P2P Messaging and State Management: Todo List Demo. (github.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by positive_intentions@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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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

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[-] amanda@aggregatet.org 1 points 4 months ago

I’ve seen so many early-development/prototype P2P projects and so few mature ones. I wonder what’s driving this!

[-] positive_intentions@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

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.