social-general
Bluesky Firehose / Jetstream
Bluesky's real-time event stream covering the whole network as it happens; Jetstream is the companion service that delivers the same stream as simpler JSON. It is a keyless developer-facing WebSocket feed, built for live monitoring and data collection rather than looking up old posts. Relevant when you want to capture or watch Bluesky activity in real time.
API
Why it’s useful & how it works
Keyless WebSocket for real-time ingestion (not point lookups). Jetstream = easy JSON path. Relay transitioned Jan 2026 (minimal impact).
What’s inside
Whole-network real-time.
API access
Firehose wss://bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.subscribeRepos (CBOR) ; Jetstream wss://jetstream2.us-east.bsky.network/subscribe (JSON)
Access
Programmatic API access (a key may be required — see the API tag).