Local First Software

Local-first Software

Experience apps that work offline, keep your data private, and sync seamlessly across your devices. Your data stays with you, not locked in the cloud.

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Benjamin Hindman

Benjamin Hindman

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You’re syncing about it wrong

Glauber Costa

Glauber Costa

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Rewrite SQLite, running it everywhere

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Local-first software
Local-first software

By Peter van Hardenberg

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Introduction to local-first applications
Introduction to local-first applications

By Mycelial

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CRDTs: the hard parts
CRDTs: the hard parts

By Martin Kleppmann

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AWS reInvent 2019: Data Driven Mobile & Web Apps
AWS reInvent 2019: Data Driven Mobile & Web Apps

By Richard Threlkeld

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Andrey Sitnik

Recapping the first Local-First conference in 15 minutes

Local-first apps keep data locally, only using the cloud to synchronize data between machines. The inaugural Local-First Conference brought together the community to discuss the future of local-first software.

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Bertrand Atemkeng

Why Local-First and Offline-First Software Is the Future

In an era dominated by always-online software and endless subscription models, it's time to reflect on why local-first and offline-first approaches are becoming increasingly important.

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Benjamin Patton

The Local-First Software Space is Actually Exploding

The local-first software space is seeing unprecedented growth with new tools, frameworks, and approaches emerging to support this paradigm shift in software development.

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