Top 9 TypeScript offline-first Projects

TagSpaces

61 3,400 9.8 TypeScript

TagSpaces is an offline, open source, document manager with tagging support

Project mention: Tips on how to structure your home directory (2023) | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-19

anytype-ts

23 2,827 10.0 TypeScript

Official Anytype client for MacOS, Linux, and Windows

Project mention: Show HN: Anytype multi-player: local-first, P2P, encrypted collaboration | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-25

WIth every architectural choice we aim to make fundamental digital freedoms unconditional. Here you can read more about why - cloud vs. local first Internet [2].
[1] https://anytype.io/

SurveyJS

surveyjs.io sponsored

Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
SyncedStore

7 1,618 4.6 TypeScript

SyncedStore CRDT is an easy-to-use library for building live, collaborative applications that sync automatically.

Project mention: Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud (2019) | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-10-02

This article has been quite the inspiration for many projects and progress on this front. I think we're seeing more and more developments around CRDTs and local-first frameworks / applications.
I'm working on a few projects in this area:
- https://www.typecell.org - Notion meets Notebook-style live programming for TypeScript / React
- https://www.blocknotejs.org - a rich text editor built on TipTap / Prosemirror that supports Yjs for local-first collaboration
- https://syncedstore.org - a wrapper around Yjs for easier development
In my experience so far, some things get more complicated when building a local-first application, and some things get a lot easier. What gets easier is that once you've modeled and implemented the data-layer (which does require you to rethink / unlearn a few principles), you don't need to worry about data-fetching, errors etc. as much as in a regular "API-based" app.
Another interesting video I recommend on this topic is about Linear's "Sync Engine" which employs some of the local-first techniques as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo2m3jaJixU

client-side-databases

8 840 9.0 TypeScript

An implementation of the exact same app in Firestore, AWS Datastore, PouchDB, RxDB and WatermelonDB
earthstar

5 609 4.8 TypeScript

Storage for private, distributed, offline-first applications.
langchain-alpaca

1 220 5.4 TypeScript

Run Alpaca LLM in LangChain
yomikiru

3 208 9.6 TypeScript

An offline desktop reader for manga, comics, and novels. Offers a customizable reading experience with extensive settings, shortcuts, themes and layouts. Manga reader / Manhwa reader / Webtoon Reader / EPUB Reader. **Not a downloader**

Project mention: OpenComic VS yomikiru - a user suggested alternative | libhunt.com/r/OpenComic | 2023-07-28

An application to read already download manga, comics, webtoons, epub offline. Supports continuous vertical scrolling with no gaps in between pages. Supports drag and drop of files, folder. Customizable shortcuts, themes, etc.

InfluxDB

www.influxdata.com sponsored

Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
state

2 176 0.0 TypeScript

A Redux-based state container for local-first software, offering seamless synchronization using Automerge CRDTs. (Formerly known as 🐟 Cevitxe). (by local-first-web)
signaldb

2 163 9.8 TypeScript

SignalDB is a local JavaScript database with a MongoDB-like interface and TypeScript support, enabling optimistic UI with signal-based reactivity across multiple frameworks. It integrates easily with libraries like Angular, Solid.js, Preact, and Vue, simplifying data management with schema-less design, in-memory storage, and fast queries.

Project mention: Show HN: SignalDB – Reactive Local JavaScript Database | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-10-20

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).