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Earthstar – A database for private, distributed, offline-first applications

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Re: Earthstar – A database for private, distributed, offline-first applications

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Post by __MatrixMan__ »

canadiantim wrote: post #7

Any possibility of implementation in different languages like Python? I like everything about this except that it's Javascript and I'm still cautious about using javascript for something like this

Applications like this are why I like languages like nim and gleam, which compile to both javascript and something else. This lets my app run on a raspberry pi or an esp32 or in a browser tab.

Unfortunately neither are especially popular, so we end up asking implementations in multiple languages, which must be a drag for maintainers of projects like this. Alas, here we are. If not one of those, then I too would be interested in a python client library.

Re: Earthstar – A database for private, distributed, offline-first applications

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Post by saranshsharma »

brendanyounger wrote: post #2

I believe this is superseded by the Willow protocol [0] which was posted here a while back. I tried to read about Willow, but could never make heads or tails of it [1]. It seems to be a hierarchical key value store with a bunch of extra fields for timestamps and cryptographic tokens, but it's woefully short on working examples. Even the recent Rust library [2] is effectively a bunch of abstract classes with implement…

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Re: Earthstar – A database for private, distributed, offline-first applications

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Post by jazzyjackson »

brendanyounger wrote: post #2

I believe this is superseded by the Willow protocol [0] which was posted here a while back. I tried to read about Willow, but could never make heads or tails of it [1]. It seems to be a hierarchical key value store with a bunch of extra fields for timestamps and cryptographic tokens, but it's woefully short on working examples. Even the recent Rust library [2] is effectively a bunch of abstract classes with implement…

I was going to say what the sibling said, no need for snark, NLnet funds a ton of cool projects. If I were to judge the quality of software written in silicon valley on the vc funded projects that don't pan out, god help me

Re: Earthstar – A database for private, distributed, offline-first applications

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Post by jazzyjackson »

I would recommend instead jellyfin, immich, and maybe just plain sftp for all the rest. You can sync (err, become distributed) by way of git, syncthing, or rsync.

What I haven't seen yet is a good self hosted identity manager, SSO sort of thing. I believe bluesky is working on one but I dont know if it will be self hostable (Freudian autocorrect: self hostage)

Another thing I haven't figured out yet with my homelab/private cloud is how to be my own CA and manage access to my machine without teaching my counterparties ssh. I want something like NordVPN offers in their meshnet: anyone logged into the family plan can see each other's machines as if they were local network. Can wireguard accomplish this? I think this is what yggdrasil is too but haven't dug into it.

Re: Earthstar – A database for private, distributed, offline-first applications

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Post by jazzyjackson »

hinkley wrote: post #9

I’m still annoyed I didn’t join the SQLite party until after browsers sunset support for it.

What goes around comes around, sqlite now distributes WASM builds that run in the browser: https://sqlite.org/wasm/doc/trunk/index.md

Re: Earthstar – A database for private, distributed, offline-first applications

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Post by dudus »

jazzyjackson wrote: post #17

I would recommend instead jellyfin, immich, and maybe just plain sftp for all the rest. You can sync (err, become distributed) by way of git, syncthing, or rsync. What I haven't seen yet is a good self hosted identity manager, SSO sort of thing. I believe bluesky is working on one but I dont know if it will be self hostable (Freudian autocorrect: self hostage) Another thing I haven't figured out yet with my homelab/p…

I'll suggest maybe tailscale is what you are looking for to share with family a VLAN

Re: Earthstar – A database for private, distributed, offline-first applications

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Post by idle_zealot »

dudus wrote: post #19
jazzyjackson wrote: post #17

I would recommend instead jellyfin, immich, and maybe just plain sftp for all the rest. You can sync (err, become distributed) by way of git, syncthing, or rsync. What I haven't seen yet is a good self hosted identity manager, SSO sort of thing. I believe bluesky is working on one but I dont know if it will be self hostable (Freudian autocorrect: self hostage) Another thing I haven't figured out yet with my homelab/p…

I'll suggest maybe tailscale is what you are looking for to share with family a VLAN

Adding on to this: you can host your own Tailscale-compatible server with Headscale, if you want to be totally independent.
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