# Diaspora

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/diaspora/  
**Website:** https://diasporafoundation.org/  
**APIs profiled:** 14

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.

## Kin Score — 44.4 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 44.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 81.5 |
| Contract Quality | 58.7 |
| Governance | 16.7 |
| Contract Governance | 16.7 |
| Operational Transparency | 39.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 58.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 13.2 |
| Access Clarity | 13.2 |

## Agent readiness — 31.8 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | verified |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | derived |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (14)

- **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.

## MCP servers (1)

- **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...

## Security (3)

- **Diaspora Authentication** — openIdConnect · 1 scheme
- **Diaspora Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DNSSEC · DMARC
- **Diaspora Vulnerability Disclosure** — Hackerone · contact published

## Tags

Company, Social, Social Networking, Decentralized, Federated, Open-Source, Privacy, Fediverse, Messaging, OpenID Connect

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/diaspora/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.