Dono

A local-first novel writing application built with modern web technologies

Features

• 🖥️ Local-First - Powered by LiveStore, all data is stored locally in the browser first
• 📝 Real-time Editing - Instant response without waiting for network
• 🔄 Auto Sync - Automatically syncs to Cloudflare Durable Objects
• 🌐 Cross-Device - Continue writing on any device after logging in
• 💾 Offline Support - Works perfectly without internet connection

Tech Stack

• LiveStore
• TanStack Router
• shadcn/ui
• Hono
• Better-Auth
• Yjs
• Cloudflare Workers
• Durable Objects

Getting Started

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/JinJieBeWater/dono.git

cd dono

# Install dependencies
pnpm install

# configure alchemy
pnpm alchemy configure

# cd into server app directory
cd apps/server
# create a .env file
cp .env.example .env
# generate a secret for better-auth, you can go to https://www.better-auth.com/docs/installation to generate one
# paste the secret to BETTER_AUTH_SECRET in .env
# generate a secret for alchemy, you can go to https://www.better-auth.com/docs/installation to generate one
# paste the secret to ALCHEMY_SECRET in .env

# cd into web app directory
cd apps/web
# create a .env file
cp .env.example .env

# Start development server
pnpm run dev

Todos

• Implement user login with better-auth, each user gets a UserStore after logging in
• Use better-auth for authentication on sync backend and implement store access control
• Add rich text editing functionality, introduce Yjs to implement CRDT data synchronization
• Current data is soft-deleted, accumulating infinitely in DO, need to implement real data deletion to free storage space
• Design and implement outline UI and functionality