Open Local First

@tbernard@mastodon.social and @adz@post.lurk.org will be talking about @modal@mastodon.design , Reflection and @p2panda@autonomous.zone : Towards a Local-First Linux Desktop, at
#FOSDEM '26 #LocalFirst & #CRDTs devroom!

They'll introduce you to Modal, a collective focused on bringing local-first principles to Linux Desktop and Mobile. He'll also showcase Reflection, the GTK-based text editor, and p2panda, the underlying peer-to-peer stack.

Come listen to them and the 26 speakers on 1st Feb, from 9:00.

It is free! more details:
https://openlocalfirst.org/schedules/#8-p2panda-modal-reflection

@gwil@post.lurk.org presenting Willow

@adz@post.lurk.org and @tbernard@mastodon.social presenting @p2panda@autonomous.zone @modal@mastodon.design and Reflection at Open Local First devroom FOSDEM'26

@dthompson@toot.cat of @spritely@social.coop will be talking about Composing capability security and CRDTs, at @fosdem@fosstodon.org '26 #LocalFirst & #CRDTs devroom!

CRDTs allow for decentralized replication of data. Capability security allows for decentralized control over behavior. Local-first applications often use access-control list (ACL) security which has significant downsides versus capabilities.

Come listen to him and the 25 speakers on 1st Feb, from 9:00 AM.

It is free! more details:
https://openlocalfirst.org/schedules/#15-brassica-chat-with-goblins-ocapn

Alex Good and @expede@types.pl will be talking about Automerge + Keyhive Design Overview, at @fosdem@fosstodon.org '26 #LocalFirst & #CRDTs devroom!

In this talk they will give a high level overview of the motivation, design, problems, and future directions of the broader Automerge ecosystem.

Come listen to them and the 25 speakers on 1st Feb, from 9:00 AM.

It is free! more details:
https://openlocalfirst.org/schedules/#4-automerge

David Thompson presenting Brassica and OcapN

Fintan presenting @radicle@toot.radicle.xyz

At #fosdem '26 #LocalFirst devroom, @laurin@mastodon.online will present, together with @nikobonnieure.bsky.social the latest advances in @nextgraph@fosstodon.org the framework fitted with a federated and E2EE sync protocol, a graph database, a new Reactive ORM for Svelte, React and VueJS to bind your Automerge, Yjs and RDF documents easily to the frontend

Come early before 9:00 and take your seat for a whole lineup of 26 amazing speakers! It is free
Sunday 1st Feb 2026 in room K3.201.

https://openlocalfirst.org/schedules/#5-nextgraph-sync-engine-sdk-reactive-orm

@nikobonnieure.bsky.social and Yousef El-Dardiri, the two devroom managers, happy that the whole day was a loud success. Room was full from morning to evening. See you next year!

Eric Vicenti presenting Seed and Hypermedia

Jim Bauwens presenting FLEC

Kevin De Porre presenting @electric@fosstodon.org and @tan_stack@bird.makeup

@expede@types.pl and Alex Good presenting Automerge and Keyhive

Alex Feyerke will be talking about Getting to know local-first pioneers @pouchdb@fosstodon.org & @couchdb@fosstodon.org at @fosdem@fosstodon.org '26 #LocalFirst & #CRDTs devroom!

PouchDB and CouchDB have been an absolute Local-First Dream Team since 2013. In this workshop, they’ll show you why.

Come listen to him and the 25 speakers on 1st Feb, from 9:00 AM.

It is free! more details:
https://openlocalfirst.org/schedules/#21-local-first-meet-pouchdb-couchdb

Yousef El-Dardiri and Nick Perez talking about BlockNote, Prosemirror and Yjs

@horusiath@fosstodon.org presenting Yjs and Yrs

The pictures of our devroom are out @nikobonnieure.bsky.social and Yousef El-Dardiri giving the introduction

@palanikannan@mastodon.social shared with us the extended notes + details he couldn’t fit into the slot, here’s the recap

https://www.palanikannan.com/blogs/local-first-in-production-fosdem-2026-recap