tegwick 3e0c05a2b3 research: local-first workspaces cohort deep dive (Anytype/AFFiNE/AppFlowy) — CRDT substrate; UC-64/65
Combined cohort memo for the three open-source local-first all-in-one
workspaces, studied together because they share the trait none of the
prior eleven systems had: the store is a CRDT (Anytype any-sync, AFFiNE
Yjs/y-octo, AppFlowy Yrs). The cohort thesis: CRDT changes the adapter
math — the backend performs conflict-free merge itself (shard-wiki must
not impose git/text merge; speak the CRDT via a replica or stay
projection/overlay), history is a CRDT update log (supplement not git),
and the attach surface is a replica or self-host sync endpoint, with
Anytype adding P2P (no single endpoint) + E2EE (opaque). Added UC-64
(CRDT-synced shard with native merge), UC-65 (P2P/decentralized shard,
no single canonical endpoint); enriched UC-36/47/48/51/55/57/58/61.
Catalog now 65 UCs. Architecture for SHARD-WP-0002 T11/T14: merge-model
capability (proposed 13th spectrum: none/git/native-CRDT), CRDT-replica
substrate + P2P/no-central-endpoint attach mode, endpoint-model
capability, MCP as an integration surface. Boundary: CRDT local-first
candidate shards — attach a replica/projection as pages, respect native
merge, never re-drive their sync; not substrates and not the federation
layer.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-06-14 16:21:08 +02:00
2026-05-15 21:23:05 +00:00

shard-wiki

Git-based Markdown wiki orchestrator and federation layer.

shard-wiki joins heterogeneous wiki-shaped page stores (shards) into a coherent information space while preserving provenance, capabilities, and history. It is an orchestration layer, not a wiki engine.

Status

Early-stage: Python scaffold, intent and specification groundwork, active design workplan. See SCOPE.md for current maturity.

Documentation

Document Purpose
INTENT.md Aspiration and boundaries
SCOPE.md What we achieve now
AGENTS.md Agent working guide
docs/repository-layout.md How this repo organizes information

Quick start

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pytest

Layout

research/     explorations (yymmdd-prefixed)
demand/       inbound unreviewed requirements
spec/         implementation specifications
workplans/    State Hubregistered tasks
docs/         stakeholder documentation
wiki/         collaborative knowledge (wiki UI when connected)
issues/       ticket mirrors
history/      archived material (yymmdd-prefixed)
Description
Git based markdown wiki orchestrator
Readme MIT-0 3 MiB
Languages
Python 89.6%
HTML 4.9%
CSS 1.9%
Perl 1.6%
Makefile 1.1%
Other 0.9%