Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-15
A Collaborative Workspace That Keeps Working Offline
local-first-workspace is an open-source collaborative workspace for chat, pages, databases, and files, with local SQLite storage and background synchronization.
Why it surfacedIts homepage explains a concrete local-first architecture rather than merely using the phrase: reads and writes happen locally, while Yjs-based CRDTs merge concurrent edits to pages and database records. The project also offers Docker Compose and Helm deployment, carries an Apache 2.0 license, and points to a GitHub repository with 5,012 stars and an active Discord community.
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The Two-Tonne Temperature Problem
August 15’s newborn domains include a live-aboard hydrogen airship with a two-tonne lift problem, a Japanese toolbox that explains its assumptions, an advisory-by-advisory Hawaiʻi hurricane archive, and a wedding-gift game about ungrateful poultry.
This is one of 1,000 discoveries in the 2026-08-15 Domain Arrivals issue.