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got

Version control, like Git, but for files and directories of any size. E2E Encrypted

3Distinct people
16Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
175GitHub stars
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What it is

Version control, like Git, but for files and directories of any size. E2E Encrypted

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HN mentions by year16 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2021-12-20 14:38:59 UTC to 2026-04-14 15:38:31 UTC.

0123452021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments20212022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments20232024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

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20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
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20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
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2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC505

What Hacker News says

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I work on a FOSS project in this space, Blobcache. https://github.com/blobcache/blobcache Trusting a server to store an application's state is a different thing from trusting it to author changes or to read the data. Servers should become dumber, and clients should become smarter. When I use an app, I want the app to load E2E encrypted state from storage (possibly on another machine, possibly not owned by me) make whatever changes and produce new encrypted data to send back to the server. The server should just be trusted for durability, and to prevent unauthorized access, but not to tell the truth about doing either of those things. Blobcache provides an API to facilitate transactions on E2EE state between a dumb storage server and any smart client. Blobcache can be installed on old hardware along with a VPN like Tailscale and then loade
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d up with data from other devices. Configuration is like SSH, drop a key in a configuration file to grant access. It removes most of the friction associated with consuming and producing storage as a resource. I'm using it to build E2EE version control like Git, but for your whole home directory. https://github.com/gotvc/got
In Personal data storage is an idea whose time has come
I'm working on Blobcache. https://github.com/blobcache/blobcache Blobcache is content addressed storage, available over the network. Blobcache allow nodes to securely produce and consume storage. Configuration in similar to SSH, drop a public key in the configuration, and you're done. Blobcache is a universal backend for E2E encrypted applications. Docs - https://github.com/blobcache/blobcache/blob/master/doc/0.0_B... I'm also working on Got Version Control https://github.com/gotvc/got Got uses Blobcache for storing file data. Got is like Git, if you fixed all the problems with storing large files and directories in Git. There's no "large files provider" to configure separately. All the data for a commit goes to the same place. Got also encrypts all the data you put in it, E2E. If you've run into problems putting your whole home director
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y in Git, you might have more luck with Got. Both projects are GPL licensed, FOSS. Contributions welcome.
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