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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 12/06/2026

also working on fixing the background crash

Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 12/06/2026

Sorry for the delay everyone, between group chats and the new galleries I know Catbird is missing a few things. I am working on it and trying to get an update out ASAP!

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 03/05/2026

I see it; I know there’s other weirdness. Going to work on making that better. thanks

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 02/05/2026

i really want and need to spruce up the post composer; for the tagging glitches, what specifically have you been seeing?

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 17/04/2026

I have been thinking about doing this for a while but with Bluesky going down today I felt it might be a good idea to set up a Discord server. I’m open to bug reports, suggestions, comments, questions and support and just chat! discord.gg/PSDsASjZVg

discord.gg

Join the Catbird Discord Server!

Check out the Catbird community on Discord - hang out with 2 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 17/04/2026

discord.gg

Join the Catbird Discord Server!

Check out the Catbird community on Discord - hang out with 2 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 26/03/2026

thanks, i’ll get to this next. did you experience a crash too? i hopefully just fixed that, a few people reported crashes

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 25/03/2026

will be fixed in the next build! thank you :)

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 21/03/2026

I should say the code is also/will be (I need to clean up the current repo and push the current state) open source and all it is is an XRPC service with AT Protocol identity service auth. I have Lexicons, and I’m trying to make a portable Rust FFI for different platforms. Anyone could make a client

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 21/03/2026

i’m working on catmos.catbird.blue which i’ve been using to test the same core code but it is even more rough than iOS

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 20/03/2026

The Catbird for Bluesky client app now has experimental end to end encrypted group chats. Built using AT Protocol primitives, all you need is to log into Catbird with your Bluesky account. Chat with friends, share images and posts, find your community again. Now available for testing:

testflight.apple.com

Join the Catbird for Bluesky beta

Available on iOS

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 19/03/2026

Seeing some errors and investigating

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 18/03/2026

Just a heads up: I'm going to be working on switching over to a new server today

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 05/03/2026

it’s not totally done yet, i’m in the process of migrating servers and refactoring code, so there are still some buggy random sign outs currently, but at least the architecture allows for longer sessions. it’s on my github as `nest`, but again i’m reworking it a bit

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 05/03/2026

due to feedback from users and behaviors i was experiencing, i decided to move to a confidential OAuth client which holds the tokens on the server, negotiates auth for the app, and allows for unlimited sessions so long as the token is refreshed every 180 days

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 05/03/2026

hi! so atproto has 2 OAuth client types: public clients and confidential clients. for about a year catbird was a public OAuth client that connected directly to your PDS (which then proxied requests to the appview) the problem with this is that sessions only last for 2 weeks with public clients

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 18/02/2026

I found a bug in the new backend causing sign outs, working on a fix now

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 13/02/2026

the delivery service is an XRPC service that uses atproto service auth, seeing what I can do with that

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 13/02/2026

oh yeah of course! it uses MLS/the OpenMLS library under the hood, I’ve got a wrapper for it so I can use it in Swift. the messages are encrypted/decrypted using the library and message history is saved in an sqlcipher db. also still working on the delivery service

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 13/02/2026

something i sort of shipped before it was ready 😅 it used to kinda work sometimes, I was able to start a few conversations with friends but it breaks eventually. working on revamping it a bit now

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 08/02/2026

Just a quick update—you can now set your pronouns in Catbird! These are a part of your Bluesky profile record and will be visible across all clients that support the field.

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 28/01/2026

(i will fix this, just hasn’t been a priority)

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 28/01/2026

you guys are just supposed to go “ooh and ahh” and “pretty” and ignore your phone turning into a nuclear reactor and locking up while it renders the sky with clouds shader

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 28/01/2026

sorry about that. i will try to push out a build to fix that, but in the meantime if you want to try to delete it and reinstall, that should recreate the database

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 28/01/2026

Sorry for the trouble everyone. A working build has been pushed to TestFlight. You’ll have to log in again, but should have longer sessions from now on.

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 11/01/2026

it was really bad the first time i published it but i think i had optimized it a little better? things are slightly large but should be tunable via dynamic type. i just got a new computer so it’ll get more attention soon

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 11/01/2026

do you have a screenshot of what it looks like on your mac?

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 13/12/2025

not yet i was trying to get it out today but theres a couple more things i want to fix

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 04/12/2025

Thanks everybody for all the crash reports and feedback. It all means a lot.

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 04/12/2025

Hoping this next update is good. I’ve tried to fix a number of things with the post composer, account switching, crashing. It feels much faster and smoother. I’m also making positive progress on the MLS group chats, they will probably make it in with an experimental warning.

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 04/12/2025

It’s not impossible but I don’t see it happening just yet, I have a few other things I’m trying to do. I started with iOS17 support but I do use a lot of new features now and dropped support. I’ll definitely look into it when I have the chance.

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 04/12/2025

I am not sure if I want to get into confidential clients yet

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 04/12/2025

I’ve remained convinced I have some auth bug but I might just be hitting the limits of public clients (sorry to bring up an old post I have just been trying to do some debugging). It seems like a week and then you have to log in again. Is that right @matthieu.bsky.team ?

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 20/11/2025

Sorry for the long thread. I appreciate all the support!

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 20/11/2025

Still not at a point where I trust its stability, it’s totally possible I’m over optimistic about a very difficult cryptographic protocol for group chats (MLS) but I have been using the OpenMLS library and am not hand-rolling my own crypto. So, we will see how all that turns out.

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 20/11/2025

but inevitably I have also broken some and don’t want to ship out something worse. I’ve also been experimenting with E2EE group chat functionality, and if it does end up working I plan on making it optional and opt-in. It would be text-only to start, but support bsky embeds and Tenor GIFs (sorry)

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 20/11/2025

I’ve been a bit quiet on this account for a while, just like to thank people still using it and sticking around. I appreciate all the help and feedback. I tried to do some large-scale refactoring lately, and I’m just tightening things up. I’ve hopefully improved a number of things…

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 17/11/2025

Gah. Sorry. It’s all in native Swift, I thought I nailed parsing a while ago especially since Swift is UTF-8 native strings, I think probably the issue is something getting messy because I needed to use UIKit for the post composer text box and that uses UTF-16

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 28/10/2025

ah thanks, found a silly bug, it’s featured gated to iOS26 by accident

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 28/10/2025

if you’re curious to try the @blackskyweb.xyz AppView, here’s how you can change your service after logging in:

catbird settings sheet, Advanced setting highlighted

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 28/10/2025

The update is on TestFlight now. I’m seeing new bugs already, but you should be able to log in!

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 27/10/2025

Catbird has unfortunately also been hit with this! I'm working on pushing out a fix now.

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 15/10/2025

you can mention this account, or take screenshots and TestFlight will prompt you to send feedback, either is fine

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 15/10/2025

oh yeah i did half-start that already. i also made it so you can configure an appview but i have no idea if it works lol

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 15/10/2025

yes, it should. it should take you directly to the post. (also should switch to the right account if you have multiple) not sure why that wouldn’t be working but i will investigate

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 15/10/2025

Also working on general polish, crashes and bug fixes. Let me know if there’s anything else you’d like to see, and thanks for the bug reports!

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 15/10/2025

Some things hopefully coming soon to Catbird: - timeline more like the official app - local on-device drafts - feed interactions (show more or less like this) on supported feeds - better list handling; pinned lists will display properly as feeds! - push notifications will filter moderation lists

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 15/10/2025

i just threw it in fast but you’re right i’ve noticed that. also the times and stuff lol. have to mess with the prompts

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Catbird for Bluesky @catbird.blue · 15/10/2025

Were you able to post from the app?

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