localpds: A DIY Project for Self-Hosting Your Bluesky PDS Locally
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Summary
A work-in-progress project called localpds that enables users to host their own Personal Data Server (PDS) locally on their own hardware, currently accessible via a Chrome extension. It allows users to log into Bluesky using localpds.at as a hosting provider, with usernames derived from public keys. The project is still in early development with a warning about potential data loss.
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This project aims to build the infrastructure to allow you to locally host your own PDS (at the moment using a Chrome extension).
Choose localpds.at as the hosting provider.
Type any username and password (your username is from your public key)
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