A checklist of things to check when you move to a new PDS and new posts don't show or your account doesn't load on Bluesky
Running Bluesky PDS undockered
A bit over a year ago, in the first week of January 2025, I migrated my main Bluesky account to my own PDS on a Netcup VPS. It’s been quite easy to set up using the official installer, and it’s been running pretty much without any problems or maintenance the whole year.
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.
Notes on migrating a Bluesky account | Archived fry69
So You Want to Migrate... If you have an account on a Bluesky mushroom PDS (\<mushroom>.\*.bsky.network) and want to migrate to another PDS (e.g., your own), this can currently be a daunting task. As of this writing, there are a few web-based migration tools available, but even with those you might...
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pds/ACCOUNT_MIGRATION.md at main · bluesky-social/pds
Bluesky PDS (Personal Data Server) container image, compose file, and documentation - bluesky-social/pds
[Guide] - Bluesky to Twitter/X migration
For those who have decided to leave Twitter/X for Bluesky, or, like me, have joined both platforms, one of the first challenges is replicating your follows. If you have a significant number of accounts you’re following, manually searching for and re-following them on Bluesky can be a tedious and time-consuming process. Earlier today, I decided to dig into whether there are any tools or methods to make this transition easier. After exploring several options, I came across a particularly
here is how i've been explaining PDS migration to the 115 users i've migrated: imagine your bluesky account as being an apartment. you're upset the rent is changing, so you move to a cheaper apartment on the other side of town. after you move, you have to update your address with the post office.
daniel holmgren 🫠
& you lose if you say the word "protocol", "decentralized", "repo", or "pds" to illustrate: the cloud is "the thing where i keep my photos when i drop my phone in a lake". if you even mention a "server" while explaining the cloud then you lost the thread
Finally time to drop the thing I've been working on for weeks: Bluesky without Bluesky – I ran a full stack PDS/Relay/AppServer/Client stack using no bluesky code!
Bluesky... without Bluesky
mia.leaflet.pubThe frustrating thing about this is that when you "Login with Bluesky", you're not even actually logging in with Bluesky The App. You may be using a Bluesky PBC-hosted PDS, but it has nothing to do with @bsky.app, other than it's the PDS you're assigned when you create an account on their client.
here is how i've been explaining PDS migration to the 115 users i've migrated: imagine your bluesky account as being an apartment. you're upset the rent is changing, so you move to a cheaper apartment on the other side of town. after you move, you have to update your address with the post office.
daniel holmgren 🫠
& you lose if you say the word "protocol", "decentralized", "repo", or "pds" to illustrate: the cloud is "the thing where i keep my photos when i drop my phone in a lake". if you even mention a "server" while explaining the cloud then you lost the thread
Finally time to drop the thing I've been working on for weeks: Bluesky without Bluesky – I ran a full stack PDS/Relay/AppServer/Client stack using no bluesky code!
Bluesky... without Bluesky
mia.leaflet.pub1/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.comOpen PDSes
A collection of Bluesky PDSes that are "open" and are excepting new users
Selfhosted.social
AT Protocol PDS
