"Decentralized Real-Time Collaborative Documents - Conflict-free editing in the browser using js-IPFS and CRDTs"
An distributed application that allows for several users to edit the same document at the same time, something similar to Google Docs, but without any coordinating server.
Check it out Live Here, Open it on few tabs or devices and start typing...
IPFS stands for Interplanetary File System, and is much more than a file system. It’s an entire network stack for the decentralised and peer-to-peer web, allowing you to build truly serverless web applications.
More about IPFS here ipfs.io.
Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types provides a conflict-free manner of replicating data across multiple nodes without ever having to elect a leader or use another type of centralized authority to reach consensus.
The project uses js-ipfs, which is a Javascript implementation of IPFS that works in Node.js and in a modern browser.
A text editor that requires no server but yet, allows several users to edit it in a collaborative fashion. We can call it “google docs without google for plain text”.
- Have Node.js version 6 or greater installed
$ git clone https://github.com/vigzmv/IPFS-CRDT-shared-editing.git
$ cd IPFS-CRDT-shared-editing
$ yarn install$ yarn build$ yarn startUsing a modern browser that supports WebRTC, like a recent version of Chrome or Firefox, open several windows of http://localhost:1234 and start typing!!
MIT