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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.
Why it’s useful & how it works
The Bluesky firehose streams every public action on the network in real time: new posts, likes, follows, and deletions as they happen. Jetstream is a companion feed that delivers the same events as plain JSON, making it much easier to consume than the raw binary firehose. Both are keyless and open to connect to without any credentials. This feed is useful for monitoring live Bluesky activity or capturing posts as they are published, but it does not let you look up past content by itself.
What’s inside
Covers the entire Bluesky network in real time, processing hundreds to over two thousand events per second depending on network activity. It is a live stream only; it does not provide access to historical posts beyond what you capture while connected.
API access
Firehose wss://bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.subscribeRepos (CBOR) ; Jetstream wss://jetstream2.us-east.bsky.network/subscribe (JSON)
What we measured
Our own probes, not the archive’s own claims. Re-run periodically; every reading below is dated.
Reachability
- Direct request
- Responded HTTP 200 1.3 s
- Through a datacenter proxy
- Responded HTTP 200 1.6 s
Reachability measured 2026-08-22.
Access
Programmatic API access (a key may be required, see the API tag).