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This was submitted just a couple days ago and didn't get noticed. Good to see it made the front page today. I think the article drifts a bit far from "Local-Fi

by oblib 6y ago

This was submitted just a couple days ago and didn't get noticed. Good to see it made the front page today. I think the article drifts a bit far from "Local-First Software" but I learned a lot about the issues dealing with real time collaboration. I'm just about ready to release a new version of a web app I first released in 2002 that offers a Local-First option. That's been a goal of mine since I first released it. indexedDB works, but that's a pretty awful option for the app I'm speaking of. I'm using CouchDB to do this, and it requires the user install CouchDB on their desktop PC. That's a pretty big hurdle, but it's actually very easy to do. I think the hard part will be convincing users it's worth their effort.

darkhorse13 6y ago
Why not use PouchDB and have that sync up with your main CouchDB server? It seemed like a very powerful paradigm to me, so I am always curious why it did not catch on.
- john-shaffer 6y ago
  I think Mochi[1] does this. It's pretty slick. Browser, desktop, and mobile clients all sync up accurately. It's always very responsive. [1] https://mochi.cards/ https://mochi.cards/
- bhl 6y ago
  There’s also RxDB which builds on top of PouchDb: it has a graphql plugin so you can have real-time data as well. I’m using it experimentally with Hasura+Postgres. The only drawback is that I can’t figure out a UI that indicates which documents are saved offline for a user.