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Every ohm account is an AT Protocol account, the same kind Bluesky uses. There is no separate ohm login and no password that only ohm holds.
Today the one way in that works is connecting a server of your own. ohm accounts and signing up with Bluesky are being built.
Three ways in
| Way in | Choose it when | What comes with you |
|---|---|---|
| Get an ohm account | You are starting from nothing | Nothing yet. ohm hosts the account, and you can move it later |
| Sign up with Bluesky | You already have a Bluesky account | Your posts and the people you follow |
| Connect your own | Your account lives on a server you run | What you have already published there |
All three give you the same workspace. They differ only in where your account is hosted.
What happens when you sign in
- You enter your handle, such as
you.example.comoryou.bsky.social. - ohm finds the server that holds your account and sends you to it.
- That server asks whether ohm may act for you. You approve there, with a passkey if you have one.
- You come back to your workspace, signed in.
Your password never passes through ohm. If your server does not offer that approval step, you can sign in with an app password made for ohm instead.
The sign-in is kept on the device you used. Sign in again on another device to work there.
Your handle and your identity
Your handle is your name on ohm and the address of your site. It can be a domain you own.
Behind the handle is a permanent identifier that does not change when the handle does. It names the server that hosts your account, so you can move the account to another host and keep your posts, your followers and your name.
What you see the first time
- A new ohm account starts empty.
- A Bluesky account arrives with your own posts. Replies and reposts are not brought in.
- Your own server arrives with every post you have published there, with its pictures and files.
What comes in is already public, and it stays public. Nothing new is shared by signing in.
Leaving
You can take everything out and have ohm's copy deleted at any time. Your account and your published posts stay where they are hosted. Export and leaving