







Run two PDSs container instances on the same machine, or if crafty elsewhere.
Protobase
Managed AT Protocol PDS infrastructure for your brand. Give your users a home on the Atmosphere — we handle the heavy lifting.

Spinning Up Your Own Corner of the ATmosphere - Mostly Protocols
How to set up your own PDS from scratch - server, domain, email, migration, and all the little details that actually matter when you're trying to run your own piece of the ATmosphere.
PDS.RIP - Ephemeral Sandbox PDS
Welcome to a public sandbox PDS for the AT Protocol network. Create an account, test the protocol, build cool stuff.
Setting Up Your Own PDS Is Frighteningly Easy
A PDS, or Personal Data Server, is kind of the core thing behind atproto. The idea is that it's a server that stores all your atproto data and cryptographic keys. Most people just use Bluesky's PDS right now, but this is probably the most commonly self-hosted part of the ecosystem:

Beyond the Statusphere: Part 1, Resolving the User's PDS - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Atmosphere
Learn why it's important to resolve the user's PDS and use that in your ATProto applications.

Running a PDS for Your App: How OpenMeet Operates Its AT Protocol Integration
The free, open-source alternative to Meetup. Create groups and events for your community — no fees, no ads, community-owned forever.

atproto PDS & account debugger
Quick diagnostics for PDS hosts, handles, relay connections, handles, DIDs, ...
Cirrus
The lightest PDS in the Atmosphere. A single-user AT Protocol Personal Data Server that runs on a Cloudflare Worker.
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.

Compose | Taproot
Create a new AT Protocol record on your PDS. Prefill via at.new links, save drafts on your device, and publish with one click.
Compose | Taproot
Create a new AT Protocol record on your PDS. Prefill via at.new links, save drafts on your device, and publish with one click.
Introduction to AT Protocol
Walkthrough of the various parts and concepts in Bluesky's AT Protocol (ATProto), the types of servers involved and how it all fits together

Tranquil PDS
Tranquil PDS is a Personal Data Server, the thing that stores your posts, profile, and keys. Bluesky runs one for you, but you can run your own.