redsky
status: ??started: June 2025
paused: September 2025
Redsky is/was a simple viewer for Bluesky that requires no JavaScript, inspired by Invidious and Nitter.
features
- Extremely lightweight, you are given no scripts at all
- Works great on anything that can browse the web (maybe)
- Good for utmost simplicity, possibly circumventing censorship, scraping, or just for fun
why?
The Bluesky web app will not load at all unless you have JavaScript enabled. This isn't a problem for most people, but if you want to use Bluesky on a device that does not support javascript, or just like simple things, you might like Redsky.
shutdown
On September 25 Redsky was shut down because it became a weaponized firehose for aggressive scrapers,
which I did not want to be a part of.
Read more at this post.
reboot
On October 16 I turned it back on with heavy rate limiting and bot detection in place. No idea if I can call it "active" again.