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eterps a day ago

> Colanode consists of a Node.js server API and an Electron desktop client

Is the Electron app a necessity or is using a browser possible as well?

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hakanshehu a day ago | parent [-]

Hi! For now, Colanode is available only as a desktop app (Electron). The primary reason is that we wanted to implement some local-first features, which are currently more complex to achieve in the browser.

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apitman a day ago | parent [-]

Curious which features? I'm starting a local-first project and would love to make a PWA, but I just don't think the platform is ready yet.

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hakanshehu 21 hours ago | parent [-]

Mainly using SQLite and having access to native file system for reading and writing files. We wanted to provide a full offline functionality. While it's possible to achieve that in browser as well it seemed quite complicated for now (we might consider it in the future).

	▲	9dev 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It’s actually fairly straightforward using the OPFS API; I used it to build an upload queue a while ago, so the user can drag arbitrary files on the browser, they get copied into the OPFS as regular files, and then I can upload them at my own leisure, even after browser restarts. The SQLite WASM build even has support for it AFAIR. Can recommend, it’s a fun challenge :)