2025.10.30
đź“° News & Discussions
LoFi/31 Community Meetup
The LoFi/31 community meetup took place on Tuesday October 28th, 2025, with talks by Tim Hampson ("Local Data: Design is everything"), Pablo Mayrgundter ("Bldrs.ai: browser-based OSS CAD engine with AI integration"), and Yonatan Feleke ("Sync & Local-first Community Update").
A New Kind of Web App | Carl Assmann
"[W]hat if the local copy is the actual database? What if the client-side mutation is all we need? Those questions led me to Jazz, a true local-first database that I used to build Tilly, my open source relationship journal."
Joe and Stopa: Instant
"They founded Instant, a modern database that gives you a full backend with queries, auth, storage, real-time, and offline support, so you can build delightful apps in minutes."
🛠️ Tools & Resources
CRDT & Collaborative Editing on the Web | CascadiaJS
"You use Linear and Notion. You've read the blog posts about 'sync engines' and 'local first' software. You want that kind of product experience too, so you install some fancy CRDT libraries and expect things to Just Work™. Well, you're about to learn what we're going to discuss in this talk: that this problem is perhaps not so simple after all."
How to Build a CRUD App with TanStack Start and TanStackDB (with RxDB Integration)
"TanStackDB is a reactive data management layer which sits between your user interface and data source. It’s not like a typical ORM (Object Relational Mapper). Instead, it gives you a unified abstraction layer for working with local-first data collections which are reactive."
Eidetica: Decentralized DB
"Eidetica will allow you to write a local-first, peer-to-peer, decentralized application just by storing your data here."
Starling: Local-first reactive sync with minimal ceremony.
"A reactive and framework-agnostic data synchronization library with CRDT-like merge capabilities. Starling provides a simple way to manage, query, and synchronize application state across clients and servers with automatic conflict resolution."
✨ Apps
Show HN: Deta Surf – An open source and local-first AI notebook
Deta Surf (previously on Local-First News) recently did the rounds on Hacker News.
Docufy
"Blazing‑fast, multi‑tenant product documentation with a collaborative editor and first‑class search. Zero spinners by design." "ElectricSQL for shape‑based sync and fast local reads" See also background on Reddit.
Gigabugs
"A demo bug tracker built with Zero. Contains 240 thousand issues and 2.5 million rows to demonstrate real-world performance." See also tweet from Aaron Boodman.
Show HN: Kavim – Open-source, local-first AI brainstorming
"Real-time, peer-to-peer collaboration (built on Yjs + WebRTC). Local storage and offline-first workflows; no cloud required. Local-first approach ensures your sensitive data never leaves your computer."
Pyxis CodeCanvas
"Pyxis runs entirely client-side, using OPFS + IndexedDB for storage, so no backend is needed. It aims to be a '1-second-to-open' IDE that feels snappy even with large projects."
OrcaSheets
"Process billions of rows on your local machine without any lag or performance issues."
Show HN: QuoteCreator – Professional estimates in 60 second
"Local-first architecture: All estimate data stored in your browser's IndexedDB (never transmitted to servers). Create and edit estimates offline - server only needed for license purchase and optional integration(s)."
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