https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol

Specification of the Farcaster Protocol
https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol

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Specification of the Farcaster Protocol

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol
• Owner: farcasterxyz
• Created: 2022-05-13T01:53:11.000Z (about 3 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2024-12-11T17:29:40.000Z (5 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-08T01:55:12.742Z (17 days ago)
• Topics: farcaster
• Homepage: http://farcaster.xyz
• Size: 764 KB
• Stars: 2,100
• Watchers: 60
• Forks: 296
• Open Issues: 10
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md

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README

        
# Farcaster Protocol

![Archway](/images/arch512.png)

## Getting Started

Farcaster is a protocol for building decentralized social apps. This repository contains the technical specifications for implementing Farcaster.

If you are instead looking for:

1. How to get started, check out [farcaster.xyz](https://www.farcaster.xyz).

2. Developer documentation, check out [docs.farcaster.xyz](https://docs.farcaster.xyz).

## Specifications

The specification is maintained as a Markdown file. There are three important sections:

1. [Overview](/docs/OVERVIEW.md) - A high level overview of the protocol.

2. [Specification](/docs/SPECIFICATION.md) - The technical spec for implementing Farcaster.

3. [FIP Discussions](https://github.com/farcasterxyz/protocol/discussions) - A forum where new proposals to change the specification are discussed.

## Contributing

To make contributions to the protocol, please see the [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md)