# Rocksky

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Rocksky and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for combining listening stats and discovery in an open, developer-friendly way on the AT Protocol. The most common caveat is that its description is too vague to tell what it does.

## Why people recommend it

- Open approach built on AT Protocol (4 comments): "focuses both on listening stats and social/discovery features, while still staying open and developer-friendly" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48134403)) "The ATProto angle is compelling, but I think frictionless migration will be key." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48165443)) "There's a better credible exit, as it's based on atproto/Bluesky protocols" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48296250))
- Seen as fun, cool, impressive (3 comments): "overall nice work and I wish you good luck, this is cool!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48167631)) "it's fun and quite impressive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48174049)) "it's also a very cool one" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48162586))

## What people warn about

- Description too vague to understand (2 comments): "The description of what the thing does is so brief that neither of us can figure it out." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48165789)) "so detrimentally-vague about what it is actually meant to do" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48172297))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Last.fm](https://hackerapproved.com/p/last-fm.md): 120 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://rocksky.app/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Rocksky", https://hackerapproved.com/p/rocksky/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).