blacksky.community is a community-driven fork of the official Bluesky Social client.
It’s the primary client for the Blacksky community, maintained by and for our members.
We track upstream releases closely but layer on features and policies that reflect Blacksky’s
values of safety, autonomy, and collective ownership.
🗳 Have feedback? Join the open conversation on Polis: https://pol.is/6vmnfmi5ps
| Platform | Link | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Web | https://blacksky.community | ✅ Live |
| iOS | (App Store link forthcoming) | 🛠 WIP |
| Android | (Play Store link forthcoming) | 🛠 WIP |
Blacksky ships everything you expect from the upstream Bluesky client plus community-specific defaults:
| Area | Additions |
|---|---|
| Safety & Moderation | • @blacksky.app moderation service is the default and cannot be disabled, providing strong anti-harassment filtering out-of-the-box |
| Feed Control | • Blacksky: Trending feed replaces Discover as the landing feed |
| On-boarding | • New users sign up on the Blacksky PDS and receive *.blacksky.app handles |
- Private, community-only posts, similar to Hometown
- Familiar, but unmistakably Blacksky – default behaviour mirrors the official client so new users feel at home, while branding and safety defaults make it clear you’re on Blacksky.
- Community governance – major feature decisions and policy changes are discussed on Polis and implemented transparently.
This is a React Native project in TypeScript.
It depends on the open-source AT Protocol packages (e.g. @atproto/api).
A vestigial Go service in ./bskyweb/ can serve a React Native Web build, but we deploy the web
front-end as static files (currently via Cloudflare Pages).
See docs/build.md for local setup. Nix users can leverage flake.nix for a
one-command dev shell.
Helpful AT Protocol links:
- Overview & Guides – https://atproto.com/guides/overview
- GitHub Discussions – https://github.com/bluesky-social/atproto/discussions
- Protocol Specs – https://atproto.com/specs/atp
We ❤️ thoughtful contributions! Help us keep the diff small and the community safe.
Rules
- We may decline or delay PRs that are too large to maintain.
- We reserve the right to lock heated threads to protect contributors’ time.
Guidelines
- Open an issue first – give the community time to discuss scope & maintenance.
- Prefer small patches – anything that touches lots of upstream code is hard to carry.
- Put opinionated changes behind toggles.
- Avoid PRs that…
- Rename common terms (e.g., “Post” → “Skeet”)
- Replace core libraries without strong need (e.g., MobX → Redux)
- Add entirely new features with no prior discussion
If your idea isn’t a fit, feel free to fork – that’s the beauty of open source!
- Re-brand clearly so users don’t confuse your fork with blacksky.community.
- Point analytics / error reporting to your endpoints.
- Update support links (feedback, email, terms, etc.) to your own.
Found a vulnerability?
Email rudy@blacksky.app – we will respond
promptly.
MIT – see ./LICENSE.
Blacksky exists because of contributors like you.
Thank you for helping us build safer, community-owned social media!