PDSes Open for Asylum

Some of the following PDSes require an invite code to sign up, but are still open to everyone. The invite codes are enabled to prevent bots and abuse of the service.

If you know of (or run) any PDS that is offering invites out, feel free to reply to this post and I'll add them here!

Please note that each of these PDSes has their own rules and guidelines that they may enforce. As far as I know, most of these are pretty lenient, but they do still reserve the right to kick you off at their own digression.

Some of these PDSes have a custom sign-up page, in that case you can find it linked below the main link. If you use a service such as pdsmoover.com to migrate PDSes, the main URL above all the other indented text is the URL of the PDS that you should enter.

Open to everyone:

https://selfhosted.social/

Ran by @baileytownsend.dev

Migrations open to mutuals or friends-of-friends

Located in Atlanta, Georgia

Support their efforts: https://github.com/sponsors/fatfingers23

https://pds.witchcraft.systems/

Official account: @witchcraft.systems

Accepts migrations

Located in Tokyo, Japan

Support their efforts: https://git.witchcraft.systems/scientific-witchery/pds-starter-pack/src/branch/main/DONATIONS.md

https://altq.net/

Official account: @altq.net

Accepts migrations

Located in Germany

https://tophhie.social/

Official account: @tophhie.cloud

Accepts migrations

Located in the UK

https://peedee.es/

Ran by @angrydutchman.peedee.es

Accepts migrations

Located in Germany

https://pds.tgirl.cloud/

Official account: @tgirl.cloud

Accepts migrations by request

Located in Sweden

Sign up page: https://pds.tgirl.cloud/signup

This should go without saying, but homophobia and transphobia are strictly forbidden on this PDS (and you shouldn't spread anything even remotely close to either of those 2 things anywhere to begin with!)

https://tngl.sh/

Official account: @tangled.org

Does not accept migrations (yet)

Located in Helsinki, Finland

Sign up page: https://tangled.org/signup

Safe spaces:

https://blacksky.app (org: https://blackskyweb.xyz )

Mainly ran by @rude1.blacksky.team (but also others!)

Offers a safe space for people of color

Accepts migrations

Located in North Bergen, New Jersey

Support their efforts: https://opencollective.com/blacksky

Handle endings available: .myatproto.social, .blacksky.app, .cryptoanarchy.network

Northsky (offers a safe space for 2SLGBTQIA+ people) will be listed here once they open up invites for those who have requested one.

Learn more here: https://northskysocial.com

You can sign up for their waitlist here: https://northskysocial.com/join

Support their efforts: https://northskysocial.com/profile/products

Wafrn Instances:

Wafrn is a Tumblr-like social media site that allows you to interact with people on both the Fediverse (e.g. Mastodon, Pixelfed, Loops, etc) & Bluesky. The Bluesky integration is experimental, and should be used cautiously at the moment, and the official instance has some downtime issues.

More Wafrn instances exist than listed here, I've only added these 2 by request & since I know they have the experimental Bluesky integration enabled.

https://app.wafrn.net/ (general-purpose instance)

Mainly ran by @gabboman@app.wafrn.net

An experimental migration tool is available here: https://app.wafrn.net/profile/migrate-bluesky

Located in the Netherlands

Support their efforts: https://www.patreon.com/wafrn or https://ko-fi.com/wafrn

PDS URL: https://at.app.wafrn.net/

https://homestuck.fr/ (themed instance)

Ran by @HermitCyclops@homestuck.fr

Migration eligibility: unknown

PDS URL: https://bsky.homestuck.fr/