Projects that let an application hold its own data and still sync — CRDTs, embedded stores, and replication that does not require a service in the middle. The spine of the sovereignty thesis: if the data cannot leave the provider, nothing else about portability matters.

Shared data types for building collaborative software

Make your JSON data collaborative and version-controlled with CRDTs

loro

The local-first database that runs on every JS runtime and replicates with your existing backend - no vendor, no lock-in - https://rxdb.info/

rxdb

tinybase

Official Anytype client for MacOS, Linux, and Windows

anytype-ts

Local-first data

The practical path to running models on hardware you control. Not a benchmark list: these are judged on whether someone can actually operate them without a provider relationship.

Get up and running with Kimi-K2.6, GLM-5.2, MiniMax, DeepSeek, gpt-oss, Qwen, Gemma and other models.

ollama

Unified Efficient Fine-Tuning of 100+ LLMs & VLMs (ACL 2024)

LlamaFactory

Stop renting your intelligence. Own it with AnythingLLM. Everything you need for a powerful local-first agent experience 

anything-llm

[MLsys2026]: RAG on Everything with LEANN. Enjoy 97% storage savings while running a fast, accurate, and 100% private RAG application on your personal device.

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Local-first data

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