Open Local First @localfirst.bsky.social The home for the communities of open source developers, engineers, researchers and designers who love and do Local First software.
Organizing the Local First devroom at FOSDEM'26 in Brussels. 1st Feb 2026.
https://openlocalfirst.org- A Alastair Beresford @arberesford.bsky.social
CMU Computer Science Department @csdatcmu.bsky.social The Computer Science Department's mission has remained steadfast: to lead in computer science research and education that has real-world impact — to push the frontiers of the field and produce the next generations leaders.
Carnegie Mellon University @cmu.edu At CMU, the (Blue)sky's the limit. United by curiosity and driven by passion, we reach across disciplines, forge new ground and deploy our expertise to make real change that benefits humankind.
Firefox @firefox.com The only major non-profit backed, people-first browser ️🔥
Peergos @peergos.org A protocol for a humane, privacy-focused, self-authenticated social web. Recipient of NGIPointer grant, graduate of Oxford Foundry, audited by Cure53 and Radically Open Security
https://peergos.org
https://github.com/peergos/peergos
Ian Preston @ianopolous.bsky.social Mathematician/particle physicist turned privacy researcher. Java Rockstar #Oxford Building a better web - private, self-sovereign identity, p2p, social - with @peergos.org. Public social media undermines democracy. #covidisairborne #maskswork #cleantheair
Caltech @caltech.edu The California Institute of Technology aims to expand human knowledge and benefit society through research integrated with education.
Daniel Hugenroth @lambda.bsky.social Computer Security Researcher @ Cambridge (https://www.danielhugenroth.com) and Co-Founder @ Light Squares (https://www.lightsquares.dev)
Sara McAllister @smcallister.bsky.social Systems PhD Candidate at CMU. Dabbler in comedy improv. Mudd ‘19. 
Element @element.io Element is a sovereign, interoperable and secure communications platform. Built by the creators of Matrix.
The Matrix.org Foundation @matrix.org Matrix is an open network for secure, decentralised communication. Please support at matrix.org/support
Matthew Hodgson @arathorn.net project lead matrix.org | CEO/CTO Element
Alex Good @patternist.xyz I work on local-first software, currently building Automerge at Ink and Switch. Find me at patternist.xyz
Ink & Switch @inkandswitch.com An independent research lab exploring the future of tools for thought.
We envision a new computer that amplifies human intelligence. A system that helps you think more clearly, collaborate more effectively, and is available anywhere and anytime.
Herb Caudill @herbcaudill.com Software for human beings. Global development. Cities. Tools for thinking. RPCV. CEO & founder, @DevResults.
Carlos Baquero @xmal.bsky.social Professor at FEUP University of Porto and researcher at INESC TEC. Distributed Systems and Data. Co-creator of CRDTs. Founder eurotux.com. Still searching for unknown unknowns. (🦋 July 2023)
Web: https://cbaquero.github.io/web/
@nunopreguica.bsky.social @nunopreguica.bsky.social 
Jonathan Aldrich @jonathanaldrich.bsky.social Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, working on programming languages and software engineering. Coauthor, Programming Language Pragmatics (videos: https://tinyurl.com/PLP5vids). CTO of noteful.net ACM Publications Board member. He/him.
Jason Crawford @jasoncrawford.org The Roots of Progress (rootsofprogress.org)
Rocicorp @rocicorp.dev Quality Tools for Web Developers. https://rocicorp.dev
Vikram Sundar @vikramsundar.bsky.social Researcher in ML and Structural
Biology | ML Scientist at Generate:Biomedicines and Hertz Fellow
Chet Corcos @chet.bsky.social Programmer, Builder, Gardener…
Silicon Jungle @jungle.bsky.social 🤖🍃🐵 shape… shift…
Casey Handmer PhD @cjhandmer.bsky.social Most active on X. Physicist, Immigrant, Pilot, Dad. Former Caltech, Hyperloop, NASA JPL. Founder Terraform Industries. Build more solar!
Conor Power @conorpower23.bsky.social Principal Applied Scientist in Microsoft CoreAI. Working on AI for coding. Co-organizer of SF Systems Meetup. CS PhD from Berkeley Sky Lab where I worked on https://hydro.run/ .
David Renshaw @dwrensha.ws Making videos at https://www.youtube.com/@dwrensha.
Acronymizing every word at https://acronymy.net.
Writing code at https://github.com/dwrensha.
James Pearce @jamespearce.bsky.social Hacker, sailor, TinyBase. Previously Engineering Director at Meta: data infra, dev tools, open source, and platforms.
TinyBase @tinybase.bsky.social The reactive data store for local-first apps.
Matt @tantaman.com https://rocicorp.dev/
zx @zxch3n.com Founder of @Loro.dev
https://github.com/zxch3n
Loro @loro.dev Reimagine state management with CRDTs
https://github.com/loro-dev/loro
Jonathan Edwards @jonathoda.bsky.social Dissident computer scientist 
PowerSync @powersync.com Sync engine for keeping backend databases in sync with client-side SQLite.
Postgres | MongoDB | MySQL | SQL Server
🐘🌿🐬🛢️«-» 🪶
Jake @jitl.bsky.social i liek to make computer go brrrr
Elisa Gonzalez Boix @elisagboix.bsky.social Researcher, professor of Computer Science at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Bartosz Sypytkowski @horusiath.bsky.social Yrs/Yjs core dev team. Interested in distributed systems, databases and CRDTs. Blogging: https://www.bartoszsypytkowski.com
Sunil Pai @threepointone.bsky.social Javascript and Les Pauls. Building http://partykit.io/
Joshua Bloch @joshbloch.bsky.social Effective Java author, API Designer, CMU Prof, Swell guy.
ElectricSQL @electric.ax The agent platform built on sync.
https://electric.ax - see also @pglite.dev
Sam Willis @samwillis.uk Building sync and streams Databricks & Neon.
Prev co-founder @electric.ax - acquired.
Started http://PGlite.dev, co-creator of Tanstack DB @tanstack.com.
AJ Nandi @ajnandi.bsky.social Building Subset.so
Steven Fabre @stevenfabre.com Co-founder & CEO @liveblocks.io 🇫🇷🇦🇺 • stevenfabre.com
Liveblocks @liveblocks.io Realtime infrastructure for multiplayer apps and agents • liveblocks.io
Jess Martin @jessmart.in 🛠 Tools for a better tomorrow
🧠 Architect-philosopher
💼 Building https://lifebuild.me
🏠 https://jessmart.in
📍Fuquay-Varina, NC
Tiptap @tiptap.dev 
tldraw @tldraw.com infinite canvas / http://tldraw.com / http://tldraw.dev / https://discord.tldraw.com/bsky
Steve Ruiz @steveruizok.bsky.social Founder tldraw.com
Make Sunsets @makesunsets.bsky.social Actively cooling Earth with reflective clouds in the stratosphere.
☀️🧴🌍
#sunscreen4earth
Join us https://makesunsets.com/products/join-the-next-balloon-launch-and-cool-the-planet
Nintendo .DS_Store @slim.bsky.social Pidgin algebraist, baseball influencer https://slim.computer
localfirst.fm @localfirst.fm A podcast about local-first software development. Hosted by @schickling.dev.
Notion @notion.com Write. Plan. Collaborate. With a little help from AI.
Tuomas Artman @artman.bsky.social Engineer & entrepreneur. Co-founder @linear, previously senior staff engineer @Uber
LiveStore @livestore.dev Client-centric local-first data layer for high-performance apps. Currently in private preview via https://github.com/livestorejs. 
Local-First Conf @localfirstconf.com Connect with a rapidly-growing Local-First community. Join us for our third edition 12-14th of July 2026 in Berlin. www.localfirstconf.com
Johannes Schickling @schickling.dev Building a local-first music app overtone.pro with @livestore.dev. Host @localfirst.fm. DX Effect. Founded @prisma.io. schickling.dev
pvh @pvh.ca just this guy, you know? (director of research @ ink & switch, coined "local-first", contributor to automerge, former postgres guy, heroku staff, ex-game developer, arctic oceanographer.)
Renee Shah @reneeshah.bsky.social Partner at Redpoint focused on AI, infra, security, and developer tools ⚡️- J Joe Hellerstein @joehellerstein.bsky.social Computer things @Berkeley and music things elsewhere.
Shadaj Laddad @shadaj.me PhD student at @BerkeleySky + https://hydro.run, designing languages for modular and performant distributed systems. Co-organizer https://sfsystemsclub.com
More at https://shadaj.me!
Heather Miller @heathermiller.bsky.social Professing computery things at CMU, doing science at Two Sigma. Co-founder & former Executive Director of the Scala Center at EPFL. Past life: artist @ Cooper Union
Aaron Boodman @aaronboodman.com CEO rocicorp.dev. Building replicache.dev and zerosync.dev, raising two great kids, trying to be a better person. Also found at http://aaronboodman.com.
Geoffrey Litt @geoffreylitt.com Malleable software @inkandswitch.com
prev PhD @csail.mit.edu
geoffreylitt.com
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Martin Kleppmann @martin.kleppmann.com Associate Professor at @cst.cam.ac.uk, researching decentralised systems and security protocols. Advisor to the Bluesky team. Wrote “Designing Data-Intensive Applications” (O’Reilly). he/him
Bluesky @bsky.app official Bluesky account (check username👆)
Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app