Unique Mu features

Documenting the unique features of Mu that can't be found in the Bluesky app.

July 02, 2026

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Last updated August 27, 2026

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Features List

Add preferred pronouns
Add preferred pronouns
Add your pronouns to your profile on the edit profile screen
Your pronouns will appear next to your username on your profile

Add preferred pronouns

Add your pronouns to your profile on the edit profile screen

Your pronouns will appear next to your username on your profile

Add web link
Add web link
Add your web link to your profile on the edit profile screen
Your web link will appear under your description on your profile

Add web link

Add your web link to your profile on the edit profile screen

Your web link will appear under your description on your profile

Adopt companion pet
Adopt companion pet
A little pet that hangs out at the bottom of your screen.
Tap it to pet it, scratch its head or tickle its belly.

Adopt companion pet

A little pet that hangs out at the bottom of your screen.

Tap it to pet it, scratch its head or tickle its belly.

You can choose from Cats, Foxes and Dogs.

Go to → https://mu.social/settings/cat-companion

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Edit post
Edit post
Editing is designed for fixing mistakes or making small corrections shortly after posting, without changing the original meaning of a post.
You can edit a post for up to 5 minutes after publishing.

Edit post

Editing is designed for fixing mistakes or making small corrections shortly after posting, without changing the original meaning of a post.

You can edit a post for up to 5 minutes after publishing.

  • You can only edit a post once.

  • Photos, videos and other media can’t be added or changed, including image alt text.

  • Edited posts will show a clear Edited label.

  • Post editing is available to accounts that are more than one week old.

  • Any existing post metrics (likes, reposts, etc) will be reset.

  • You’ll be able to see the previous version of an edited post.

See example of an edited post here → https://mu.social/profile/renderg.host/post/3mu2i3irwus23

Format code samples
Format code samples
Syntax Highlighting
Wrap your code sample in ```triple backticks``` to render a code format block:

Format code samples

Syntax Highlighting

Wrap your code sample in ```triple backticks``` to render a code format block:

See it here https://mu.social/profile/flo-bit.dev/post/3mogi56vfec27

Tangled Strings

Strings on Tangled is a minimal lightweight pastebin-style feature integrated into user profiles for sharing configurations, logs, or short code blocks.

Here's an example of a string by : https://tangled.org/strings/flo-bit.dev/3mnz3howjai22.

Add this string to your Mu post and it renders like this:

See it here: https://mu.social/profile/renderg.host/post/3mu2ha6xpuc2o

Customise app appearance
Customise app appearance
Go to → https://mu.social/settings/appearance
Change colour theme

Customise app appearance

Go to → https://mu.social/settings/appearance

Change colour theme

You can choose from a range of 🩷🧡💚💙💜 colour themes that work in light and dark mode.

Hide borders

Read newsfeed
Read newsfeed
Work In Progress
Go to → https://mu.social/news

Read newsfeed

Work In Progress

Go to → https://mu.social/news

Customise your Newsfeed

Read threads
Read threads
Work In Progress

Read threads

Work In Progress

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Read sports results
Read sports results
Work In Progress
Go to → https://mu.social/search

Read sports results

Work In Progress

Go to → https://mu.social/search

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RSVP to events
RSVP to events
Pasting a link to an atmo.rsvp event (e.g. https://atmo.rsvp/p/atmosphereconf.org/e/LZxV6dv) renders a special card which allows viewers to RSVP to events directly in the feed.

RSVP to events

Pasting a link to an atmo.rsvp event (e.g. https://atmo.rsvp/p/atmosphereconf.org/e/LZxV6dv) renders a special card which allows viewers to RSVP to events directly in the feed.

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Select content service
Select content service
Choose the content service that supplies user profiles, posts, and feeds to Mu.
Only use a content service you trust.

Select content service

Choose the content service that supplies user profiles, posts, and feeds to Mu.

  • Only use a content service you trust.

  • Different services may return different content and apply different moderation policies.

  • Not every content service supports every feature in Mu. If the service you choose does not support a feature, Mu may still use Bluesky to provide it.

Go to → https://mu.social/settings/network-services/content-service

Custom AppView

Even if you don't use Mu, you can use the custom Eurosky AppView in your bsky client. The url is api.eurosky.network and the full service string is did:web:api.eurosky.network#bsky_appview.

Select translation providers
Select translation providers
Choose which service the Translate button uses. DeepL and LibreTranslate are privacy-friendly alternatives to Google.
Go to → https://mu.social/settings/language

Select translation providers

Choose which service the Translate button uses. DeepL and LibreTranslate are privacy-friendly alternatives to Google.

Go to → https://mu.social/settings/language

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Transfer app data
Transfer app data
Copy your mu.social data from one content service to another.
Choose where to copy from and to, then select the data you want to transfer.

Transfer app data

Copy your mu.social data from one content service to another.

Choose where to copy from and to, then select the data you want to transfer.

  • This is a one-time copy, not a sync. Changes you make later won't be transferred automatically, and your active content service won't change.

  • Some data, including drafts and certain mute settings, can't currently be transferred.

Go to → https://mu.social/settings/network-services/transfer-app-data

Visit newsroom
Visit newsroom
Mu's Newsrooms feature groups journalists together with their publication, so instead of following individual accounts one by one, you can follow an entire outlet (like 404 Media) and see its staff listed alongside it for quick-follow. Newsroom saves you digging around Bluesky trying to find who writes for where.
Example newsroom → https://mu.social/newsroom/did:plc:vcepp6trx4vpe5ourxso4tjl

Visit newsroom

Mu's Newsrooms feature groups journalists together with their publication, so instead of following individual accounts one by one, you can follow an entire outlet (like 404 Media) and see its staff listed alongside it for quick-follow. Newsroom saves you digging around Bluesky trying to find who writes for where.

Example newsroom → https://mu.social/newsroom/did:plc:vcepp6trx4vpe5ourxso4tjl

Other

Browser Extensions
Browser Extensions
Automatically redirects bsky.app to mu.social.
Add to Firefox

Browser Extensions

Automatically redirects bsky.app to mu.social.

Add to Firefox

bsky to mu – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)
Download bsky to mu for Firefox. Automatically redirects bsky.app to mu.social.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bsky-to-mu/

Add to Chrome

bsky to mu - Chrome Web Store
Automatically redirects bsky.app to mu.social.
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bsky-to-mu/fmcfinfgjehkegfmjcnfeajogkgphime

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