Rocksky
Music scrobbler in Audio
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.
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.
14 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 10
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 71%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 10 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Open approach built on AT Protocol
“focuses both on listening stats and social/discovery features, while still staying open and developer-friendly”
Comment from 14 May 2026 in “Show HN: A modern Music Player Daemon based on Rockbox firmware” “The ATProto angle is compelling, but I think frictionless migration will be key.”
Comment from 17 May 2026 in “Show HN: Rocksky – Music scrobbling and discovery on the AT Protocol” “There's a better credible exit, as it's based on atproto/Bluesky protocols”
Comment from 27 May 2026 in “Last.fm is now independent” - Comment from 16 May 2026 in “Show HN: Rocksky – Music scrobbling and discovery on the AT Protocol”
Seen as fun, cool, impressive
“overall nice work and I wish you good luck, this is cool!”
Comment from 17 May 2026 in “Show HN: Rocksky – Music scrobbling and discovery on the AT Protocol” “it's fun and quite impressive”
Comment from 17 May 2026 in “Show HN: Rocksky – Music scrobbling and discovery on the AT Protocol” “it's also a very cool one”
Comment from 16 May 2026 in “Show HN: Rocksky – Music scrobbling and discovery on the AT Protocol”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Description too vague to understand
“The description of what the thing does is so brief that neither of us can figure it out.”
Comment from 17 May 2026 in “Show HN: Rocksky – Music scrobbling and discovery on the AT Protocol” “so detrimentally-vague about what it is actually meant to do”
Comment from 17 May 2026 in “Show HN: Rocksky – Music scrobbling and discovery on the AT Protocol”
What people recommend instead
The same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last.fm | 120 | 33 | 78% | 8 | 20 yrs30 owners | Approved |
| RockskyThis page | 10 | 4 | 71% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
13 of the 15 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“There's a better credible exit, as it's based on atproto/Bluesky protocols”
“it's fun and quite impressive”
“so detrimentally-vague about what it is actually meant to do”
“overall nice work and I wish you good luck, this is cool!”
“Yeah, that doesn't sound great.”
“If it cannot find a matching track, it will skip the scrobble.”
“Very nice, I was looking for something like this to scrobble to both Lastfm and listenbrainz.”
“The description of what the thing does is so brief that neither of us can figure it out.”
“The ATProto angle is compelling, but I think frictionless migration will be key.”
“I'd think you could potentially take over the ecosystem relatively quickly”
“it's also a very cool one”
“Hoping to bring a more open and modern approach to it with ATProto.”
“focuses both on listening stats and social/discovery features, while still staying open and developer-friendly”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.