Show HN: Opbox – CRDT based sync for text files on disk
Hi! I’m one of the founders of s2.dev, and recently have been hacking on opbox, which is an open-source daemon that turns directories of text files (code, markdown, etc) into collaborative, multi-player workspaces.This started as a bit of an intellectual curi…
How is this different from Syncthing or Dropbox? Those sync files as opaque blobs. When two machines change the same file at once, one version wins and the other becomes a conflict copy. The t… [+4318 chars]