s) for posts.

Diaspora Reshares API

The Reshares API from Diaspora — 1 operation(s) for reshares.

Diaspora Search API

The Search API from Diaspora — 3 operation(s) for search.

Diaspora Streams API

The Streams API from Diaspora — 7 operation(s) for streams.

Diaspora Tag followings API

The Tag followings API from Diaspora — 2 operation(s) for tag followings.

Diaspora Users API

The Users API from Diaspora — 5 operation(s) for users.

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Open Collections 14

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

diaspora* Aspects API

OPEN COLLECTION

diaspora* Aspects Comments API

OPEN COLLECTION

diaspora* Aspects Contacts API

OPEN COLLECTION

diaspora* Aspects Conversations API

OPEN COLLECTION

diaspora* Aspects Likes API

OPEN COLLECTION

diaspora* Aspects Notifications API

OPEN COLLECTION

diaspora* Aspects Photos API

OPEN COLLECTION

diaspora* Aspects Post interactions API

OPEN COLLECTION

diaspora* Aspects Posts API

OPEN COLLECTION

diaspora* Aspects Reshares API

OPEN COLLECTION

diaspora* Aspects Search API

OPEN COLLECTION

diaspora* Aspects Streams API

OPEN COLLECTION

diaspora* Aspects Tag followings API

OPEN COLLECTION

diaspora* Aspects Users API

OPEN COLLECTION

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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Diaspora MCP Server

A candidate Model Context Protocol tool surface for the diaspora* API. The decentralized design shapes the whole server: a pod host is not configuration that can be baked in onc...

MCP SERVER

Agent Skills 4

Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.

diaspora-connect-to-a-pod

AGENT SKILL

diaspora-manage-audience

AGENT SKILL

diaspora-publish-a-post

AGENT SKILL

diaspora-read-and-engage

AGENT SKILL

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Diaspora API Rules

71 rules · 64 errors 6 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

OpenAPI Overlays 1

Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.

Diaspora Api Overlay

8 actions · documentation · diaspora-api-openapi.yml

DERIVED

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Diaspora Authentication

openIdConnect · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Diaspora Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Diaspora Vulnerability Disclosure

Hackerone · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Diaspora Scopes

16 scopes

SCOPES

Resources

Get Started 3

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

WellKnown

MCPServer

LLMsTxt

AgentSkill

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conformance

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conventions

DataModel

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Packages

Packages

Access & Security 5

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Authentication

Authentication

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

Security

Security

Operate 6

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker

Support

IssueTracker

ChangeLog

Deprecation

ChangeLog

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

License

License

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

BlogRSS

BlogRSS

Other 3

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Wiki

Wiki

GetInvolved

GetInvolved

Overlay

Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

aid: diaspora
name: Diaspora
description: diaspora* is a privacy-aware, decentralized, open source social network, launched in 2010 and released under
  the AGPL. Rather than running on servers owned by a single company, diaspora* runs as a federated network of independently
  operated servers called "pods" — anyone can join an existing pod or host their own, and users own their own data. Its "aspects"
  model lets people organize contacts into groups and control exactly which audience sees each post, alongside hashtags, mentions,
  reshares, likes, polls, photos and private conversations. Pods federate with each other using the diaspora* federation protocol.
  Since release 0.9.0.0 the project officially supports third-party applications through a documented JSON REST API at /api/v1
  on every pod, authenticated with OpenID Connect Core 1.0 including Dynamic Client Registration — a necessity in a decentralized
  network where an application cannot pre-register with every pod it might talk to.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/diaspora/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  license: CC-BY-SA-4.0
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - license
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source:
  - authentication
  - scopes
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://diasporafoundation.org/assets/logo-e280790b46ace035cde8657c606b7b8cf6d925c7313a48f3d53a6340f59d5dfd.png
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- a16z
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.23'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-20'
tags:
- Company
- Social
- Social Network
- Decentralized
- Federated
- Open Source
- Privacy
- Fediverse
- Messaging
- OpenID Connect
tags_raw:
- Company
- Social
- Social Networking
- Decentralized
- Federated
- Open Source
- Privacy
- Fediverse
- Messaging
- OpenID Connect
- Open-Source
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/diaspora/api-documentation/issues
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/diaspora/api-documentation/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: License
  name: CC-BY-SA-4.0
  url: https://github.com/diaspora/api-documentation/blob/master/LICENSE
- url: https://diasporafoundation.org/
  type: Website
- url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  type: DeveloperPortal
- url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  type: Documentation
- url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  type: APIReference
- url: https://wiki.diasporafoundation.org/Main_Page
  type: Wiki
- url: https://diasporafoundation.org/tutorials
  type: GettingStarted
- url: https://discourse.diasporafoundation.org/
  type: Support
- url: https://blog.diasporafoundation.org/
  type: Blog
- url: https://blog.diasporafoundation.org/feed
  type: BlogRSS
- url: https://github.com/diaspora
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues
  type: IssueTracker
- url: https://diasporafoundation.org/getting_started/sign_up
  type: SignUp
- url: https://diasporafoundation.org/get_involved
  type: GetInvolved
- url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/diaspora/diaspora/develop/Changelog.md
  type: ChangeLog
- url: packages/diaspora-packages.yml
  type: Packages
- url: well-known/diaspora-well-known.yml
  type: WellKnown
- url: mcp/diaspora-mcp.yml
  type: MCPServer
- url: llms/diaspora-llms.txt
  type: LLMsTxt
- url: overlays/diaspora-api-overlay.yaml
  type: Overlay
- url: conformance/diaspora-conformance.yml
  type: Conformance
- url: errors/diaspora-problem-types.yml
  type: ErrorCatalog
- url: lifecycle/diaspora-lifecycle.yml
  type: Lifecycle
- url: lifecycle/diaspora-lifecycle.yml
  type: Deprecation
- url: scopes/diaspora-scopes.yml
  type: OAuthScopes
- url: authentication/diaspora-authentication.yml
  type: Authentication
- url: security/diaspora-domain-security.yml
  type: DomainSecurity
- url: security/diaspora-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
  type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
- url: security/diaspora-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
  type: Security
- url: conventions/diaspora-conventions.yml
  type: Conventions
- url: changelog/diaspora-changelog.yml
  type: ChangeLog
- url: data-model/diaspora-data-model.yml
  type: DataModel
- url: skills/_index.yml
  type: AgentSkill
apis:
- aid: diaspora:diaspora-aspects-api
  name: Diaspora Aspects API
  description: The Aspects API from Diaspora — 2 operation(s) for aspects.
  humanURL: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  baseURL: https://diaspora.social/api/v1
  tags:
  - Aspects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/diaspora-aspects-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/authentication.html
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/scopes.html
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/errors.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/diaspora/api-documentation
- aid: diaspora:diaspora-comments-api
  name: Diaspora Comments API
  description: The Comments API from Diaspora — 3 operation(s) for comments.
  humanURL: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  baseURL: https://diaspora.social/api/v1
  tags:
  - Comments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/diaspora-comments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/authentication.html
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/scopes.html
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/errors.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/diaspora/api-documentation
- aid: diaspora:diaspora-contacts-api
  name: Diaspora Contacts API
  description: The Contacts API from Diaspora — 2 operation(s) for contacts.
  humanURL: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  baseURL: https://diaspora.social/api/v1
  tags:
  - Contacts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/diaspora-contacts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/authentication.html
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/scopes.html
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/errors.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/diaspora/api-documentation
- aid: diaspora:diaspora-conversations-api
  name: Diaspora Conversations API
  description: The Conversations API from Diaspora — 3 operation(s) for conversations.
  humanURL: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  baseURL: https://diaspora.social/api/v1
  tags:
  - Conversations
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/diaspora-conversations-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/authentication.html
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/scopes.html
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/errors.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/diaspora/api-documentation
- aid: diaspora:diaspora-likes-api
  name: Diaspora Likes API
  description: The Likes API from Diaspora — 2 operation(s) for likes.
  humanURL: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  baseURL: https://diaspora.social/api/v1
  tags:
  - Likes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/diaspora-likes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/authentication.html
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/scopes.html
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/errors.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/diaspora/api-documentation
- aid: diaspora:diaspora-notifications-api
  name: Diaspora Notifications API
  description: The Notifications API from Diaspora — 2 operation(s) for notifications.
  humanURL: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  baseURL: https://diaspora.social/api/v1
  tags:
  - Notification
  tags_raw:
  - Notifications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/diaspora-notifications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/authentication.html
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/scopes.html
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/errors.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/diaspora/api-documentation
- aid: diaspora:diaspora-photos-api
  name: Diaspora Photos API
  description: The Photos API from Diaspora — 2 operation(s) for photos.
  humanURL: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  baseURL: https://diaspora.social/api/v1
  tags:
  - Photos
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/diaspora-photos-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/authentication.html
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/scopes.html
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/errors.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/diaspora/api-documentation
- aid: diaspora:diaspora-post-interactions-api
  name: Diaspora Post interactions API
  description: The Post interactions API from Diaspora — 5 operation(s) for post interactions.
  humanURL: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  baseURL: https://diaspora.social/api/v1
  tags:
  - Post interactions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/diaspora-post-interactions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/authentication.html
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/scopes.html
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/errors.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/diaspora/api-documentation
- aid: diaspora:diaspora-posts-api
  name: Diaspora Posts API
  description: The Posts API from Diaspora — 2 operation(s) for posts.
  humanURL: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  baseURL: https://diaspora.social/api/v1
  tags:
  - Posts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/diaspora-posts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/authentication.html
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/scopes.html
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/errors.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/diaspora/api-documentation
- aid: diaspora:diaspora-reshares-api
  name: Diaspora Reshares API
  description: The Reshares API from Diaspora — 1 operation(s) for reshares.
  humanURL: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  baseURL: https://diaspora.social/api/v1
  tags:
  - Reshares
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/diaspora-reshares-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/authentication.html
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/scopes.html
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/errors.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/diaspora/api-documentation
- aid: diaspora:diaspora-search-api
  name: Diaspora Search API
  description: The Search API from Diaspora — 3 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  baseURL: https://diaspora.social/api/v1
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/diaspora-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/authentication.html
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/scopes.html
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/errors.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/diaspora/api-documentation
- aid: diaspora:diaspora-streams-api
  name: Diaspora Streams API
  description: The Streams API from Diaspora — 7 operation(s) for streams.
  humanURL: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  baseURL: https://diaspora.social/api/v1
  tags:
  - Streams
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/diaspora-streams-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/authentication.html
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/scopes.html
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/errors.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/diaspora/api-documentation
- aid: diaspora:diaspora-tag-followings-api
  name: Diaspora Tag followings API
  description: The Tag followings API from Diaspora — 2 operation(s) for tag followings.
  humanURL: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  baseURL: https://diaspora.social/api/v1
  tags:
  - Tag followings
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/diaspora-tag-followings-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/authentication.html
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/scopes.html
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/errors.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/diaspora/api-documentation
- aid: diaspora:diaspora-users-api
  name: Diaspora Users API
  description: The Users API from Diaspora — 5 operation(s) for users.
  humanURL: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  baseURL: https://diaspora.social/api/v1
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/diaspora-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/authentication.html
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/scopes.html
  - type: ErrorCatalog
    url: https://diaspora.github.io/api-documentation/errors.html
  - type: SourceCode
    url: https://github.com/diaspora/api-documentation
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-20'
  status: enriched
  artifacts_added: 23
  pass: local-v1

Diaspora API — frequently asked questions

Does Diaspora have an API?

Yes. APIs.io lists 14 APIs from Diaspora, including Diaspora Aspects API, Diaspora Comments API and Diaspora Contacts API, and 11 more.

Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Diaspora API?

Yes. APIs.io indexes 14 OpenAPI specifications for Diaspora, each linked for download from this page.

How do I authenticate with the Diaspora API?

Diaspora documents its authentication (openIdConnect · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Diaspora Authentication.

Does Diaspora have an MCP server?

Yes. APIs.io lists 1 MCP server for Diaspora: A candidate Model Context Protocol tool surface for the diaspora* API. The decentralized design shapes the whole server: a pod host is not configuration that can be baked in once, it is a required par

Is the Diaspora API ready for AI agents?

Diaspora has a Kin Score of 43.9 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 28.7 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.

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