2026.05.07
📰 News & Discussions
CRDTs for Free
"Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types (CRDTs) are one of the core technical building blocks behind Ossa's secure synchronization protocol. "
DWeb Camp 2026 (upcoming event)
"DWeb Camp 2026: Root Systems is a five-day gathering in nature for builders and dreamers dedicated to building a decentralized web (DWeb). Come help co-create DWeb Camp at an all-day meet up on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at c-base in Berlin." 8-12 July 2026. Wiesenburg, Germany.
The Architecture Of Local-First Web Development
"What does it really take to build local-first web apps in 2026? A grounded, experience-driven perspective for developers who’ve been doing this long enough to be skeptical of silver bullets."
How We Built an Offline-First Data Pipeline for Rural Cooperatives
"To achieve this local-first architecture, we utilized the following technology stack: Front-End: React (using React Context and custom hooks for state management). Local Storage Layer: SQLite (accessed via the Room persistence library on mobile or local SQLite/IndexedDB equivalents in the browser). Synchronization Protocol: Custom background sync worker with exponential backoff algorithms."
🛠️ Tools & Resources
Ossa: Towards the Next Generation Web
"The Ossa Protocol is a secure, decentralized local-first synchronization protocol. The protocol lays the foundation for the next generation web where collaborative web applications are built on the decentralized web architecture previously described. In addition, the protocol is local-first since it realizes the vision proposed by Kleppmann et al. where users securely and collaboratively control their data."
Likewise: A protocol for decentralized personal knowledge graphs
"Likewise is a wire-level standard for decentralised personal knowledge graphs. A way for the things AI systems infer about a user (you're a frequent grocery shopper, you're close to Sarah, your commute is Tuesdays) to live in their hands rather than the platform that derived them. Append-only signed op log, hybrid logical clocks, capability-based UCAN delegation with sanitisation caveats, conditional inference auditing."
CTX
"CTX is a local runtime layer for OpenCode. It indexes the repository, stores reusable guidance as graph memory, exposes local MCP tools, generates OpenCode slash commands, and keeps local telemetry about token savings, cache reuse, and compact context packs."
✨ Apps
SurfiAI: AI That Runs On Your Device
"Desktop app. Chrome extension. REST API. Private peer-to-peer AI on your own hardware. Zero cloud. Zero data sent."
Nucleus
"A local-first personal data archive for people and agents, starting with Apple Health."
Humla: Personal macOS meeting transcription
"Everything works locally — recording, transcription, speaker identification, even summarisation if you point it at a local LLM."
Any2Ebook
"Web conversions run on your device — no uploads, no tracking, no data leaving your machine."
UpLance
"UpLance is a high-performance Terminal User Interface (TUI) designed for senior freelancers who are tired of the bloated Upwork web UI and generic AI fluff."
Avnac
"Avnac is currently local-first. Documents autosave in the browser. The files page reads from IndexedDB. [...] JSON import/export is supported from the files workflow"
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