Offline First

We live in a disconnected & battery powered world, but our technology and best practices are a leftover from the always connected & steadily powered past.

You Get an Offline First App, and You Get an Offline First App, and…

Hit the ground running with a series of Offline First demo apps

Service Workers and PWAs: It's About Reliable Performance, Not "Offline" - Infrequently Noted

Alex Russell on browsers, standards, and the process of progress.

Peersky Browser

A Local-First P2P Web Browser: Access, Communicate, and Publish Offline

The Offline Club | Offline Community & Events

Join The Offline Club's global movement towards a more humane world. We host offline events and retreats for you to unplug and connect, community-style.

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.

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.

Designing Offline-First Web Apps

We assume our users are like us—with the latest devices, the most recent software, and the fastest connections. And while we may maintain a veritable zoo of older devices and browsers for testing, …

Why Internet Infrastructure Decisions Rarely Stay Localized - Internet Society

Even narrow policy choices can have ripple effects that shape what people can access, how information moves, and who can participate online.

LocalFirst: You Keep Using That Word

If you’ve been following the local-first scene over the past few years, you already know a good definition for the term “local-first” is hard to pin down. Part of the reason is that most people write software for money … and true local-first software is harder to capitalize. “Local-first” is a direct attack on vendor lock-in of all forms: data, formats, protocols, apps, services, and even environments. But the fact your employer can’t exploit this technology with a new revenue model (yet) is a minor problem.

Comparison of Web Browsers

Comparison of Web Browsers

Zero is Not Local-First. It's Better.

Zero's partial sync approach gives us more control, better performance, and fewer headaches when building apps with lots of data. Here's why, and how I've been using it.