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but can I use a random old computer I have in my house to run an instance as long as there are a managable number of users? renting a server isnt self hosting. making one yourself is self hosting.
No, you can't. You can have a custom domain ("PDS" is the term they invented for this) but it still relies on bluesky's servers.
Yes, you can.
You can easily run a PDS, that's the main public-facing part, you'd need port forwarding and a domain name for this.
Appviews are easier to host imo, https://github.com/alnkesq/AppViewLite is what I use. You can run this on a PC right now, and log in with your bluesky account.