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Skyen.live
Own your email and Bluesky handle at you.skyen.live
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Own your email and Bluesky handle at you.skyen.live
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Skyen.live is a small Danish platform for owning your online identity — not renting it from big tech. Claim a real email address (you@skyen.live) and a matching Bluesky handle (@you.skyen.live) in one place, managed from a single Danish control panel. No ads, no data mining, no Gmail. Built and run in Denmark on self-hosted infrastructure. Add custom domains, aliases, 2FA, and full GDPR data control. One identity, calm and yours.
how does the pricing actually work for a custom domain plus email setup, and is there any catch with the Bluesky handle being tied to the address if i ever wanted to move one without the other?
@volkan262158
Great questions, thanks! 🙂
Custom domains, or BYOD (Bring Your Own Domain), are currently in development. The planned price is a one-time activation fee of 199 DKK, roughly $30, which includes one year of the Starter plan. That gives you two mailboxes in total, 5 GB of storage, and support for your own domain.
After the first year, if you only need one mailbox and do not need the extra storage, you can let the Starter plan expire. The account will return to the free tier, while your custom domain remains connected, so there is no mandatory recurring fee just to keep using it.
There is an important distinction with the Bluesky handle. A handle such as @you.skyen.live or @you.nordra.me uses a domain that I control, so technically that part remains tied to the Skyen.live ecosystem. Users can change their handle whenever they like, and they can migrate their Bluesky account between PDS providers, for example from Bluesky’s own infrastructure to my PDS or later to another provider.
The real portability comes with your own domain. Once the custom-domain setup is complete, you will be able to use your domain for email and as your Bluesky handle. You could host your mailbox and use the PDS with Skyen.live today, then move both to another provider years later while keeping all your data and the same email address and Bluesky handle.
Because email uses open standards such as IMAP and SMTP, and Bluesky is built around portable identities and PDS hosting, the goal is that moving providers should not require rebuilding your public identity from scratch.
That is the difference I am aiming for: the Skyen.live domains are convenient, but your own domain is genuinely yours.
Claiming my you@skyen.live address and matching Bluesky handle in one go was genuinely smooth, and the minimalist Danish control panel feels refreshingly calm compared to juggling Gmail settings.
@mer1045076
Thank you, that genuinely means a lot! ❤️
I’m glad the control panel already feels calm and easy to use. At the moment, most of my attention has gone into the technical foundation, functionality, security, and making sure everything simply works.
The current interface is still fairly standard “vibecoded” UX, so the design will become more polished, consistent, and minimalist over time. That said, I do think one thing already works well: there are very few distractions, upsells, notifications, or unnecessary noise.
The long-term goal is a control panel that feels simple and quiet without hiding the more advanced features from people who need them. I’d love to hear about anything that felt confusing or could be made even simpler.
Love how the claim flow pairs the email and Bluesky handle together instead of treating them like separate chores. That single-screen pairing plus a Danish control panel feels refreshingly straightforward compared to juggling Google and a social handle separately.
@kayratanmaipup
Thank you! ❤️ That was exactly the experience I was hoping to create.
Most services treat email, social identity, calendars, contacts, domains, and security as completely separate products. I wanted to flip that around and treat them as parts of the same digital identity.
This is still only the beginning. Right now I've focused much more on building a solid technical foundation than polishing the interface. The dashboard will become even cleaner and more minimalist over time, but I'm happy that it already feels straightforward and doesn't overwhelm you with ads, upsells, or unnecessary settings.
I'm hoping managing your digital identity eventually feels as simple as managing your home address: one place, open standards, and something you truly own
How does migration work if I already have an existing custom domain tied to another provider, is it straightforward to point everything over without downtime?
How does the Bluesky handle actually stay in sync if I change my primary handle later, and is that sync automatic or something I have to manage myself?
Finally, something that doesn't want to sell my inbox to advertisers. The one-click Bluesky handle matching my email is a clever touch, and the whole thing feels calm and well put together.
@chaney_kyl87381 Thank you for the kind words! I wish more people questioned how their inbox data is used and who ultimately benefits from it. The goal with Skyen.live is to keep things simple, calm, and useful without turning users into the product. have a splendid summer :)