We recently shipped new functionality to the PDS reference implementation (and Bluesky’s hosting service) which provides a web interface to create and manage accounts directly on the PDS itself.
The Reference PDS Gets an Account Management Page - AT Protocol
Announcing the addition of an account management interface to the reference PDS
Proposal: OAuth-based account creation · bluesky-social atproto · Discussion #4587
We recently added to the reference PDS (and underlying OAuth Provider) implementation support for Initiating User Registration via OpenID Connect 1.0, however, what I wasn't aware of when I add...
New PDS! New PDS! Hear all about it!
The AT Protocol reference PDS implementation has just published a new release, version 0.4.5006 with a whole heap of awesome new features in it, we take a look at those features and the roadmap tha...
Manton Reece - Introducing the Micro.blog PDS
I’ve started rolling out an AT Protocol PDS — personal data server — for new Micro.blog users. In the Bluesky world, a PDS is what stores your posts, follows, photos, and other data from apps. In the same way that creating an account on Micro.blog automatically gives you a fediverse handle, I wanted people to be able to create a Micro.blog account and have everything they needed to sign into Bluesky.
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.
Progress on Auth Scopes Implementation (August 2025) · bluesky-social atproto · Discussion #4118
Since our last update on Auth Scopes, the Bluesky team has been hard at work adding support to our reference PDS implementation. Aspects of this work are starting to roll out in the production netw...
AT Protocol PDS
Explore this self-hosted AT Protocol Personal Data Server (PDS) with useful links and details.
rekmarks/bluesky-account-migrator
A simple CLI for migrating Bluesky accounts from one PDS to another.
rekmarks/bluesky-account-migrator
A simple CLI for migrating Bluesky accounts from one PDS to another.
Bluesky PDS
Take control of your online identity with a one-click Bluesky PDS. Built on the open AT Protocol, Bluesky gives users full ownership of their social data and digital presence. Clovyr makes self-hosting simple, secure, and accessible for everyone, with no command line required.
PDS — a teaching port of the Bluesky personal data server
A from-scratch reimplementation of the Bluesky PDS in TanStack Start, paired with tutorial chapters that explain each subsystem so you can build your own.
I love to see when a *.host.bsky.network (mushroom PDS) user is informed in a nice, polite way about how the AT Protocol works and why it's awesome.
1/X I made an atproto proposal around PDS to PDS repo migration that gets around all of the pain points of account migration today and intentionally builds a migration flow for users to go to the PDS that they want to move to and commence the migration from there.
0014 repo migration pds by afbase · Pull Request #91 · bluesky-social/proposals
github.comWe're very pumped to announce that the reference PDS now has an account management page! atproto.com/blog/pds-account-management You can now manage permissions, update your password, or deactivate your account directly from your PDS, as a regular user — no command line tools or Bluesky interfaces required!
The Reference PDS Gets an Account Management Page
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