Local-first software: pragmatism vs idealism

Local-First Software: Origins And Evolution

Developer interest in local-first software is continuing to grow rapidly in 2024. At the same time, it’s also apparent that developers currently have different views on what they consider to be ‘local-first software’, ranging from narrower to broader definitions. This prompted us to take a closer look at the origins and evolution of local-first.

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.

Local-First Software Unconference · Luma

On Sat September 23, 2023, immediately following the Strange Loop conference, we are holding a community event for everybody interested in local-first software…

Local-first Software

Exploring software architecture that returns data to users and enables collaboration in every tool.

What is Local-first Software?

A look at local-first software, the idea that you can have the collaboration of cloud apps while still fully owning your data.

Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud

A new generation of collaborative software that allows users to retain ownership of their data.

Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud

A new generation of collaborative software that allows users to retain ownership of their data.

Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud

A new generation of collaborative software that allows users to retain ownership of their data.

Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud

A new generation of collaborative software that allows users to retain ownership of their data.

Convivial design heuristics for software systems

The theme of this workshop is the proliferation of ideas about calling into question the cultural roots of our current programming languages, and the search for alternative paradigms with other cultural bases.

Local-first software: you own your data, in spite of the cloud

Local-first software: you own your data, in spite of the cloud Kleppmann et al., Onward! ’19 Watch out! If you start reading this paper you could be lost for hours following all the interesti…