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Bluesky PDS (Personal Data Server) container image, compose file, and documentation

36 mentions on Hacker News by 29 people: 1 story, 35 comments · first 2023-07-07 · latest 2026-06-21

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  1. …Raspberry Pi or $5/mo VM and requires very little work. It runs in a Docker container with SQLite. https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds
    comment by jacobgold · 2026-06-21 · in Who owns your ATProto identity?
  2. If, like me, you were wondering what PDS stands for: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds
    comment by kenforthewin · 2025-11-16 · in The politics of purely client-side apps
  3. Interesting. Ok just saw this https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds > Self-hosting a Bluesky PDS means running your own Personal Data Server that is capable of federating with the wider ATProto network. So pds (personal data server) is…
    comment by dark_mode · 2025-09-27 · in Open Social
  4. https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds There are also a couple of discord channels and even a server for PDS self-hosters https://discord.atprotocol.dev
    comment by verdverm · 2025-09-26 · in Open Social
  5. …your own. Anyway, you could start on this by running a PDS via the reference implementation here: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds and then building your own appview (application). You could also take a look at Blacksky's…
    comment by steveklabnik · 2025-09-26 · in Open Social
  6. …UI for it. Yes, you can run your own node — multiple types of nodes. You run your own PDS ( https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds ) to store own data (that's the "website" in my analogy), or you could run a Relay (…
    comment by danabramov · 2025-08-30 · in Are we decentralized yet?
  7. …to the internet. To run a custom PDS, you can either use the Docker container provided by Bluesky ( https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds ) or implement your own (e.g. https://github.com/blacksky-algorithms/rsky ). Ditto for other pieces.…
    comment by danabramov · 2025-08-30 · in Are we decentralized yet?
  8. …big strengths. same statement can be applied to running a bluesky PDS. Here are the server recs: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds?tab=readme-ov-file#sel...
    comment by nulfrost · 2025-08-21 · in Introduction to AT Protocol
  9. …set up your own PDS, right now. If you're comfortable with Docker it should take you under an hour: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds
    comment by lukev · 2025-02-26 · in Adding Mastodon Comments to Your Blog
  10. Follow the instructions under "Self-hosting PDS" here: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds
  11. https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds?tab=readme-ov-file#sel...
    comment by psionides · 2025-02-04 · in Bluesky now has 30 million users
  12. …the rest of the network. I host my own. There's an entire section in the README about self-hosting: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds?tab=readme-ov-file#sel...
    comment by DocChi77 · 2025-02-03 · in Bluesky now has 30 million users
  13. …for abuse, since "migrating" an account is a different action than simply "creating" a new one [0]: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds/blob/main/ACCOUNT_MIGR...
    comment by DocChi77 · 2025-02-03 · in Bluesky now has 30 million users
  14. https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds You can run your own server if you like There are also 3rd party algorithms, moderation, and interfaces you can mix and match
    comment by verdverm · 2025-01-22 · in NFL teams can't use Bluesky
  15. …migrate your account and still use the Bluesky app. The custom server is an option at login https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds
  16. …can migrate away from Bluesky-operated PDS to your own, though at the moment you can't migrate back https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds/blob/main/ACCOUNT_MIGR... https://whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net/3l5ii332pf32u Bluesky's AT Proto design has…
  17. perhaps someone can implement it in the bluesky pds as an additional feature https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds put caddy in front of it for brotli compression so it serves fast on 1k2 links
  18. It doesn't have a polished export UI yet but it is absolutely possible: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds/blob/main/ACCOUNT_MIGR...
  19. For Bluesky you start here: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds
  20. …the bluesky hosted PDS? When will account migrations officially be a recommended operation? Source: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds/blob/main/ACCOUNT_MIGR ... When the software is sufficiently tested and implemented. > First of all,…
    comment by pfraze · 2024-11-18 · in Thoughts on Bluesky
  21. …the bluesky hosted PDS? When will account migrations officially be a recommended operation? Source: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds/blob/main/ACCOUNT_MIGR... >We're concerned about the cost structure of AP. We're concerned that…
    comment by S0y · 2024-11-18 · in Thoughts on Bluesky
  22. You can run your own instance: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds It's a weird install with a hybrid of Docker and systemd, but basically you run a script on a low-end Ubuntu VM and point your DNS at it and you're done. Far less…
    comment by programd · 2024-11-16 · in Maybe Bluesky has "won"
  23. https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds
  24. …their app to connect to it.. then you will have all your data freely accessible as you want.. [1] https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds
  25. …these are the important things an open source software should tell its users right off the bat. 1: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds/blob/main/README.md
  26. If you want to dedicate a VM to it, bsky Personal Data Server has a pretty easy install https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds
    comment by brianolson · 2024-10-26 · in Bluesky Is Not Decentralized
  27. …Go libraries: https://github.com/bluesky-social/indigo PDS distribution: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds All dual MIT / Apache 2.0 licensed.
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    story by Wasserpuncher · 2024-02-22 · 0 comments
  29. …by to help if there are any problems. Technical details and the installer are in the GitHub repo https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds And we're on Discord available to help: https://discord.com/invite/UWS6FFdhMe
  30. Personal Data Server (PDS) github link: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds
  31. Federation is up and running on the sandbox network: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds The Q1 timeline for public federation seems plausible.
  32. …hosting a relay is more than a non-trivial matter, although I'd love to be proven wrong there. [0]: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds [1]: Well, outside of literally deploying Blueskys own implementation -…
    comment by noirscape · 2024-01-22 · in Why isn't Bluesky a peer-to-peer network?
  33. …(Feed Generator): https://github.com/bluesky-social/feed-generator 6. Sandbox PDS distribution: https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds/blob/main/SANDBOX.md
  34. …up a seperate network? Or federate with prod? https://atproto.com/blog/federation-developer-sandbox https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds
  35. …Federation for the production network is planned for early 2024. ASAP. 1. https://atproto.com 2. https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds/blob/main/SANDBOX.md
  36. …and have it federate with others, but it's still very much in development and 'here be dragons' https://github.com/bluesky-social/pds/blob/main/SANDBOX.md