According to @mackuba.eu, blue.mackuba.eu/directory/pdses hosting atmosphere accounts. fedidb.com, popular software has this many servers: * Mastodon 9116 * Peertube 1529 * Misskey 1154 * Pixelfed 693 * Writefreely 573 * Sharkey 510 * Lemmy 431 * Pleroma 346 * Akkoma 331 Are we decentralized yet?
Apr 29, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Spinning Up Your Own Corner of the ATmosphere - Mostly Protocols
How to set up your own PDS from scratch - server, domain, email, migration, and all the little details that actually matter when you're trying to run your own piece of the ATmosphere.
Self-hosting - AT Protocol
Self-hosting a Bluesky PDS means running your own Personal Data Server that is capable of federating with the wider ATProto network.
Non-bluesky Public Hosted PDSs - Hilary's Leaflet
Existing public hosted PDS options. This also has some things I hope that anyone hosting a PDS will look at. (Backups, account creation and migration will be covered separately.)
Non-bluesky Public Hosted PDSs - Hilary's Leaflet
Existing public hosted PDS options. This also has some things I hope that anyone hosting a PDS will look at. (Backups, account creation and migration will be covered separately.)
PDS Directory | ATProto PDS Index
Complete directory of Personal Data Servers in the Atmosphere.
Public Hosted PDS options - created by HilaryBaumann.com
atproto vancouver (@vancouver.atprotocol.community)
atproto community in Vancouver, Canada Hosted on @commonscomputer.com, a PDS host on a server at @z-space.ca Check out our @blento.app for more info: https://vancouver.atprotocol.community/
Adversarial ATProto PDS Migration | Blog
An ATProto account lives on a Personal Data Server (PDS), and that service needs to be hosted somewhere by someone. There are a lot of options here, like a Raspberry Pi in your closet, a rented VPS in a datacentre, or a batteries-included service like bsky.social.
Self-hosting your PDS | jola.dev
How to set up your own atproto Personal Data Server using tranquil-pds and docker compose, walking you through it step by step.
atproto pds self-hosting: some issues and antipatterns | friendmeat
The Bluesky personal data server (pds) repository is weirdly opinionated about stuff that's easy, and unhelpful with the stuff that's hard. They also insist on using a script that installs a whole HTTP server and Docker stack. But if you're gonna use Docker why assume that people don't already have their own stack? It's just weird and annoying. But here's how I did it.
Are We Decentralized Yet?
Statistics on how concentrated user accounts and data are across the Fediverse, the Atmosphere, web hosting, email, and other Internet infrastructure.
One thing I hope to see after this is more than just the reference implementation of it. An Atmosphere Account ecosystem where PDS providers compete on UX, features, and extensions can be a whole new brand of competition in the open social web, and everyone should lean into it.
Anuj Ahooja
"We plan to add basic account management functionality directly to the PDS reference implementation." LFG.
moving in is a breeze thanks to @baileytownsend.dev's PDS Moover. you should come visit and stay with us if you feel at home. Nuremberg is a good place. You can connect with a lot of Europeans from here. And the rest of the world is also just a few milliseconds away.
Atmosphere
docs.npmx.devPDS Hosting
Resources related to atproto Personal Data Server (PDS) hosting
Bluesky handle directory – PDSes
eny.space
Bitesize Proto: Two PDS containers at the same time; synchronized swimmers - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Atmosphere
