# How ROOST is Advancing Online Safety

DevFeed: [How ROOST is Advancing Online Safety](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-roost-is-advancing-online-safety-248.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://discord.com/blog/how-roost-is-advancing-online-safety>)

Author: Clint Smith

Published: 2026-03-16T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Discord Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/discord-blog.md>)

Topics: [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [Tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tooling.md>), [coding-community](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding-community.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Red](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/red.md>), [Discord](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/discord.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [contributors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contributors.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [ecosystem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ecosystem.md>), [industry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/industry.md>), [open](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [operations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/operations.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [safety](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/safety.md>), [tooling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tooling.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how ROOST advances online safety by open-sourcing tools such as Osprey, encouraging platforms and vendors to adopt, manage, and improve them collaboratively. It highlights Osprey's v1 release, adoption by platforms including Bluesky, recurring public working-group meetings, and reciprocal contributions between the ROOST ecosystem and Discord.

## Source excerpt

The threat landscape online has shifted dramatically. Many online platforms are left to reinvent safety tools from scratch. That's the gap ROOST was built to close -- and it's why open-sourcing battle-tested tools like Osprey matters so much.