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• yboard

  6 346 0.7 Vue

  Yboard is a multiplayer desktop-like workspace based on Yjs

• yjs

  53 15,150 8.4 JavaScript

  Shared data types for building collaborative software

  

I've always been curious about real-time multiplayer user interfaces.

When I found out about CRDTs and Yjs[1] I thought they could serve as a solid base for a project like that.

So I built this pretty simple desktop-like UI (heavily inspired by lifeat.io) and used Yjs to replicate the whole UI state among multiple peers, creating the experience of a unique interface.

Try online: https://yboard.lol

[1]: https://github.com/yjs/yjs

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• y-webrtc

  2 416 5.5 JavaScript

  WebRTC Connector for Yjs

  

Haven't tried with this specific project, but Yjs has a WebRtcProvider [0] which could be used where the project now uses WebsocketProvider [1].

Yjs is built to allow you to switch easily between providers so it shouldn't be too much trouble to make the change.

[0] https://github.com/yjs/y-webrtc

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