About Certs.social
What is Certs.social?
Certs.social is a platform for recognizing the people doing meaningful work across impact domains. Whether it's land regeneration, open source software development, investigative journalism, scientific research, community organizing, or any other field where people contribute to the common good — Certs.social makes that work visible.
Contributors publish activity claims that document what they've done, who was involved, and the scope of their work. These claims are public, verifiable, and portable — they belong to the contributor, not the platform.
Why does this matter?
People working on some of the hardest problems — restoring degraded ecosystems, maintaining critical open source infrastructure, advancing scientific frontiers, building community resilience — often struggle to get recognized for their contributions. Without recognition, it's difficult to attract the resources needed to continue.
Certs.social creates a shared, open record of this work. The goal is not just visibility, but to build the foundation for contributors to access funding, collaboration, and support. Features for connecting contributors with resources are coming soon.
How does it work?
Certs.social is built on AT Protocol, the open standard behind Bluesky and a growing ecosystem of decentralized applications. When you sign up, you get an AT Protocol identity and a Personal Data Server (PDS) hosted at certified.one. Your profile, activity claims, and data are yours — portable across any app that speaks AT Protocol.
Sign-in is passwordless: enter your email, receive a one-time code, and you're in. No passwords to remember, no accounts to manage across different services. Your identity is cryptographically verifiable and works the same whether you're on certs.social or any partner application.
Who operates Certs.social?
Certs.social is operated by the Hypercerts Foundation, a Delaware nonstock corporation founded in February 2023. The Foundation builds open infrastructure for tracking, funding, and rewarding positive impact — and Certs.social is the social layer of that ecosystem.
The Foundation chose AT Protocol as the foundation for Certs.social because impact work shouldn't be locked into a single platform. Contributors need to move freely between applications while keeping their profile, claims, and reputation intact.
Open source
Every component of Certs.social is open source. The application code, the PDS infrastructure, and the protocol it builds on are all publicly auditable. You can review the source on GitHub.
Infrastructure
The Personal Data Servers operated by Certs.social are hosted on cloud infrastructure located within the European Union. The service is designed to comply with GDPR and the Digital Services Act.
For more details, see our Privacy Policy and DSA Compliance page.
Contact
Hypercerts Foundation
1209 Orange St.
Wilmington, DE 19801
United States
Email: support@hypercerts.org