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Local-first software (2019)

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863 points gasull | 3 comments | 05 Jul 25 14:45 UTC | HN request time: 0.639s | source
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davepeck ◴[05 Jul 25 15:50 UTC] No.44473558[source]▶
In theory, I love the local-first mode of building. It aligns well with “small tech” philosophy where privacy and data ownership are fundamental.

In practice, it’s hard! You’re effectively responsible for building a sync engine, handling conflict resolution, managing schema migration, etc.

This said, tools for local-first software development seem to have improved in the past couple years. I keep my eye on jazz.tools, electric-sql, and Rocicorp’s Zero. Are there others?

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1. ofrzeta ◴[05 Jul 25 16:13 UTC] No.44473707[source]▶
Do you know that website? https://www.localfirst.fm

EDIT: actually I wanted to point to the "landscape" link (in the top menu) but that URL is quite unergonomic.

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2. davepeck ◴[05 Jul 25 17:02 UTC] No.44474017[source]▶
No, I didn't know about it -- thank you! (EDIT: and the landscape page has lots of libraries I hadn't run across before. Neat.)
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3. jessmartin ◴[05 Jul 25 21:04 UTC] No.44475527[source]▶
One of the authors of the Landscape here. Glad you found it helpful!