Crossposting as a Service

A few months ago, I published an article on crossposting from Mastodon to Bluesky in the Hub. Since then, it's been the most frequently visited article.

Crossposting is about posting something on Mastodon and having that post automatically published on Bluesky as well. Because Bluesky has another character limit than Mastodon, the tool will split up long posts and create threads on Bluesky. The tool was built as a NodeJs script.

For many people, implementing this is too complicated or they don't have the possibility of running a NodeJs scripts or Docker images. Very few hosters offer these possibilities.

I've been thinking about this topic for some time now and, aside from other features that would be great, I've had my eye on the central goal of making it even easier to use. This includes signing up via Mastodon, entering Bluesky credentials without a .env file, etc.

Since my week only has seven days, I decided to bring this topic to the konzentrik team and we're now setting out to build a small service around it. We plan a simple sign-up process through a web interface, connecting it with additional services/networks/platforms, and making everything bidirectional.

We've just started the development, so you can expect occasional updates from me on this topic. It still needs a name, the right domain, and more. And we'll probably need to charge a few euros to cover server costs. We'll see how it goes and whether there might be a free plan later on.

If you're interested in the service and want to test it before it officially goes live, you can sign up for our newsletter:

We won't post too frequently here and don't intend to make this into a thrilling marketing channel. Early adopters who help us with testing will also get something out of it later on. We'll think about what that might be once we know more about the costs.

I'd love it if some people were interested and signed up!