Well, hello there

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I'm glad you're here!

To explore BlueSky without an account, click the "Explore BlueSky without an account" button above (duh). You can look at people's profiles, search posts, or explore feeds.

You can also use Skychat as a full-blown replacement for the official BlueSky app. Just sign-in above with an app password.

Why would I use Skychat instead of the official app?

Glad you asked! The BlueSky team isn't just working on the official app, but a gazillion things. They also have quality standards (no, really). As such, they can not move as fast as a single person in their bed room.

Here's what Skychat can do, which the official app can not do (yet);

Show how many people quoted a post and the quoting posts themselves
(Click the three dots, then "Quotes") Show you a person's likes
(just click the "Likes" tab to view Mr. Takei's likes) Show GIFs/videos from Giphy, Tenor, and Imgur inline
(Either click the GIF icon when composing a post, or paste a link into your post, then click "Add card") Show YouTube/Spotify/Twitch/.mp4 videos/songs/albums inline
(Paste a link into your post, then click "Add card")

Drag & drop, or copy images from your clipboard directly into the post editor

Threaded by default, including a thread reader mode Collapse/expand replies in a thread via a simple tap/click (Push-)notification filters Easily search your own posts (or those of a specific person) All the little numbers (likes or reply counts) update across the entire UI in real-time Dev mode, get any at-uri and response JSON directly from within the UI

Install it as an app on Android, iOS (16+), or your PC and Mac

View all posts for a hashtag by just clicking it

I'm currently working on implementing the last few features to have feature parity with the official client. Then I'll add the following features. Some of them will be paid features, as they require me to pay money for hosting or third party services.

Muted words and threads

End-to-end encrypted private messages

Private bookmarks ($$$)

Private curation lists ($$$)

Analytics ($$$)

Post scheduling ($$$)

Image alt-text generation ($$$)

Skychat is only a few weeks in the making, I haven't even officially released it yet!

It gets updated daily with new features and bug fixes. And new bugs. If you find any, hit me up on BlueSky and tell me what you found.

Skychat is lovingly made by Mario Zechner
Source code