account migration
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account migration (AKA account portability, or the ability to move your account) is a specific kind of migration when a user switches from using one account on a particular server to using another account on another server, typically when both servers host multiple accounts, and has the common problem of losing followers.
Service Examples
Services that help with migrating an account from one server to another.
BridgyFed
BridgyFed now supports many combinations of account migration to/from web, Bluesky, and fediverse services and identities. Read more: 2026-06-05 https://blog.anew.social/migrations-update-launch/
Bounce
Bounce, launched 2025-08-25. Enables people migrate between Bluesky, Mastodon, and Pixelfed, while keeping all of their followers and many of their follows.
Software Examples
Friendica
- 2012-11-05 Migrating a user account between Friendica servers https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/move-account https://github.com/friendica/friendica/pull/525
Mastodon
2023-02-23: How to Migrate From One Mastodon Server to Another By John Awa-abuon. You can change your Mastodon server after creating an account. Here's how.
History:
- 2019-09-19 completed: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/177#event-2648084970
Silo Examples
- Announced in 2022, Netflix allows users on a Family plan (or otherwise shared account) to migrate their user history, preferences, and general data to a new account. See their docs for step-by-step instructions: How to transfer a Profile to a new account
Protocol Examples
WebSub
- WebSub - see subscription migration section
Bluesky
Bluesky has alternatives like Blacksky and Eurosky.
- https://docs.blacksky.community/migrating-to-blacksky-pds-complete-guide
- https://eurosky.tech/blog/3mgnjewfva22q/
See Bluesky#How_to_migrate_from for more options/links.