- cross-posted to:
- selfhosted@lemmy.world
- opensource
- cross-posted to:
- selfhosted@lemmy.world
- opensource
a decentralized P2P todo list app to to demo the P2P framework used in the chat app.
https://github.com/positive-intentions/chat
a wrapper around peerjs. peerjs is good, but it can become complicated to use on complicated projects. This implementation is an attempt to create something like a framework/guideline for decentralized messaging and state management.
https://positive-intentions.github.io/p2p/?path=/story/demo-todo-list--basic
how it works:
- crypto-random ids are generated and used to connect to peerjs-server (to broker a webrtc connection)
- peer1 shares this ID to another browser/tab/person (use the storybook props)
- peers are then automatically connected.
- add todo item
- edit todo item
There are several things here to improve like:
- general cleanup throughout (its early stage for this project and missing all the nice things like good-code and unit-tests)
- adding extra encryption keys for messages comming in and going out (webrtc mandates encryption already)
- handling message callbacks
- key rotation
I’ve seen so many early-development/prototype P2P projects and so few mature ones. I wonder what’s driving this!
I’m sure various factors affect any projects maturity.
I work on the project because I have a curiosity and the ability to try. Compared to other project, a webapp is pretty easy to get started on as a developer.
It looks really cool!