Local-First Computing

Local-first computing prioritizes offline-capable, user-owned data and peer-to-peer synchronization over centralized cloud dependency. The team explores CRDTs, sync protocols, edge storage, and resilient application architectures.

Getting Started

• Local-First Software — by Ink & Switch. The seminal essay defining local-first principles.
• Automerge Documentation — an accessible introduction to CRDT-backed local-first application state.
• A Conflict-Free Replicated JSON Datatype — by Martin Kleppmann and Alastair R. Beresford. The paper behind Automerge.

Key Resources

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Tools & Repositories

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Related Curriculum

• Protocol Engineering: State Machines — state machine models for replicated state
• Protocol Engineering: Communication Patterns — protocols for peer-to-peer sync
• Rust Engineering: Persistence and Reusable CRUD with SQLx — local storage patterns