https://tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch/0a8eec37-f198-45eb-9304-95760f0e91a1 This talk introduces the newly formed Modal Collective, and the ongoing effort to bring local-first sync to the GNOME ecosystem. So far, this has mostly been focused around Reflection, a local-first collaborative notes app, easier APIs for third party apps, and GObject bindings for p2panda. This year it's being expanded with a prototype for a system sync service, which any app can use to easily get peer-to-peer connectivity. Julian and Tobias explain all the moving parts required to build an app with local-first collaboration, how it can be done today, what needs further work, and how you can get involved! Julian Sparber is an avid Free Software user and supporter. He contributes to the GNOME Project. In his free time, he likes to work on different personal software, hardware, and web projects. Tobias Bernard is a member of the design team, the Circle committee, and Modal Collective. Most recently he's been working on Reflection, a local-first collaborative notes app built on p2panda. He's a fan of ultrabold type, coherent spatial models, and keeping fossil fuels in the ground. GNOME is a free and open-source software environment project supported by a non-profit foundation. Together, the community of contributors and the Foundation create a computing platform and software ecosystem, composed entirely of free software, that is designed to be elegant, efficient, and easy to use. GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops. Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:05:46 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tube.kockatoo.org https://tube.kockatoo.org/lazy-static/avatars/75ca8476-e2c4-4f21-b5a3-a2d70922e464.png https://tube.kockatoo.org/videos/watch/0a8eec37-f198-45eb-9304-95760f0e91a1 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tube.kockatoo.org/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.