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Local-first software: You own your data, in spite of the cloud

Ink and Switch · 1 April 2019 · 54 min read

A post on inkandswitch.com, published 1 April 2019, is cited by 35 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 11 October 2026).

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35blogs citing

Citing blogs and links by period
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First cited20 Nov 2024
Latest citation31 Aug 2026
Words blogs link it with5
External links162
Length12,210
New citing blogs a weeksince Nov 2024
New citing blogs a week, since Nov 2024: 99 weeks, peak 3 a week, latest week 0

0 this week (still settling) · peak 3

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Shape: evergreen. Half of its 34 citing blogs had cited it after 440 days; 100% first cited it more than a year on.

Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. 1 blog has no dated post that cites this page: counted in the tally, not here. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.

Who cited it

Cited by 35 blogs across 4 subjects: technology 19, design and making 1, home and garden 1, life 1, unclassified 13.

Words blogs link it with

The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.

  • local-first software9 blogs
  • local-first4 blogs
  • local first2 blogs
  • (ink & switch)1 blog
  • codified 7 ideals1 blog

Cited by 35 blogs in 40 posts

One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.

Blog
Newest citing post
Date
mikezornek.com1 post
Building LocalCents: A Local-first Expense Tracker with Automerge CRDTs

linked as “the first essay”

Read at mikezornek.com (opens in a new tab)
31 Aug 2026
kyleperik.com1 post
Local-first Hypermedia?

linked as “priciples of local first applications”

Read at kyleperik.com (opens in a new tab)
25 Aug 2026
facilethings.com1 post
The New FacileThings: Rethinking the Tool from the Ground Up

linked as “the local-first architecture has existed conceptually for some time”

Read at facilethings.com (opens in a new tab)
18 Aug 2026
blog.tyler.fun1 post
A Local-First Task Planner On ATProto

linked as “the Ink & Switch essay”

Read at blog.tyler.fun (opens in a new tab)
11 Aug 2026
marcua1 post
Authorize, don’t authenticate

linked as “local-first”

Read at blog.marcua.net (opens in a new tab)
31 Jul 2026
pfrazee.leaflet.pub1 post
Starting from scale in the design of the AT Protocol

linked as “codified 7 ideals”

Read at pfrazee.leaflet.pub (opens in a new tab)
28 Jul 2026
eternodevir.com1 post
Collections: Articles

linked as “Local-First Software”

Read at eternodevir.com (opens in a new tab)
24 Jul 2026
dhovart.tngl.sh1 post
Building Synapse offline-first with Loro

linked as “Local-first software”

Read at dhovart.tngl.sh (opens in a new tab)
24 Jul 2026
affine.pro4 posts
10 Best Free Note-Taking Apps 2026 (Tested Free Plans)

linked as “Ink & Switch research team explains”

Read at affine.pro (opens in a new tab)
20 Jul 2026
3 other posts
Amazon Outage Warning: Go Local-First Before You Get Locked Out

linked as “(Ink & Switch)”

Read at affine.pro (opens in a new tab)
21 Oct 2025
AWS Servers Down: The Urgent Case for a Local-First Future

linked as “(Ink & Switch)”

Read at affine.pro (opens in a new tab)
21 Oct 2025
The #1 Lesson from the Amazon Outage: Go Local-First or Risk Losing Access

linked as “(Ink & Switch)”

Read at affine.pro (opens in a new tab)
21 Oct 2025
lukekanies.com2 posts
Building on ATProto

linked as “local first”

Read at lukekanies.com (opens in a new tab)
20 Jul 2026
1 other post
Luke Kanies | Writing

linked as “local first”

Read at lukekanies.com (opens in a new tab)
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tylercrosse.com1 post
How collaborative apps handle conflicting edits

linked as “local-first movement (opens in a new tab)”

Read at tylercrosse.com (opens in a new tab)
8 Jul 2026
0set0set.github.io1 post
Who Owns the Model of You? Read at 0set0set.github.io (opens in a new tab)
22 Jun 2026
type2fun.net1 post
Vibe-coding shareable, infinitely scalable personal apps

linked as “local-first”

Read at type2fun.net (opens in a new tab)
6 Jun 2026
paulwrites.software1 post
Hyper Personal Software

linked as “Local-first software”

Read at paulwrites.software (opens in a new tab)
1 May 2026
jthor.eth.link1 post
Web3 means Freedom Software

linked as “the seven ideals”

Read at jthor.eth.link (opens in a new tab)
11 Apr 2026
nanomicon.com1 post
From Framework Fatigue to Ecosystem Fatigue

linked as “Local-first software”

Read at nanomicon.com (opens in a new tab)
10 Apr 2026
Blogs - Data Engineering Blog & Second Brain1 post
Building an Agent-Friendly, Local-First Analytics Stack with MotherDuck and Rill

linked as “Local-First principle”

Read at ssp.sh (opens in a new tab)
7 Apr 2026
powersync.com2 posts
PowerSync AI Hackathon: $8k+ in Prizes

linked as “local-first principles”

Read at powersync.com (opens in a new tab)
6 Mar 2026
1 other post
Local-First Conf 2025 Reflections

linked as “idealists”

Read at powersync.com (opens in a new tab)
4 Jun 2025
noeldemartin.com1 post
Software Ideals in the Age of AI

linked as “not as difficult as it may seem”

Read at noeldemartin.com (opens in a new tab)
3 Feb 2026
maxmntl.com1 post
Account Optional Apps with PowerSync

linked as “Seven Ideals for local-first software”

Read at maxmntl.com (opens in a new tab)
3 Feb 2026
henryhale.github.io1 post
Text over voice for every AI chat

linked as “local-first software”

Read at henryhale.github.io (opens in a new tab)
4 Jan 2026
Steven Deobald1 post
LocalFirst: You Keep Using That Word

linked as “the original local-first essay”

Read at deobald.ca (opens in a new tab)
1 Jan 2026
James Long1 post
Work

linked as “local-first”

Read at jlongster.com (opens in a new tab)
21 Nov 2025
adamwiggins.com1 post
Why sync

linked as “Local first”

Read at adamwiggins.com (opens in a new tab)
4 Sept 2025
operand.online1 post
Lab Rebuild / Summer 2025

linked as “Local-First Essay”

Read at operand.online (opens in a new tab)
4 Sept 2025

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