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Re:Show HN: Yboard is a multiplayer desktop-like workspace based on CRDT on Monday June 27, 2022 @01:30PM (#31897817)
Thanks, I've just added MIT licence :)
Re:Show HN: Yboard is a multiplayer desktop-like workspace based on CRDT on Monday June 27, 2022 @11:57AM (#31896390)
Thanks!

Touch support is definitely something I want to add for the canvas and the window positioning/resizing too.

Re:Show HN: Yboard is a multiplayer desktop-like workspace based on CRDT on Monday June 27, 2022 @11:53AM (#31896311)
Thanks, glad you like it :)
Re:Show HN: Yboard is a multiplayer desktop-like workspace based on CRDT on Monday June 27, 2022 @11:32AM (#31896004)
Good point. I think this is because it's interesting how CRDT being a solution for conflict merging it's inherently capable of allowing real time applications, even when it's not exactly about that.
Re:Show HN: Yboard is a multiplayer desktop-like workspace based on CRDT on Monday June 27, 2022 @10:15AM (#31894872)
Exactly this.

Websocket server went down but already fixed that.

Thanks for testing.

Show HN: Yboard is a multiplayer desktop-like workspace based on CRDT

Posted by selknam on Monday June 27, 2022 @03:33AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://github.com/felipeleivav/yboard

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:...

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