dais

An open source, private-by-default social server for Cloudflare. dais is a Skeptical Engineering project: run your own domain, post privately to approved followers, publish publicly to the wider fediverse, and bridge public posts toward Bluesky / AT Protocol.

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The live dais project instance

This is the project account for dais by Skeptical Engineering, not a personal account. Skeptical Engineering will later have its own dais presence at @social@skpt.cl; this instance remains the live project/demo presence for dais itself.

ActivityPub handle: @social@dais.social

ActivityPub profile: https://social.dais.social/users/social

ActivityPub origin: https://social.dais.social

AT Protocol PDS origin: https://pds.dais.social

What dais is for

vision

Own your social graph

dais is built for people, families, communities, and small organizations that want a social presence on their own domain instead of inside a platform silo.

default

Private first

Rust CLI and TUI posts default to followers-only. Public broadcast is an explicit choice, and non-public content is not routed to Bluesky.

open

Federated by design

ActivityPub is the primary federation layer for public and private/followers posts. AT Protocol support provides a growing public-read and public-posting surface.

Implementation status

production

ActivityPub foundation

WebFinger, actor, inbox, outbox, public dereference, delivery queueing, HTTP signatures, locked-profile signaling, and private/E2EE anonymous denial are implemented.

production

Rust operator client

The owner interface is the Rust CLI/TUI. It manages posts, timelines, followers, notifications, deliveries, E2EE helpers, events, actor mode, and diagnostics.

partial

Mastodon compatibility

dais is Mastodon-readable and exposes a read-oriented Mastodon API floor. It is not a full Mastodon server replacement yet.

partial

Bluesky / AT Protocol

The PDS exposes identity, repo metadata, public record reads, author feed, timeline, notifications, likes, followers, follows, and subscribeRepos status. Full AT Protocol compatibility remains in progress.

experimental

E2EE

The encryptedMessage envelope, CLI encrypt/decrypt helpers, and Mastodon fallback modes exist. MLS-based decentralized DMs are still prototype work.

in progress

Media and polish

R2 media serving and ActivityStreams attachment metadata exist. Richer media upload, profile editing, moderation UI, analytics, and TUI polish are active roadmap items.

Use it or follow along