Hi, I’m the founder of Skyen.live, a small Danish digital identity platform I’m building as an alternative to relying entirely on Big Tech for email and online identity.
The basic idea is simple: one account where you can get a real email address, webmail, IMAP/SMTP, calendar and contacts sync, plus a Bluesky handle like @yourname.skyen.live.
The free plan includes:
1 email address with 1 GB storage
Webmail
IMAP/SMTP, so you can use Thunderbird, Apple Mail, Outlook or mobile mail apps
CalDAV and CardDAV for calendar and contacts
1 Bluesky handle
No credit card required
Paid plans add more mailboxes, more storage, more Bluesky handles, and on the larger plans, Bluesky PDS hosting.
I’m not trying to pretend this is a giant Proton/Fastmail replacement overnight. It is a small, independent service run by one person with many years of IT infrastructure experience. The tradeoff is that you are not dealing with a huge corporation, but also not getting the scale of one. For some people that is a downside. For others, that transparency is exactly the point.
What I’m trying to build is:
email based on open standards
no lock-in
exportable data
simple pricing
EU/GDPR-friendly hosting
useful Bluesky/AT Protocol tools
something normal people can actually use without setting up DNS, servers or self-hosting
There is also a free Bluesky post scheduler that works with an existing Bluesky account, even if you do not use a Skyen.live handle.
Site: https://skyen.liveChangelog: https://skyen.live/changelog
Feedback is very welcome, especially from people who care about email portability, open protocols, Bluesky/AT Protocol, or moving away from Google/Microsoft without going full self-hosted.
A small Danish alternative for email, calendar, contacts and Bluesky identity
Garbaek🇩🇰·3mo
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