Open Bluesky repository files in your browser
The file Bluesky's Export my data saves: your whole account as an AT Protocol repository. Open it right here as your posts, likes and follows. Nothing leaves your device.
Or drop it anywhere on this page
What you'll see
Your archive opens as your profile and your posts in order, each with its photos and videos from the archive, beside your likes, follows and messages.
- Posts • With their photos, videos, replies and counts
- Likes, follows and followers • Each a list, Show as a table
- Direct messages • As chats, each person in a color
- Search • Every match counted, and a date jumps to its day
About Bluesky repository
Bluesky runs on the AT Protocol, where each account is a repository its server signs and others copy. Since 2023 its Settings, Account, Export my data saves that repository as repo.car, which other servers can take in when someone moves their account.
A CAR (content addressable archive) is a run of blocks, each named by the hash of its bytes, CIDs. The blocks are DAG-CBOR: a signed commit, a tree of the account's records by collection, like app.bsky.feed.post and app.bsky.graph.follow, and the records themselves. Pictures are blobs kept on the server, so the CAR names them by CID but doesn't hold them.
Filepeek walks the repository's tree from its commit and reads every record: your profile, posts with their replies, links and quotes, then reposts, likes, follows and blocks, each in order of when you made it. A post shows where its pictures were, with their alt text, Search finds any word, Show as a table lists likes or follows, and Export saves the posts as PDF, CSV or text.
Bluesky account repository (CAR)
.car
Format
- MIME type
- application/vnd.ipld.car
- Made by
- Bluesky, on the AT Protocol
- Released
- 2023
Inside the file
- Kept as
- A CAR file of DAG-CBOR blocks
- Each block
- Named by its hash, a CID
- Records
- Posts, likes, reposts and follows
- Pictures
- Named, kept on the server
Opens in every browser
Filepeek opens Bluesky repositories in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and Safari. On their own, browsers download a CAR.
- YouChromeOpens through Filepeek
- YouEdgeOpens through Filepeek
- YouFirefoxOpens through Filepeek
- YouSafariOpens through Filepeek
Apps that open Bluesky repository
- WindowsNo app opens it • Bluesky imports it when an account moves
- MacNo app opens it • Bluesky imports it when an account moves
- iPhone and iPadNo app opens it
- AndroidNo app opens it
Questions
How do I export my Bluesky data?
In the Bluesky app or on bsky.app, open Settings, Account, then Export my data. It saves repo.car, your account's whole repository.
Why do my posts show no pictures?
Bluesky keeps pictures apart from the repository, as blobs on your server, so repo.car names each by its CID without its bytes. Filepeek shows where each was, with its alt text.
What is a CAR file?
A content addressable archive: blocks of data one after another, each named by the hash of its bytes. IPFS and the AT Protocol both use it, and Filepeek opens the AT Protocol's.
Is my repository uploaded?
No. It's read in your browser and stays on your device.