The live dais project instance
This is the project account for dais by Skeptical Engineering, not a personal account. The separate Skeptical Engineering test instance now runs independently at @social@skpt.cl; this instance remains the live project/demo presence for dais itself.
ActivityPub handle: @social@dais.social
ActivityPub profile: https://social.dais.social/users/social
ActivityPub origin: https://social.dais.social
AT Protocol PDS origin: https://pds.dais.social
What dais is for
Own your social graph
dais is built for people, families, communities, and small organizations that want a social presence on their own domain instead of inside a platform silo.
Private first
Rust CLI and TUI posts default to followers-only. Public broadcast is an explicit choice, and non-public content is not routed to Bluesky.
Federated by design
ActivityPub is the primary federation layer for public and private/followers posts. AT Protocol support provides a growing public-read and public-posting surface.
Implementation status
ActivityPub foundation
WebFinger, actor, inbox, outbox, public dereference, delivery queueing, HTTP signatures, locked-profile signaling, private/E2EE anonymous denial, and cross-instance reply threading are implemented.
Rust operator client
The owner interface is the Rust CLI/TUI and native Dais Desk app. It manages posts, timelines, followers, notifications, deliveries, E2EE helpers, events, actor mode, and diagnostics.
Mastodon compatibility
dais is Mastodon-readable and exposes a read-oriented Mastodon API floor. It is not a full Mastodon server replacement yet.
Bluesky / AT Protocol
The PDS exposes identity, repo metadata, public record reads, author feed, timeline, notifications, likes, followers, follows, and subscribeRepos status. Full AT Protocol compatibility remains in progress.
E2EE
Dais E2EE is now v2-only on the MLS/RFC 9420 owner-device path. The independent skpt.cl deployment is the cross-instance testbed for bidirectional owner-DM delivery/decrypt, MLS direct messages, audience-list group delivery/decrypt, two-device recipient decrypt, removed-device decrypt failure, and delivery-worker processing.
Discovery and groups
RSS/Atom/API sources, private RSS/ActivityPub/Bluesky watches, explicit public search, and private group primitives are implemented. Group membership is private by default, and Dais Desk/CLI label audience lists versus private groups before posting.